A tribute to honesty
Legends about Bao, with regard to the killing of the ungrateful Chen Shimei who abandoned and tried to kill his wife and children in order to marry a princess, are portrayed in a museum of waxworks near the temple.
Outside the temple, there is a well inside a pavilion.
The well is said to be from the time when Bao studied in the temple. And now it is called "Lianquan Well" since "Lian" means "being honest and incorruptible".
According to an article by Li Hongzhang's grandnephew Li Guoheng, a corrupt official once suffered a headache after drinking water from the well.
Later, I walked for several minutes to get to the tomb of Bao and his family members.
Bao died in what is now Kaifeng, in Central China's Henan province, in 1062, and his son-in-law brought his body to his hometown for burial.
It was relocated to where it is today in 1987.
