Taiping Village belongs to Kou Town, Laicheng District, located 15 kilometers northwest of Laicheng. It is located in Xijie Village, Linkou Town, to the east; to the west is Huihe River, across the river from Dazeng Village, Yangli Town; to the north is Guanshuihe Village; to the south of the village is the Changbuling Zone, and is connected to Yezhuang Village, Taonan Village, Xuechen Village, Gangli Village and Zhanggaozhuang Village in Zhangjiawa Town are connected by land. There are 3,200 acres of cultivated land, 856 households, and a population of 2,576.
The "Zhang Family Genealogy" records: "It has been forty-two years since Zhang Heng, the prefect of Taiyuan in Shanxi Province during the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, was the ancestor." When visiting the tombstone of Zhang Heng's tomb, according to the Laiwu County Chronicle According to legend, the village was built during the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty. Later, people with surnames such as Li, Liu, Han, Zhao, Mao, Sun, Di, Qi, and Cheng moved in, and their descendants continued to multiply, with the majority of the population surnamed Li. Because there is Dashawan next to the village, it was once named Shawan Village. Due to banditry and floods, it was renamed Taipingzhuang in the early Ming Dynasty, which means "the longing for peace in the world and the well-being of the people". Taiping Village consists of two natural villages, Taipingzhuang and Taozhuang. During the war years, Taozhuang was renamed Daxingzhuang, but later returned to its original name. The family surnamed Tao moved from Tao Town to the current location during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. There are other surnames such as Wang, Hao, Huo and Ma in the village. The people of the two villages echoed each other (Taozhuang, which is on a high ground, is called Shangzhuang, and Taipingzhuang, which is on a low ground, is called Xiazhuang), and they are closely related to each other. Taiping Village has always been under the jurisdiction of Kou Town. Taiping Village has convenient transportation and extends in all directions. Yaokou Road passes behind the village. Vehicles flow through it. You can take it as soon as you wave. You can go to Zibo, Tai'an, Jinan in the north, Xinwen in the south or beyond. Taiping Village has ample land and abundant food. It is 3,500 meters long from Zhaojialin Woodland at the north end (north of Yaokou Road) to Pengjialin Woodland at the southern end. The soil in Pengjialin is good and suitable for growing crops. It is said that "when you want to have a good meal, go around Pengjialin". Taiping Village has rich cultural relics, but due to the erosion of the years and the destruction of various "movements", they have basically disappeared or "the past is used for the present". There is a majestic stone lion on the east and west sides of the south entrance of Zhangjia Hutong. They are placed together with Zhang Heng's achievements and bones. This place is called the lion's mouth. Villagers often gather here to discuss matters or chat. Children climb up and down the lion in front of and behind the lion. The back of the stone lion is polished smooth. This stone lion was destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution". Taiping Village has many beautiful legends and many vicissitudes of life. In 1927, bandit Liu Heiqi (Liu Guitang) led the bandits to the village to rob the village. After stealing food and goods, they also took more than 20 hostages, one of whom was killed. In order to redeem their relatives, people in Taiping Village sold large tracts of land. In 1945, the Huihe River burst and flooded, destroying hundreds of houses (west of Shizikou). During heavy rain in 1984, the Nanshi Bridge was blocked by wheat straw. More than 30 households had water in their houses, and nearly a hundred houses collapsed. The town government and village committee provided material support and organized disaster relief. History also continues to create brilliance. In the past, a stone road was built from Nanshiqiao Village south to Shibazi, about 300 meters long and 2 meters wide. In 1937, Li Yingxuan, Zhang Lezheng, Liu Zongsi, and Liu Shanshu presided over the move of Huihe Embankment (which was very small at that time) eastward and overhauled it. The bottom width was 8 meters, the top was 4 meters, and the height was 2.5 meters. The total length was about 2,500 meters, and more than 37,000 square meters of earth were used. It was reinforced many times later. In 1957, Mao Zhenxiang and Li Hongjian planned and presided over the reconstruction of a 400-meter-long embankment from Jiaxi Bridge to Huihe River, using more than 6,000 square meters of earth. In the 1970s, Li Cuiyi, Li Huatang, and Tao Zongsheng led the whole village to sing the strongest voice of the era, "Change the sky and the earth, dare to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky." There are doggerel poems as evidence: "Water pumping stations, underground pipes, The wells are pumped and the aqueducts are irrigated. There is no need to worry about opening the gates to the south of the village and the river pad. The south ditch is deep and the weirs are dry. They will be deep and leveled to make them new. In 2001, a young village committee took office and built a 1,000-meter underground pipeline from Chenjialin to Southeast Ridge. Village leaders Li Weizhi and Tao Jianbin contacted many times and received support from other provinces. They invested more than 500,000 yuan for free and strictly supervised and accepted the project. They erected 3,800 meters of high-voltage lines with five vertical and one horizontal lines on Changbu Ridge, making great contributions to the Huanghuaihai Development Zone and Taiping Village. contributed. Taiping Village has always attached great importance to industrial and sideline production. In the 1960s, fruit trees were planted in Lijialin and an 80-acre apple orchard was built. In the 1970s, a science and technology team, a forestry team, an agricultural machinery team, and a winery were established. In 1971, Tao Wenxiang and Li Jueyi presided over the construction of two small brick kilns in Niutoudi. The following year, a new underground wheel kiln was built. The pressure resistance of the bricks was second only to Guandi Temple bricks.
Those east of Guo Zi enter through the east gate and exit through the west gate; vice versa, those who enter through the west gate and exit through the east gate. The monks in the temple chanted sutras and chanted Buddha's name, and the whole funeral was very complicated. The Nan Temple on the south side of the street is dedicated to Grandma Baiyi. There are 10 stone tablets erected in the north of the yard. Guozi was built between the two temples. One, facing "Wenchang Pavilion" in the east and "Kuixing" in the west. Slightly to the south is the "Bell Pavilion", with a huge bell hanging inside, about 1.5 meters high, thin at the top and thick at the bottom, with a wide bottom mouth, large enough for an urn, with a thick mouth and a serrated shape, weighing more than 500 kilograms. The bell body is engraved with the inscription "Donate to Repair". The name of the temple keeper. Whenever there is a flood or fire, a bell will be sounded to warn people. The sound of the bell is so loud that it can be heard 5,000 meters away. In 1958, it was destroyed during the "Great Steel Smelting". Almost at the same time, the family surnamed Li built three ancestral halls, facing north and south, forming an independent courtyard. Cypress trees were planted in the courtyard, and a row of Chinese Sophora japonica trees were planted from the front door to the east to the Dongshao Gate, and from the right of the door to the north to the back of the village. It was rebuilt in the 31st year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty and was presided over by four people including Li Jiulong and Li Bingxu. In 1937, a tomb was discovered in the north of Taozhuang Village. It was made of blue bricks. Each brick was 50×30×20cm in size and was polished. The seams were quite tight. The tomb was divided into two rooms, the front room was large and the back room was large. It is small, with a total area of ??nearly 20 square meters, and there are no other cultural relics in the cave. The top is covered with huge boulders, each weighing 5 tons. According to the stele, "there is a Zangguancheng one mile north of Taipingzhuang." This cultural relic has not yet been solved.