Xinghua Museum

Xinghua museum was built in 1993. It is a three story antique building with pink walls, dark tiles and horse head walls. There are sculptures, murals, small bridges, flowing water, empty roads, corridors, bamboo and wood, and fragrant flowers. There is a square in front of the main gate. In the center of the square stands a square pavilion with double eaves and angles, namely the four archways. Forty seven plaques are hung inside and outside the four archways to commend the outstanding talents in the history of Xinghua. Plaques are mostly inscribed by famous contemporary calligraphers and painters, which can be regarded as artistic treasures.

Xinghua Museum

synonym

Xinghua Museum generally refers to Xinghua Museum

Xinghua City Museum is located in the national ecological demonstration area and the center of Xinghua City, a water town known as "the land of fish and rice". It is a national third-class Museum (the only national museum in four cities and two districts of Taizhou), a three-level patriotism education base in Jiangsu Province, Taizhou City and Xinghua City, and a national AA tourist attraction. It was established in 1959. In 1993, the new building, Zheng Banqiao Memorial Hall and Shi Naian Memorial Hall adopted a set of management system. After half a century of development, there are 2456 cultural relics in the collection, including pottery, porcelain, bronze, gold, jade, calligraphy and painting, of which 41 are national level II cultural relics, 39 are national level III cultural relics, and other precious cultural relics such as Zheng Banqiao's authentic paintings and calligraphy, and silver ingots unearthed in the Tang Dynasty are the treasures of the town hall. The former residence of Zheng Banqiao and the former residence of Liu Xizai are under its jurisdiction, forming a pattern of "one body and two wings" with Xinghua Museum. It is an important position for the construction of spiritual civilization in Xinghua City, an important window for external publicity, and plays a greater role in improving the popularity of Xinghua City.

brief introduction

Xinghua museum was built in 1993. It is a three story antique building with pink walls, dark tiles and horse head walls. There are sculptures, murals, small bridges, flowing water, empty roads, corridors, bamboo and wood, and fragrant flowers. There is a square in front of the main gate. In the center of the square stands a square pavilion with double eaves and angles, namely the four archways. Forty seven plaques are hung inside and outside the four archways to commend the outstanding talents in the history of Xinghua. Plaques are mostly inscribed by famous contemporary calligraphers and painters, which can be regarded as artistic treasures.

collection

There are more than 2000 collections in Xinghua Museum. After identification, there are 42 national second-class cultural relics and 36 national third-class cultural relics.

There are fixed exhibitions in the museum, such as Zheng Banqiao's life and artistic achievements, historical materials of Shi Naian's cultural relics, historical materials of Xinghua's celebrities, LV Houmin Photography Art Museum and unearthed cultural relics in Nandang, which are open to the public all the year round. In addition, various temporary exhibitions are held from time to time.

Zheng Banqiao, as a representative of the Qing Dynasty "Yangzhou Eight monsters" and Xinghua historical celebrities' calligraphy and painting works are relatively rich, which constitute a feature of Xinghua Museum collection.

The silver ingots of Tang and Song Dynasties collected by Xinghua museum are of great value to the study of the development history of Chinese currency, especially silver currency.

The sacrificial utensils of Confucianism in Xinghua Confucian temple have gone through the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They are complete sets, complete types, rich connotation and exquisite workmanship. They are rare in China. They are important historical witness of ancient Chinese Confucian culture and education.

The cultural relics unearthed from the tomb of Shi Naian, the author of outlaws of the marsh, are unique to Xinghua Museum. Among them, the epitaph of Shi gongtingzuo is the most important cultural relic in the contemporary study of Shi Naian, which has always attracted the attention of academia and society.

Xinghua museum also has a collection of works of contemporary famous calligraphers and painters, most of which are in memory and praise of Zheng Banqiao by famous calligraphers and painters at home and abroad

As time goes on, the value of his works will become more and more obvious.

Exhibitions and collections

Li Peiyuan's running script

Clean book

Length: 171 cm, width: 91.5 cm

"Running script axis" is a masterpiece of Li Peiyuan's existing works. It is well preserved and written in sumo. It is dignified and plump in posture, calm and steady in structure, beautiful without losing strength, regular without losing flexibility, and powerful in penetrating paper.

Li Chunfang's running letter

Ming paper edition

Length: 26 cm, width: 64 cm

"Letter of running script" is one of Li Chunfang's few calligraphy works in the world. It is well preserved, but slightly incomplete on the left. The whole article is beautiful and meaningful, elegant and flexible, and well organized, just like the flow of silk. The use of the pen is soothing, mellow, unconventional, and unique. It is very exquisite in the calligraphy of Jin and Tang Dynasties, reflecting a high personal quality and inner temperament.

Liu Xizai's running script

Clean book

Length: 168 cm, width: 92 cm

Liu Xizai's calligraphy works are rare in the world, and this running script scroll is well preserved. The center of the work is thick and powerful. The whole work is smooth, the rhythm is slow, and it is also Zhang Yichi. The brushwork has the meaning of grass. The body is plump and beautiful, simple and mellow, which is deeply refined.

"Running script axis" by Shen Jun Wang Yunxi

Clean book

Length: 168 cm, width: 86 cm

"Running script axis" is the calligraphy work of Shen Jun Wang Yunxi, which is well preserved. The center of the work uses the pen, which is out of the rules and into the rules. It is easy to flow, powerful, vigorous, free and easy. The strokes are open, long and big. It imitates Wang Youjun's style, which is very popular with Huang Tingjian.

The painting of magpie ascending plum blossom by Li Zhen

Clean book

Center: 228.5 cm long, 133 cm wide; axis: 340 cm long, 153 cm wide.

His work is the painting axis of the magpie ascending plum blossom. The picture shows two magpies perching on the branches and looking at each other in the auspicious season. The willow and stone brush is vigorous, the bird feather brush is gentle, and the water is winding.

Four archways

The fourth archway is located in the Xinghua Museum. There is a fourth archway with cornices and vaults. It was built in the Ming Dynasty. Due to the turmoil of the cultural revolution, the fourth archway was destroyed. The four plaques rebuilt in 1987 basically keep their original appearance. They are covered with large and small plaques on the four sides and the inner wall of the vault. They are simple and solemn. They record 74 celebrities in the history of Xinghua from the Song Dynasty to the early Republic of China. Each plaque has one or several historical celebrities, and each plaque contains a glorious achievement. At the same time, the plaque re inscribed by 40 famous calligraphers across the country has made the calligraphy value of the plaque on the fourth archway unprecedented. It is not only a cultural relic reflecting the history and culture of Xinghua, but also a treasure of contemporary Chinese calligraphy art.

Liyuan boat Hall

In 1957, it was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit by Jiangsu Provincial People's Committee. Built in Xianfeng Period of Qing Dynasty, it is a part of Li Xiaobo's private garden. The whole building is like a big ship, with the bow to the West and the stern to the East. There is a long tread on the south side of the ship hall, which looks like a springboard. There are corridors on both sides. The top of the hall is a rolling shed tile top, which is exquisite. There is a flower bed outside the bow. The winding Wisteria trunk is like a cable tied to the shore. The whole ship hall is a large ship with elegant decoration, rippling in the flowers and trees.

Former residence of Zheng Banqiao

Zheng Banqiao's former residence is located in Xinghua City

There is an old brick gate house in zhengjiaxiang, east gate. It is the former residence of Zheng Banqiao, a famous calligrapher and painter in Qing Dynasty and a representative of Yangzhou Eight monsters. The south room is Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy and painting exhibition room, the north room is where he lived, the east room is where he used old tables, chairs and wooden beds, and the other rooms are full of calligraphy and painting works made by later celebrities for Zheng Banqiao. The whole former residence is simple and elegant, which fully reflects the artistic conception of "room elegance is not big, flower fragrance is not much" written by Zheng Banqiao.

Former residence of Liu Xizai

Liu Xizai's former residence is known as the "Oriental Hegel" literary theorist. Liu Xizai's former residence is located in xiaoguandi Temple Lane, Xinghua City. It faces south and has beautiful environment. There are lakes, mountains and fake stones. The houses are built in front and back. They are hard hilltops, and the East and West houses are sealed with fire walls. The front three rooms are the auditorium. Through the screen door of the auditorium, there is an inner patio. On the west side, there is a study. The last three rooms are the living places of Liu Xizai. The East and West rooms display the monographs and articles on Liu Xizai.

Tour guide

Admission: Free

Opening hours: 8:30-18:00 (summer); 8:30-17:30 (spring, autumn, winter)

Address: No.2 pailou North Road, Xinghua City

Postal Code: 225300

Address: pailou North Road, Xinghua City

Longitude: 119.843352

Latitude: 32.934749

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