Huang Qinghua
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Huang Qinghua, Female, Han, from Lingbao, Henan, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Laozi Legend (Ⅰ-131). The tradition is documented in Lingbao, Henan. Within the regional tradition and school record of Laozi Legend in Lingbao, Henan: Lingbao city preserves a great many cultural sites, place names, natural features and buildings connected with Laozi; among them Hangu Pass, Laojun Plateau, the Three Purities Hall, the Green Ox Temple, Laojun's divine well and the numinous stone—names that appear in the Laozi legends—are still in use today, and give the legends a striking local colour. The Lingbao Laozi legends are markedly regional and fused with the surrounding geography; closely tied to local custom and culture, they reflect the thinking of the common class and its aspiration towards simplicity, nature and harmony, and embody the dialectical philosophy of Daoism. Laozi was a great thinker, philosopher and man of letters of the Spring and Autumn period and the founder of Daoism; his thought is a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation, and Daoism deified him and revered him as its patriarch. After resigning office Laozi came to Hangu Pass, where he wrote the Daodejing and lived day by day among the local people, leaving behind many moving legends. The Laozi legends connected with Hangu Pass originated at Hangu Pass in Lingbao city, Sanmenxia, Henan, and are current mainly in Diantou, Wangduo, Liwanyuan, Xizhai, Meng and Chousang villages of Hanguan town.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Huang Qinghua is anchored in the documented technical standards of Laozi Legend in Lingbao, Henan. Within the documented technical tradition of Laozi Legend in Lingbao, Henan: These legends involve a great deal of material connected with Lingbao folk custom and the life of the common people: because the people saw the purple air and welcomed Laozi, they wrote “purple air comes from the east” on their door lintels as an auspicious sign; because Laozi saw the farmers' toil in reaping wheat, he invented the mulberry fork; and because Laozi learned of a plague among the people, he cured it with the bezoar of the green ox he rode, so that on the twenty-third day of the first lunar month every household pastes a golden ox on its door. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Purple Air Comes from the East": The legend in which the villagers see the purple air and welcome Laozi, and so write “purple air comes from the east” on their lintels as a favourable sign. "Laozi Invents the Mulberry Fork": The legend that Laozi, seeing the farmers' hardship in reaping wheat, invented the mulberry fork. "Curing the Plague with the Green Ox's Bezoar": The legend that Laozi cured the people's plague with the bezoar of the green ox he rode. "The Custom of Pasting a Golden Ox on the 23rd of the First Month": The folk custom of pasting a golden ox on the door of every household on the twenty-third day of the first lunar month in the Lingbao area.
Purple Air Comes from the East
The legend in which the villagers see the purple air and welcome Laozi, and so write “purple air comes from the east” on their lintels as a favourable sign.
Laozi Invents the Mulberry Fork
The legend that Laozi, seeing the farmers' hardship in reaping wheat, invented the mulberry fork.
Curing the Plague with the Green Ox's Bezoar
The legend that Laozi cured the people's plague with the bezoar of the green ox he rode.
The Custom of Pasting a Golden Ox on the 23rd of the First Month
The folk custom of pasting a golden ox on the door of every household on the twenty-third day of the first lunar month in the Lingbao area.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Huang Qinghua was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Laozi Legend, with Lingbao, Henan as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Laozi Legend in Lingbao, Henan: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2014 (batch 4), with Lingbao, Henan as its declared area, and Lingbao Cultural Center as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
Laozi was a great thinker, philosopher and man of letters of the Spring and Autumn period and the founder of Daoism; his thought is a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation, and Daoism deified him and revered him as its patriarch. After resigning office Laozi came to Hangu Pass, where he wrote the Daodejing and lived day by day among the local people, leaving behind many moving legends. The Laozi legends connected with Hangu Pass originated at Hangu Pass in Lingbao city, Sanmenxia, Henan, and are current mainly in Diantou, Wangduo, Liwanyuan, Xizhai, Meng and Chousang villages of Hanguan town.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hu Zhi | Woyang, Anhui | 05-2025 | Other regional school |
| Huang Qinghua | Lingbao, Henan | — | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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