Hometown of Lee Teng-hui

Hometown of Lee Teng-hui

Loufang Village in Hupeng Township, Yongding County, is the ancestral home of Mr. Lee Teng-hui from Taiwan. Situated in the Aoyao Plateau Basin at an elevation of over 600 meters and encircled by mountains, the area boasts picturesque scenery with rolling fields. The village is now home to over 120 households of the Li descendants, totaling more than 700 people. The Dunlun Hall, the ancestral temple of the Li family located behind the village, served as the first ancestral shrine when their forebear Wanjiulang moved from Hupeng to Loufang Village. Behind the temple, towering pines reach skyward and bamboo thrives. To the left lies a freshwater spring, cool and sweet, with a massive carved granite water trough from the Qing Dynasty that remains filled year-round with never-drying water. In front of the temple are five ponds that nurture the “crab-shaped” feng shui layout.

The ancestors who migrated to Taiwan were the 14th-generation brothers Chongwen and Songwen, who moved from Loufang Village to Taiwan during the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty. They landed in Tamsui and settled in the Neixue area of Chencuokeng, Sanzhi Township, where they reclaimed land. The Li family’s ancestral home in Pubing Village, Sanzhi Township, known as “Yuansingju,” was purchased by the third generation after arriving in Taiwan. Today, descendants of the Li family in Taiwan have reached the ninth generation.