In the north of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum, there is an ancient building museum with antique appearance and modern internal facilities, which is a multifunctional garden house exhibition hall. The exhibition hall covers an area of about 550 square meters, with a line length of 120 meters. The showcase extends from the entrance to both sides to form a ring. The showcase in the middle is T-shaped, with glass dust-proof outside and spotlights inside. With exquisite calligraphy and painting exhibits, it brings a fresh and refined feeling to the audience. Since the opening of the 1999 exhibition hall, * * * has exhibited nearly 100 exhibitions of calligraphy and painting, which have been well received by the audience and painters. Speaking of the history of gardening houses, it can be traced back to the 1970s. At that time, Mr. Zhao Puchu signed his autograph for the art salon of our library. Mr. Zhao Dan, a film performance artist, Mr. Yu Zhenfei, a Kunqu opera performance artist, Mr. Mei Riqiang, a guqin performance artist, and other masters of painting and calligraphy, such as Fu Baoshi,,,, Zhao, and Li Weiqing, have all visited Zhanyuan Yaji to show their artistic talents. In view of this, Qian, Ya, Song and Wei of Jiangsu Academy of Traditional Chinese Painting also held some large-scale art pen meetings in Zhanyuan.
Landscape Gardens are playing an increasingly important role in artists' minds, and have gradually formed an elegant art gathering place. In the 1990s, at the request of artists, the museum built the Garden in the Garden into an art salon, went deep into the society and made friends with artists, which won the concern and support of friends from all walks of life. Wu Pai's famous painters Wu, Sha Manweng, Qian Zhiyun and Zhang also established a good friendship with the Academy of Art, and successively held individual calligraphy and painting exhibitions and presented their works to the Academy. Famous Hubei painters Gu Youquan and Shao Shenglang have become friends of the Art House. Nanjing also gathered a large number of powerful young and middle-aged artists. The exhibition garden often organizes pen meetings and invites friends from the painting and calligraphy circles to participate.
There are a large number of top masterpieces of famous painters and calligraphers in the Art Academy, including some cursive calligraphy works Poems on the Clouds of Bai Di, Fu Baoshi's Dadu River Massacre, Cool the World, Qian Songyan's Singing on the River, Li Weiqing's Feng Dan Qiu Ju Tu, Zhao Hanliang's Mei Shi Tu and Fan Ceng's Taiping.
Zhan Horticultural Museum not only displays the charm and elegant demeanor of painters and painters' works, but also holds various kinds of pictures and information exhibitions, such as Dragon Culture and Art Exhibition, China * * * Production Party Congress Photo Exhibition and China * * * 15th Photo Exhibition, which has won a good reputation and social benefits for Zhan Horticultural Museum.
general situation
Zhan Garden, known as the "First Garden in Jinling", was originally the West Garden of Xu Da Mansion, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty. Built in the early years of Jiajing, it has a history of more than 600 years. When Qianlong made a southern tour, he stayed here and wrote down the word "Looking at the Garden", which was taken from Su Dongpo's poem "Looking at the Jade Hall, as in the sky". It is said that Qianlong appreciates this garden very much. After returning to Beijing, he ordered people to build a "milk source" in Changchun Garden in the northern suburbs.
The exhibition garden is famous for its rockery, with a total area of10.5 million square meters. Three rockeries with their own charm constitute the main scenery of the exhibition garden, and visitors are always reluctant to leave here. The rockery in the north is steep and majestic. It used to be a stone mountain of the Ming Dynasty more than 600 years ago, and it still retains the style of the Ming Dynasty. The rockery in the west winds like a dragon, and the stone seems to be born from the soil, full of natural wild interest. South rockery was designed and built by Mr Liu Dunzhen in 1958. Magnificent, composed of 1800 tons of Taihu stone, it presents a magnificent landscape with distinct layers and deep nature.
Shi Ming
In the classical gardens of China, there must be beautiful peaks and precious stones to become famous gardens. If there are famous people or words engraved in the description, it will be even more precious. In Zhanyuan, which is known as "the first garden in Jinling", there is such a strange stone-"Showhe Peak", which is also called "Ruyi Peak" because of its shape. The peak height is 3.6 1 m, and the front is carved with sea water lines, with a simple posture. On the stone peak, there are poems inscribed by Qian Fu, Wu Kuan and Shen Zhou, the top scholars in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and the handwriting is discernible. The ancients had a poem: "Every time you look at a lonely cloud to attract wild cranes, you will find famous flowers in bottles of wine." Beautiful and peculiar rocks stand in the quiet magnolia garden, which constitutes a beautiful scene of "dangerous peaks attracting cranes" and becomes one of the new 18 scenes in Zhanyuan. However, this strange stone is not an old thing of Zhanyuan, but a pear garden from nearby Sifu Lane.
There are detailed records about Gongyuan and this giant peak in Kangxi Jiangning County Records and Jiaqing Newly-built Jiangning Mansion Records: "Gong Yuan is in the east lane of Dagefang (now Zhanyuan Road) and belongs to Duke Wei and Duke Zhou Lianggong. There are two plants in front of the hall, with inscriptions by Zhao Huanguang, Zuo Jufeng, Shen Zhou, Wu Kuan and Qian Fu. " . Here are three celebrities who wrote poems on Showa Peak.
Shen Zhou (1427- 1509), a famous painter and calligrapher in Ming Dynasty, was born in Suzhou and was the founder of Wu Pai. Together with Wen Zhiming, Tang Yin and Chou Ying, they are called "Ming Si Jia". Both Wen Zhiming and Tang Yin learned from Shen Zhou and benefited a lot. So Shen Zhou ranked first in Ming Si Jia. He is famous for his landscape paintings, flower-and-bird paintings, and he can also draw figures. He is knowledgeable and famous for his poems, paintings and calligraphy.
Wu Kuan, the top scholar, was smart and studious since childhood. He is good not only at writing articles, but also at calligraphy. When he was young, he was famous in the village. In the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), he was awarded the posts of Central Huiyuan and Champion, and edited by the Hanlin Academy. Because he is knowledgeable and upright, he is the teacher of Zhu Shitang in the East Palace (that is, filial piety to hongzhi emperor). In the eighth year of Hongzhi after Xiaozong ascended the throne (1495), he was promoted to the right assistant minister of the official department. This year, Wu Kuan's mother died, and he rushed back to Suzhou to take care of his affairs and stayed at home for three years. Traditionally, someone should fill the vacancy after Wu Kuan left office, but the emperor did not send someone to fill the vacancy until Wu Kuan returned to Beijing to take over. When Wu Kuan returned to Beijing, he became the left assistant minister of the official department, and worked in the East Palace, becoming the teacher of Prince Zhu Houzhao (that is, Ming Wuzong). History of rites. Wu Kuan had a high prestige in the imperial court and was respected by emperors and officials. Seventy-year-old Wu Kuan asked for retirement several times due to illness, but the emperor refused and died in the office. Posthumous title was named Prince Taibao, Wen Ding, posthumous title. Wu Kuan, a great calligrapher, was good at cursive script, which had a certain influence on Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhiming, Tang Yin and others who later entered the calligraphy world. He is also a famous bibliophile with a large collection of ancient books. Yiyuan Garden in Suzhou is the former residence of Wu Kuan.
Qian Fu, from Shanghai, lives around 1505. Negative talents are few, and the famous family is prosperous. Hongzhi Gengxu (1490) was awarded as a member of the Association, the top scholar and the Hanlin. Poetry and prose are beautiful, sensitive and wonderful, and they became famous after reaching their peak. Our children often listen to the song of tomorrow taught by their parents and teachers, which is Qian Fu's masterpiece.
The handwriting of these three celebrities was engraved on Zhao Hefeng. This stone should be at least 500 years old. As the site of Xuzhai in Zhongshan, it is really a rare treasure. With the demise of the Ming Dynasty, gardens gradually declined. According to historical records, it was abandoned in the Qing Dynasty, but this famous stone was fortunately preserved. In the early 1990s, Daquanfu Lane and Sifu Lane were demolished, and this peak was moved to Zhanyuan. After five centuries of ups and downs and personnel vicissitudes, it is indeed a great blessing that this famous stone can still stand in the famous garden.
Palace night
"Wang Fu Night in the Garden" is a garden activity with the theme of appreciating the culture and art of the Ming Dynasty. Its originality is novel and its repertoire is wonderful, which is the reappearance of Wang Fu quadrangle in Ming Dynasty. It combines the classical beauty of lamp art, gardening, folk art and costume art with the wonderful night view of ancient gardens.
In the resplendent Zhanyuan Night Palace: pavilions and pavilions are exquisitely carved, rockeries and lakes are magnificent, sparkling and lush ... The night pavilion has the luxury of wonderful music, and the cloister also has Gu Xun's leisure. In the misty fairy garden, there is a strange world "Peony Kunyuan"