Liu Yong Statue
Liu Yong, first named as "San Bian", with another name of "Jiqing"' later changed to "Yong". As he was the seventh son in the family, he had also been called as Liu Qi.(Seven). He was born in about 98 A.D during North Song Dynasty in Wufuli in WuyiShan in Fujian (Now in Shanmei County in Wuyishan City). He once served as the royal officer of Tuntian, thus people sometimes called him Liu Tutian.
Liu Yong devoted all his life to Ci-poem writing, themed on the city views and women singers' life. He was especially good at describing traveling life and its fellings. He was well learned and informed and was also popularly thought as the Master of The "Romantis School". His works, The Collection of Poems includes about 200 poems. But he died depressed in 1053 A.D during Huanyou Reign in North_Song Dynasty. At that time he was about 74 years old.
Liu Yong spent his childhood in Wuyi Mountains. He studied very hard. He often burned candles late into the night for his reading and writing. The villagers named the place where he studied as the "Candle Mount" and "Brush Crate Mount". He like to visit Wuyi Mountains together with his friends. He once went to Chongyou Temple, writing a poem about its scenery, which was inscribed in the Curtain Pavilion Peak in Wuyi Mount.
His poems spoke highly of wuyi's wonders and its majestic mountains and water. Liu Yong wrote the magnificent scenery into his beautiful fairy tales. The poems well express the young poet's knowledge, imaginations, and the deep love for his homeland. Even now people in his hometown still regard him as "a magic poet under the Goose Peak".