Foshan, which has rich historical and cultural heritage, is known as the "Hometown of Number One Scholars". Since ancient times, Foshan has valued literature and education, and has produced numerous talents in the past dynasties.

In the history of imperial examinations for more than a thousand years, Foshan has had five literary champions and two martial arts champions.

These Foshan champions left behind a large number of literary, moral and martial arts, and their deeds and legends were widely circulated in the local area.

Lun Wenxu, the "ghost champion", is one of the champions that people talk about.

In recent years, relevant departments and local governments in Foshan have been committed to exploring the cultural heritage of Lunwenxu and Zhuangyuan Culture, developing comprehensive cultural, tourism and sports industries, while promoting rural revitalization and stimulating rural cultural vitality.

Lun Wenxu's portrait of the "ghost champion" who came from a poor family. According to statistics, from the beginning of the imperial examination in the Sui and Tang Dynasties until the abolition of the imperial examination in the late Qing Dynasty, 652 literary champions were produced in all dynasties in China in more than 1,300 years.

Among them, there have been 9 literary champions and 5 martial arts champions in Guangdong Province. Among them, 5 literary champions and 2 martial arts champions came from Foshan, and Lun Wenxu was one of them.

Lunwen's surname is Bochou, and his nickname is Yougang.

A native of Liyong, Nanhai County (now Liyong Village, Shiwan Town Street, Chancheng District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province) in the Ming Dynasty.

According to the "Zhuangyuan Village Culture" written by Chen Yixi, director of the Foshan Confucius Theory Research Association, Lun Wenxu was born in a poor family. His father, Lun Xianzhi, worked as a farmer and a domestic worker, and later made a living by ferrying boats. The family could only afford food and clothing.

Due to his meager income, Lun Xianzhi was unable to send his son to a private school.

When Lun Wenxu was a child, he could only grow and sell vegetables to support his family. However, he was studious by nature and often eavesdropped outside the door of a private school in the village.

The private school teacher was so moved that he accepted him as a student for free.

Because of his intelligence and studiousness, Lun Wenxu was already capable of poetry and prose at the age of eight or nine. He was good at couplets and was called a child prodigy.

In the twelfth year of Hongzhi's reign (1499), Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty ranked first in the Lunwenxulian examination and the palace examination, and won the top prize.

Because Lun Wenxu is smart, smart, and good at coping, he is also known as the "Number One Genius".

Lun Wenxu, who was born in poverty, attached great importance to family education. His eldest son, Lun Yiliang, ranked first in the Bingzi rural examination of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (Jie Yuan), and became a Jinshi in Gengchen. His second son, Lun Yixun, was elected in the eighth year of Zhengde (1513).

He won the first place in the 12-year examination (Huiyuan) and the second place in the palace examination (second place), and was awarded the title of editor of the Hanlin Academy. San Zilun was awarded the title of Shen, Jiajing Jinshi, and was promoted to the Military Selected Doctor of the Nanjing Ministry of War.

The father and son of a family were both named after Kui Yuance, and the world called them "one family has four Jinshi, and the father and son are Kui Yuance". This has also become a beautiful story in the local area that has been passed down to this day.

Anecdotes about the statue of Lun Wenxu in Liyong Village are passed down to this day. Lun Wenxu's deeds of starting from poverty and winning the gold medal are deeply loved by the local people. Countless legends and stories have been derived around this number one scholar, forming a unique number one scholar culture.

According to legend, the current Guangdong specialty Zhuangyuanji Di porridge came from Lunwenxu.

Legend has it that Lun Wenxu was poor when he was young and had to grow and sell vegetables to make a living. Sometimes he could not even afford to eat.

The owner of Lun Wenxu's neighbor's porridge shop took pity on his young age, so he boiled the leftover pork balls, pork sausages, and pork liver in raw white porridge, and then added some ginger, green onion, etc. to treat him to eat for free. Lun Wenxu was very grateful to the boss for this.

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After becoming the top student in high school and returning to his hometown with a rich career, Lun Wenxu returned to his hometown porridge shop, thanked his boss for helping him when he was a child, and asked him to cook the porridge he used to eat.

This kind of porridge has never had a name. The boss asked Lun Wenxu to name it, and Lun Wenxu named it "Zhuangyuan Jidi Porridge" and wrote a plaque for the porridge shop in his own hand.

Since then, the "No. 1 Congee" has spread in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Macao.

In today's Nanhai District, Foshan City, there is a Zhuangyuan Park with Lun Wenxu as the central character running through the main line.

The park has a gold medal wall and an imperial examination knowledge column, which introduces the origin, rise and fall, content, form and influence of the ancient Chinese imperial examination system, allowing people to understand the ancient Chinese imperial examination system.

Along the way up the mountain, there are sculptures with the theme of Lun Wenxu from Juren, Gongshi, Jinshi to Zhuangyuan, allowing visitors to experience the historical scene of Lun Wenxu studying hard in the cold, going to Beijing to take the exam, and passing high school.

At the No. 1 Scholar Pavilion on the top of the mountain, you can appreciate the "unique" strange stones, touch the "golden pen" and "wipe ink" impromptu, and admire the "Lun Wenxu Statue".

In the North Square at the foot of the mountain, there is also an art relief sculpture based on the life story of Lun Wenxu since childhood. It seems that the protagonist with the reputation of "child prodigy", "quick talent" and "ghost genius" is vividly displayed before his eyes.

In addition, for a long time, there have been many literary and artistic works based on the theme of ethics and literature.

There are many local stories about Lun Wenxu circulated in Foshan, as well as many film and television dramas, novels and Cantonese operas about Lun Wenxu.

According to folklore, the "Zhuangyuan Bridge" where Lun Wenxu walked has to be promoted urgently. It is understood that in recent years, Liyong Village has carried out cultural transformation of the old village on the basis of protecting the traditional historical monuments of the village, vigorously exploring and inheriting Yilun Wen

The cultural heritage of Zhuangyuan represented by Xu.

From 2018 to 2019, Lichong Village invested more than 40 million yuan in repairing three municipal cultural relics and more than ten traditional buildings in the village. It is committed to polishing the brand of "Advocating literature and learning, championing Lichong" and making every effort to create

A typical rural village in Chancheng District that values ??literature and learning.

Walking into today's Liyong Primary School, there are various comic stories about Lun Wenxu painted on the walls of the school, from his poor life to reading about how to educate his children, as well as various anecdotes about Lun Wenxu, with pictures and texts, vivid

interesting.