Allusion 1: According to legend, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Cao Pi abolished Liu Xie, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and established the State of Wei, he began to slaughter the Liu royal family. His son Liu fled to Weihai and became an early resident of Weihai. After Liu arrived in Weihai, he often went fishing nearby and found that Weihai has beautiful scenery and is a good place for summer vacation. He also built houses here, reclaimed farmland and became Liu's family business, which was then called "Liu's other business". Later, whenever the waves are rough, people will see an old man holding a torch or lighting a bonfire to pilot the boat people. That's how many boat people were rescued, so later generations called the two old people "Gong Liu Liu Mu, a sea saint" and named the island "Liu Gongdao". About the origin of Liu Gongdao's name, a beautiful legend has been circulated among the people for thousands of years.
Allusion 2: A long time ago, a merchant ship was blown away by a strong wind at sea. The merchant on board was dying and drifted to an island with the waves. There is an old couple on the island (it is said that the old couple are immortals and cooked a pot of rice for the businessman). ) saved them. The old man surnamed Liu lives in Liu Gongdao and often holds a torch to guide passing ships at night. Every time this merchant ship sails here, it will bring many delicious and useful things to Gong Liu. Later, Gong Liu and Liu Mu died. To commemorate Gong Liu and Liu Mu, the merchant of this merchant ship raised funds to build a temple of Gong Liu and Liu Mu on the island. Since then, people have also called this island Liu Gongdao.
Extended information Liu Gongdao is located in Weihai Bay, the easternmost part of Shandong Peninsula, with rich and unique cultural landscape, including the Warring States ruins dating back to thousands of years ago, the beautiful legends of Gong Liu and Liu Mu in the Han Dynasty, the Beiyang Naval Academy, the ancient fort and other sites of the Sino-Japanese War in the Qing Dynasty, and many European-style buildings left over from the lease period by British businessmen. It is known as the "East Corner of the Screen" and the "unsinkable warship".
China Sino-Japanese War Museum, a national first-class museum, is a special management and protection institution of Liu Gongdao Sino-Japanese War Memorial Hall, a national key cultural relic protection unit. It has been rated as a national youth education base, a national patriotism education base for primary and secondary schools, a national patriotism education demonstration base, an advanced national defense education unit and a national red tourism classic scenic spot.