Who are the outstanding figures in Qingyuan?

Guo Yichang (1732—— 1809), whose real name is Zhenyuan, is from Yutang. The fifteenth generation descendant of Guo family in Qingyuan lived in Xingren Lane, Yingen Society, Xiakuo Backstreet, Qingyuan City (now Qingcheng District). Guo Yichang is often called a Xiakuo Backstreet person in Qingcheng in history books. Guo was born in the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, grew up in a wealthy family, and was smart and witty since childhood. At the beginning, Gong Sheng was appointed as the additional director of Huguang Jiangsu Department of the Ministry of Punishment, and was promoted in forty-eight years after Qianlong (1783). Two years later, Gan Long particularly appreciated Guo Yichang's literary talent and summoned him from time to time to listen to his lectures. Qianlong fifty-one years (1786), served as director of Henan department and director of Jiangsu department. Four years later, he was promoted to Foreign Minister of Fengtian Department of the Ministry of Punishment, and accompanied Ganlong to the Temple of Heaven and Ditan every winter and summer. In the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong (1794), he was promoted to doctor in Shanxi province. 1795, the 60-year reign of Qianlong expired. He didn't want to surpass the record of 6 1 when his grandfather Kangxi was in power. After Guo Yichang accompanied him to the Temple of Heaven and Ditan for sacrifice, he announced his abdication and passed the throne to his son Jiaqing. After Jiaqing ascended the throne, he was favored by Guo Yichang and trusted by the emperor, and his career rose rapidly. He was appointed to inspect the northern city court, in charge of the provincial supervision suggestion in Jiangxi, and concurrently served as the provincial supervision suggestion in Jiangnan and the provincial supervision suggestion in Zhejiang, and awarded Dr. Zhong Xian. It can be said that the ruling and opposition parties are in power, but he is honest, impartial and loyal to his duties, so he has an excellent reputation and has become a famous minister empire in Jiaqing era. As an important official of the imperial court, Guo Yichang attached great importance to investigation and study. In Guo Yichang's Notes, he wrote a lot of notes on the disadvantages of the times, and put forward suggestions such as strengthening coastal defense, rectifying official management, severely punishing fights, prohibiting illegal trade, and prohibiting Qing soldiers from disturbing the people, which were mostly accepted by the emperor. Because Guo Jiansheng, a nephew who was regarded as a parent-child, died unfortunately in Beijing, Guo Yichang, 69, suffered a heavy physical and mental blow and all his thoughts were burned. The next day, he asked for leave to go back to his hometown to repair the tomb. On the day he left Beijing, Emperor Jiaqing reluctantly gave him a "silver workshop" and set up a stone workshop in Yicheng. Three years later, a granite archway stood on Nanmen Street in Qingcheng, with the inscription "Imperial Name" on the front and "Yi Shi Xun Ming" on the back. According to historical records, there is also a "Mingxian Square" in the north of the "Shi Ming" archway to commemorate Zhu Bi, the minister of war of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Lin, the magistrate of a county. The two archways set each other off and became interesting, adding a lot of color to Qingcheng. 1958 was demolished due to street expansion. 154 "Yu Ming-style" archway stood on Nanmen Street, disappeared in smoke and disappeared from the world's view. Guo Yichang retired and returned to his hometown for nine years, paying special attention to the public welfare undertakings in his hometown. He contributed a lot to disaster relief, running schools, repairing bridges and roads. In addition to repairing genealogy and tombs for his family, he also edited local chronicles and adopted orphans to help them become useful people. It is particularly worth mentioning that Guo Yichang donated a huge sum of land to build the "Fengcheng Academy" in Qingyuan, which has made immortal contributions to promoting Qingyuan's literary style and enjoys a good reputation in Qingyuan's capital and hometown. In Jiaqing 14 (1809), Guo Yichang died at the age of 78 and was buried in Huangtugang, Dabu Township. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the platform of the imperial court was gradually relaxed, and the Japanese pirates harassed the southeast coast from time to time, so the public security in Guangdong and Qingyuan gradually deteriorated, and thieves made trouble. As the head of civil defense in Qingyuan County (now Qingcheng District), Guo Zhenqing was ordered to lead the people to suppress thieves. The ninth generation descendant of the Guo family in Qingyuan County was born in the city (that is, the county scholar). He is loyal and gentle, and he is a filial brother. When he was young, he accompanied his nephew Guo Longnan to study in Beijing. Two uncles of similar age study hard every day, hoping to become civil and military juren. Later, my nephew Guo Longnan was promoted to Tongzhou court in Shuntianfu, Hebei Province as a tribute student. Guo Zhenqing took an examination of martial arts and returned to his hometown as a civil defense and public security official in Yicheng, practicing rural courage day and night to quell riots in various places. Guo Zhenqing is a man who hates disease as much as the enemy, combines rigidity with softness, and wins the hearts of the people. He is called a gentleman by foreigners. At that time, a group of mountain thieves gathered in Songshugang, 30 miles away from Yicheng, to plunder houses and endanger one party. The Ming Dynasty loyalists made many encirclement and suppression campaigns, but they all failed, because the mountains around Songshugang and Pilotage Gang were undulating, and Gu Song was towering, covering the sky. One day, Guo Zhenqing personally supervised Xiang Yong and cooperated with the loyalist to encircle the mountain thieves. He was ambushed by the enemy when he led the vanguard into the depths of Pine Hill. Guo Zhenqing rode white, brandished a knife and fought bravely. Due to the unfavorable terrain, the follow-up troops failed to keep up, and after a long battle, they finally died in the battlefield. Surprisingly, Guo Zhenqing lost his life and still rode home! Confirmed a famous saying: "the head can be cracked, and the spirit of a man with lofty ideals cannot be extinguished." Villagers along the way, seeing the white hunchback, who is headless but still standing, knelt down and cried. The whole city of Qingyuan County mourned for seven days, and Guo Zhenqing's coffin was transported back to his ancestral home in Tai Po Gang, Taiping Township. Seeing his master dead for nothing, he died with his master without eating or drinking for seven days and seven nights. The county magistrate ordered that he be buried in front of his grave for nothing. Its tomb is still in Longzai 'ao, Gangzhi, Tai Po. The villagers' grateful loyalty and the loyalty of Bai who died at the same time. After the loyalists put down the mountain thieves, they built temples in Songshugang and other places to offer sacrifices, which was called "the main temple of Guo Jiangjun". At the foot of the ancestral home, a temple of the King of Qin was also built, like a Confucian scarf and a Confucian costume, which covered the sky with one hand. In the temple, there were even clouds: a hundred battles alone, brave and brave, and Wu Bai, the founder of the wind rope, worshipped the temple lightly.