Legend of Liu Bowen

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Legend of Liu Bowen

Applicant: Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province

Project No.: 525

Project No.: i-38

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Zhejiang Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province

Protection unit: Liuji Research Association of Qingtian County

Introduction to the legend of Liu Bowen:

Applicant: Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province

Liu Ji (1311-1373), the word Bowen, Yi number Wencheng. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, he was a strategist, statesman and poet. The legend of Liu Bowen has a long history, and is well known to all in his hometown of Qingtian and Wencheng. The legend shows Liu Bowen's broad-minded and resourceful mind, his benevolence and caring for the people, his incorruptness and law enforcement. It reflects the working people's yearning for justice, friendship and a better life, their praise of good wisdom and their hatred of evil. With the cultural exchange, the legend of Liu Bowen even spread to Korea, Japan and other countries, fully reflecting the profound foundation and far-reaching influence of Chinese traditional culture.

Sorting out and protecting the legend of Liu Bowen can carry forward the moral and ethical values spontaneously recognized by the people, and has a positive role in promoting the construction of a modern harmonious society.