Lutai Site

　　The Lutai Site is located in Lutaiji, 31 kilometers southeast of the city. According to surveys, it is a Neolithic site and was designated as a county-level cultural heritage protection unit in 1962. Legend has it that during the Spring and Autumn period, a man from the State of Lu named Qiu Hu served in the State of Chen and lived here. He often climbed the platform to gaze toward his home in Lu, hence the name Wanglu Terrace (Terrace for Gazing at Lu) or Qiuhu Terrace.

　　According to "Yuefu Problem Solving," there was a man named Qiu Hu from the State of Lu who married a wife but left for official service in the State of Chen just five days after their wedding. Five years later, he returned. Before reaching home, he saw a mulberry-picking woman by the road, found her beautiful, and teased her by saying, “Picking mulberries is hard work—why not serve a nobleman? I have gold with me and would gladly give it to you.” The woman replied, “I pick mulberries and work hard to support my parents. I do not want your gold.” When Qiu Hu finally arrived home, the woman realized that the man who had teased her was none other than her husband, whom she hadn’t seen in five years. Furious, she threw herself into the Yi River and died. Later generations mourned her and composed the poem “Qiuhu Xing” (The Ballad of Qiuhu). Even later, people adapted the poem into the opera “Qiuhu Xi Qi” (Qiuhu Teases His Wife). The Han dynasty scholar Liu Xiang also included the story in his “Biographies of Exemplary Women.”

　　Information source: Huaiyang Government Website