The legend of Qi Tianguan is a folk literature project in the sixth batch of representative projects of Huai'an's municipal intangible cultural heritage. The legend of Qi Tianguan tells the story of Qi Jie (1545-1576), a Jinshi from Zhaoxianli, Sizhou (now Baoji Town, Xuyi) in the Ming Dynasty, who cleverly changed the imperial edict to save the victims. It has a history of more than 300 years and has been passed down in Xuyi and surrounding areas to this day. Qi Tianguan has been admired by generations for his virtue of risking his life to fight for the people, and has become an idol and lucky star respected by the people of ancient Sizhou and Xuyi. Since the Qing Dynasty, he has become a mythical figure among the local people, and "blessings from the heavenly officials" has become a custom passed down from generation to generation by the people of northern Jiangsu. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a Qi Tianguan in the Ministry of Households who was a native of Qizhuang in ancient Sizhou. He was an honest official, loved the people like his own children, and was quite trusted by the emperor. Once, Qi Tianguan was ordered to inspect the people's conditions in the Huai and Si areas. He found that the Sizhou area suffered from severe drought, and the harvest was zero, but the exorbitant taxes and levies continued to increase. After returning to Beijing, he immediately reported to the emperor for his grace, exempting Sizhou from taxes and levies for three years and providing relief to the people with 10,000 dan of rice. Unexpectedly, the Empress Xigong was in favor at the time, and she insisted that Qi Tianguan was panicking about the disaster and protecting her hometown, so the emperor did not approve the request. Not long after, the Empress Xigong was going back to Sichuan to visit her relatives. In order to show off her power in her hometown, she asked the emperor to issue an order to exempt Sichuan from taxes and levies for three years and give her 10,000 dan of rice to help her hometown. The emperor approved the request and ordered the imperial envoy to go first with the order. Qi Tianguan was very angry: "Sizhou suffered from natural disasters and famine, but the tax was doubled; Sichuan had bumper harvests for years, but the tax relief grain was exempted. This is really unreasonable." Qi Tianguan came up with an idea. He invited the imperial envoy to the tavern and got him drunk. He used a red pen to add 0 to the two words "Sichuan", changing "Go to Sichuan" to "Go to Sizhou". The imperial envoy went to Sizhou and read the imperial edict, saving the people of Sizhou from three years of famine. Xigong Niangniang hated Qi Tianguan, and in order to teach him a lesson, she deliberately found an opportunity to invite Qi Tianguan to the palace to play chess. In the middle of the game, when Xigong Niangniang made a move, she took advantage of the situation and swept a chess piece under the table with her long sleeves. Qi Tianguan bent down to pick up the chess piece, and Xigong Niangniang took advantage of the situation to step on his hand with her foot, and shouted loudly: "Qi Tianguan teased me." Then she left in anger. The Queen Mother of the Western Palace ran to the Emperor and cried and made a scene. She said, "The wind blew the chess pieces down and teased the Queen Mother's feet." She wanted the Emperor to make a decision for her and sentence Qi Tianguan to death. After hearing this, the Emperor ordered the arrest of Qi Tianguan immediately without any reason. Qi Tianguan knew that he could not escape this fate. After returning home to settle his family, he prepared to go to the punishment. Unexpectedly, before he left, the Imperial Guards had surrounded the Tianguan Mansion. He did not want to be humiliated, so he swallowed the gold button on his court dress and fell to his death. When the news of Qi Tianguan's unjust death reached Sizhou, the people were extremely sad. In order to commemorate Qi Tianguan and remember his great kindness, the people spontaneously built a very large tomb in the northwest of Sizhou City and buried him in a huge black lacquer coffin. Later generations called it the "Tianguan Tomb." Many local families put up the characters "天官赐福" on their new houses and during the Spring Festival to commemorate the blessing of the heavenly official. This has become a folk custom of praying for blessings in Xuyi and surrounding areas.