Introduction to Qiu Zu's Westward Journey Cultural Corridor: In May of 1219 (the third year of Xingding), Genghis Khan sent his envoy Liu Zhonglu and others to Shandong with an edict to invite Qiu Chuji to meet the Mongolian Empire. In 1220 (the fourth year of Xingding) ) In the first month of the lunar calendar, Qiu Chuji selected eighteen disciples including Zhao Daojian, Song Daoan, Yin Zhiping, and Li Zhichang to leave Shandong Haotian Temple and set off west. At this time, he was already 73 years old.