Liu Family Style in Wangdagua Village, Dezhou (2) Changing Filial Piety into Loyalty for the Country

Wang Daguang Liu Jiafeng (2) moving filial piety to serve the country

In the 14th year of Ming Dynasty, the Northern Yuan War, which retreated to Mongolia, was prominent and the border was tight. Ming Yingzong hastily recruited soldiers, went into battle blindly, and was trapped in the "Civil Fort", and one third of the 400,000-500,000 people were killed. Then Beijing defended the war and urgently recruited soldiers from Shandong, Henan and Zhili. Another separation. White-haired people send black-haired people. This caused the lag of population reproduction at that time and had a very negative impact on social economy. Each family leaves only one youngest son, which also forms the phenomenon that "the youngest son keeps a house". But at the time of war, it shows the heroic and simple folk customs. "Loyalty is the biggest, loyalty is the biggest; Diligence in state affairs turns filial piety into loyalty. Loyal and serve the country wholeheartedly; Worry about the world and bear the righteousness. " It has also become a family tradition passed down. The family used the word "false" when they were children. For example, Liu Yingxian and his fourth ancestor Liu did not know how many heroes went north to fight against the invasion of Mongolian cavalry, but they fought bloody battles and were loyal to their hometown, but they never returned to their hometown. This is loyalty to the country and righteousness to the country.

In this loyal spirit, when we bid farewell to the soldiers, a characteristic of our local steamed bread was born, which is also called "pointed steamed bread", "high-piled steamed bread" and "low-piled steamed bread". This kind of steamed bread is fermented and kneaded with old noodles, made into a round shape, and inserted into a bamboo stick steamer for steaming. For soldiers who go to war, steamed bread symbolizes people. Even if you go through fire and water, you should stand upright and sacrifice yourself for righteousness without losing your integrity. Encourage them to defend their country, serve the country righteously, and leave their ancestors behind. Therefore, signing steamed buns has become a necessary thing for family Spring Festival sacrifices.

This family style also has a lot to do with the "loyalty" culture advocated by the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty,

Officially worshiped Guan Gong, Hongwu built Guan Gong Temple in Nanjing in twenty-seven years. Ming Xianzong ordered the rebuilding of Guan Gong Temple; In the tenth year of Ming Shenzong Wanli (1528), Guan Yu was named "Xie Tian, defend the country and be loyal to the emperor"; Later, the Guandi Temple in Xiezhou was named "Yinglie Temple". Folk commonly known as benefactor. Business became Wu Caishen. Guan Gong was highly respected at that time, and Guandi temples all over the country were being built, rebuilt and modified, and the incense was flourishing. Most of the ancestors of our village and the surrounding immigrants moved from Pingyang, Shanxi, and they are homesick for their homeland. Guan Gong is also a hometown god. He protects the god in his heart. In addition, when Liu, Guan and Zhang were guarding Pingyuan County, the Guandi Temple was built in the village because of the intention of the court and the will of the people. Because three small villages joined forces to build a Guandi Temple, which is very important in people's minds. It can not only educate the people to form the ambition of "loyalty and righteousness", but also boost the morale of those who go out to defend their country and find a home for the villagers to rely on and admire. The Ming Dynasty's "Enxian Annals" recorded: Wang Luo Temple: in the northeast corner of the city. Just got the license.

"Loyalty lasts forever, and the word family inheritance is precious."

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, and the population dropped sharply. Fortunately, it was handed down from generation to generation in a remote place. However, the literary inquisition in the early Qing dynasty also made people feel terrible. Even in the use of substitute characters, they were very cautious for fear of discovering the disaster of genocide. At this time, the family reached the 1 1 ancestor, and the words of the previous generation were the same, all of which were inherited according to the normal generation of "Da, Ming, Zhao and Zao (Wen)", but some people in the family were afraid of getting into the literary prison and privately changed "Ming" to "Jing" or "Feng". Only by sticking to the meaning of writing and thinking can I not forget the matter of national subjugation and genocide, so the words on the genealogy remain unchanged. Loyalty to the country is passed on to the family.

? "Splendid mountains and rivers are the land of China, and foreign countries cannot occupy the foundation of the country."

1894- 1895 After the failure of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, treaty of shimonoseki was signed, which humiliated the country. When the country was bullied and carved up by the foreign powers, the peasants broke out the patriotic movement of "saving the nation for survival", and the vigorous Boxer Movement rose on both sides of Ma Jiahe, putting forward the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries" and calling on a large number of grassroots people to fight for the nation-state.

Liu, the thirteenth ancestor of our country, kept his mouth shut about literature, and actively donated money and materials to the Boxer Rebellion to raise money and food, all of which were "saving the nation from extinction" and "protecting the family". When the Boxer Rebellion defended Beijing and Tianjin in the Northern Expedition, Yang was left an orphan who was a teenager, and the sai-jo Liu stayed at home to raise him. After the failure of the Boxer Rebellion, the corrupt Qing government began to frantically suppress and eliminate the remnants of the Boxer Rebellion and their families. In this turbulent society, granddaddy Liu Shizu still regards his orphan as his "adopted son" with the idea of "cultivating people with morality and taking benevolence as the foundation" and does his best. When he grows up, help him get married, marry and have children, give him a few acres of land, and let him set up his own house at the Yang's gate and continue to burn incense. This "small righteousness" is to comfort the heroes of the boxer who gave their lives for the country and the nation.

This is "the accumulated virtues will be passed down to future generations, leaving a name for the film."