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Hero's Wife Honors Legacy by Reviving Hotpot Restaurant

12/31/2025

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Xue Qiaoyan has taken over her late husband Luan Liuwei's hotpot restaurant in Beijing following his heroic death while saving children.
Luan, from Taian, Shandong, co-founded the 200-square-metre Liangjian Rongtian Old Beijing Yangxiezi Hotpot with Xue in 2017.
He drowned in August 2022 while rescuing three children and attempting to save another man in Hebei.
The Shandong government posthumously honored Luan as a martyr, providing his family with compensation and memorial funds.
The restaurant has since received support from diners across the country.

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Xue Qiaoyan has taken over her late husband Luan Liuwei's hotpot restaurant in Beijing following his heroic death while saving children.
Luan, from Taian, Shandong, co-founded the 200-square-metre Liangjian Rongtian Old Beijing Yangxiezi Hotpot with Xue in 2017.
He drowned in August 2022 while rescuing three children and attempting to save another man in Hebei.
The Shandong government posthumously honored Luan as a martyr, providing his family with compensation and memorial funds.
The restaurant has since received support from diners across the country.