Liaohe stele forest

The Liaohe stele forest was built in 1999, and its landscapes are all archaize buildings. It is a treasure house of the essence of ancient and modern calligraphy. The stone tablets on display are rich in content, ranging from Neolithic pottery symbols to contemporary calligraphy, with more than 2000 inscriptions.

The pottery inscriptions, oracle bone inscriptions, silk inscriptions, bamboo inscriptions, Han and Wei inscriptions fully demonstrate the development and evolution of calligraphy style since Han and Wei dynasties; the works of master Erwang (Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi), Yan and Liu fully reflect the different calligraphy styles and pursuits of Jin, Tang, song, yuan and Qing Dynasties; the modern calligraphy style represented by Yu Youren, Guo Moruo and Qigong His works show the charm of contemporary calligraphy.

Liaohe stele forest has been built into four calligraphy halls, stele Gallery, stele wall, gate archway and other scenic spots, and has become a large-scale antique building complex. The forest of Steles is an art treasure house that gathers the ink of famous calligraphers in the past dynasties. It is also an art Grand View Garden that integrates gardens, stone carvings, architecture, poetry and fu works. It has rich cultural connotation.

The stone ground in the museum is black granite. As far as the Neolithic period, the inscriptions are close to the masterpieces of contemporary masters, and they are the only stone tablet forest in China. It is the second largest monument exhibition hall in China. It is also engraved with works of famous contemporary artists such as Zhang Xueliang, Zhao Puchu, Zhou Erfu, Yao xueyin, Shen Peng and Liu Bingsen.

Liaohe stele forest

Liaohe stele forest is located in the west end of Panjin Lakeside Park in Liaohe Delta, which is composed of stele exhibition area, sightseeing area and tourism service area. Liaohe stele forest is the largest antique building in Northeast China so far. It collects 2000-3000 pieces of exquisite stele inscriptions from Chinese characters, oracle bone inscriptions to calligraphers of all dynasties. It is the largest and only stele forest in China.

Architectural features

The intention and theme of "Liaohe stele forest" planning is to integrate Chinese calligraphy with garden art, stone carving art, architectural art, poetry, CI, song, Fu, Qiwen, Qulian and other arts on the premise of highlighting stele and calligraphy art. It not only collects and displays contemporary high-grade calligraphy works, but also introduces ancient and modern calligraphy masterpieces. It has a warm calligraphy atmosphere The atmosphere and elegant three-dimensional environment create an "art Grand View Garden" with local characteristics, forest of Steles and gardens, and rich cultural connotation.

Now presented in front of visitors, "Liaohe stele forest" can be described as a collection of fine works. "Liaohe stele forest" has several "national firsts". It is the first stele forest of calligraphy from ancient times to the present, the first stele forest of inscriptions of ancient characters, the first stele forest of inscriptions of oracle bone inscriptions, the first stele forest of inscriptions of bamboo slips of Han Dynasty, the first stele forest of inscriptions of excellent calligraphy of both positive and negative characters in history, and the first special stele forest in China“ It is a comprehensive forest of steles. This forest of Steles, covering an area of 730 mu, is the largest forest of Steles in China.

Collection in the Museum

The ancient Museum of Liaohe stele forest collects calligraphy treasures from the ancient Chinese society. There are ancient hieroglyphs such as "sun, cloud and mountain", four representative oracle bone inscriptions of the early, middle and late periods selected from 150000 oracle bone inscriptions, and bamboo slips of the Han Dynasty unearthed from Mawangdui, Changsha. Not only that, "Liaohe stele forest" in the selection of works, but also strictly adhere to such a principle. That is to say, all those who have been engraved before are not selected, so what we see in the "Liaohe stele forest" is the first one engraved in Leshi.

Another significant feature of the "Liaohe stele forest" is that it neither discards the text nor enters the stele because of people. As long as the words are good, whether it is the emperor and minister, or the common people in Buyi, whether it is a controversial historical figure, or a great man who has made great achievements and is famous in history, they can be selected, otherwise they will not be mentioned. Therefore, in the "Liaohe stele forest", we can see Wang Xizhi, Su Shi and Huai Su Calligraphy works of song Huizong, Cixi, Li Hongzhang, Jiang Jieshi and Zhang Qun can also be seen. Therefore, "Liaohe stele forest" selects the real "calligraphy celebrities" instead of "celebrity calligraphy". Therefore, Kong Decheng, a descendant of Confucius, wrote the inscription "the first forest of Steles in China" for "Liaohe forest of Steles".

Architectural pattern

It consists of stele exhibition area, sightseeing area and sightseeing service area. Among them, there are ancient Museum, modern museum, contemporary museum and Mao Zedong calligraphy Museum in the stele exhibition area, as well as stele exhibition of works of great masters of calligraphy, famous stele exhibition, stele Gallery, stele wall and other scenic spots. The pavilions and their landscapes in the stele forest are all archaize buildings, of which the gate archway is six columns and eleven floors. It takes the essence of the Chinatown gatehouse, the Ming Dynasty Tombs archway of Beijing and the archway of Yong Zheng palace, and is decorated with the best gold foil. There are artificial lakes and rockeries in the center of the tourist area.

Address: 283 Shengli Street, Shuangtaizi District, Panjin City

Longitude: 122.02193956122

Latitude: 41.187720681624

Tel: 0427-6621912; 0427-85

Tour time: 30 minutes - 1 hour

Traffic information: take bus No.1, No.2, No.7, No.11 from Panjin City to the experimental primary school station, and then walk westward to Hubin park to enter the forest of steles

Ticket information: 40 yuan (30 yuan for group, 20 yuan for minor and 20 yuan for student)

Student ID (20 yuan)

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00

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