Exhibition hall of Han and Wei inscriptions

Exhibition hall of Han and Wei inscriptions

The exhibition hall of Han and Wei inscriptions is located in the south of houzuo street in Qufu, at the south end of the alley at the exit of the back garden of Confucius Mansion, and to the north of Confucius Temple. There are 6 stone inscriptions in Han Dynasty, 19 stone inscriptions in Eastern Han Dynasty, 1 stone in Wei Dynasty and 4 stone inscriptions in Northern Dynasty. Most of them were in Confucius Temple and Confucius forest. They were moved to the present site in 1998 and arranged in chronological order. They are well-known in Han and Wei Dynasty in China, such as BEIBI stone inscription, Wufeng stone inscription, Yiying stone inscription, ritual stone inscription, Confucius stone inscription, Shichen stone inscription and Zhang Menglong stone inscription.

An overview of inscriptions

Inscriptions are precious cultural heritages left by history in Qufu. These inscriptions fully show the exquisite and outstanding achievements of Chinese calligraphy in the past two thousand years. They are not only treasures of Chinese traditional culture, but also rare material materials for studying ancient political history, ideological history, economic history and Confucian temple construction history. They play an extremely important role in the history of Chinese inscriptions. In 1998, a new museum was set up for centralized storage, arranged in chronological order and displayed permanently. Some of the inscriptions since the Sui and Tang Dynasties are attached to the museum to show the whole picture of the calligraphy of the past dynasties, as well as the variety of Zhen, Cao, Li and Zhuan, so as to meet people's aesthetic requirements for all kinds of calligraphy. There are 6 inscriptions in the Western Han Dynasty, 18 in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and 5 in the Wei and Northern Dynasties, which are the highest in China and represent the highest level of Chinese calligraphy in that period. BEIBI stone is one of the earliest stone inscriptions in China. Yiying stele, ritual stele, Confucius stele and Shichen stele are the models of Han Dynasty official script. Zhang Menglong stele is a masterpiece of Wei style. It shows the excellent achievements and gorgeous style of Chinese calligraphy in the past two thousand years.

Brief introduction of exhibition hall

Qufu Museum of Han and Wei inscriptions is located in the West warehouse of the former Confucius Mansion behind the Confucius Temple. It mainly focuses on the protection and display of Han and Wei inscriptions, with 131 inscriptions and 6 stone carvings. The Han and Wei steles in Qufu belong to the main part of the stele forest of Confucius Temple. The stele forest of Confucius Temple was built in 1838 A.D. and is located between dazhongmen and dachengmen. It mainly includes the inscriptions of tongwenmen courtyard, xizhaisuyuan and shisan Beiting courtyard. At that time, there were about 220 stone tablets and 310 carved stones. It is the second largest forest of Steles in China. Han Wei steles are the essence of the forest of Steles in Confucius Temple. They were originally stored under the Tongwen gate of Confucius Temple. In 1978, they were moved to the East veranda of Confucius Temple for protection. In 1996, they were rebuilt in the West warehouse of Confucius Mansion. Han Wei steles and some key steles were moved in, and a special exhibition hall of Han Wei steles was set up for protection.

Qufu is one of the three largest forest of Steles in China. The Han and Wei tablet inscription exhibition hall in Qufu brings together the essence of Qufu's stone inscriptions. There are 131 pieces of stone inscriptions and 6 stone carvings. They have been throughout the whole history of China's inscriptions, including the Western Han, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, song, Jin, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, there are 6 steles in the Western Han Dynasty, 18 steles in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and 4 steles in the Wei Dynasty. BEIBI stone is one of the rare stone inscriptions in the early Western Han Dynasty. Wufeng stone is one of the famous stone inscriptions in the Western Han Dynasty. Yiying stele, ritual stele, Kongzhou stele and Shichen stele are the representative steles of Han Dynasty official script. Zhangmenglong stele represents the highest level of Wei style calligraphy art. These rare steles are the most direct and true carrier of historical information, and are also the research objects It is also a treasure of Chinese calligraphy art to study the evolution of politics, ideology, culture, Chinese calligraphy style and the historical evolution of Confucius Temple. Ou Yangxiu, a litterateur, and Zhao Mingcheng, a epigraphist, both visited Qufu in person and collected their own works. Dang huaiying, a man of the Jin Dynasty, wrote a poem praising him

The remains of the state of Lu are far away, and the city is desolate.

Meiliang is divided into the shadow of the dawn and the shadow of the Xia, the spring of the pines and the light of the moon.

Old Hui once touched Zhou Yulu, and the broken stele is still a Han article.

There is no need to ask the heirs for a long time.

Exhibitions and collections

Han Kong Biao tombstone instrument

The Stone Beasts in front of Kong Biao's tomb in the Eastern Han Dynasty are tiger shaped on the right and lion shaped on the left. They all have wing like ornamentation, which is the so-called "divine beast" of later generations. The lower abdomen is hollowed out, and the surface is flat and smooth; the hind limbs are expressed in the form of relief, and the lines are smooth, which has obvious characteristics of stone carving in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because of the deformity of the forelimbs, the shape of the two animals is unknown, but the whole body observation is sitting and standing in front of the arch. Hutong is 195cm high, with exaggerated and variant face, slender and naturally curved hind limbs, and an indistinguishable ornament under the neck. The lion is 182 cm high, with severe head damage, unclear nose and eyes, mouth shape, and thick bristles. Originally standing in front of the tomb of Kong Biao in Konglin, it was moved to the Confucius Temple in 1953 and moved to the exhibition hall of Han and Wei steles in 1998.

Stone man of Yuan Dynasty

Originally on the site of the prison in Xianyuan county government, now in Dongjiu County village of Qufu City, Shi Tou is very powerful, wearing a flapping helmet, armor, combat boots, sword in his right hand and a long hair head in his left. On the back, it is engraved with "the new moon in the first year of Zhida", i.e. 1308 A.D. According to local folklore, the stone man was Zhang Wang, the head of the prison, so he stood at the gate of the prison. In 1965, he moved to Confucius Temple and in 1998, he moved to Han Wei stele exhibition hall.

Han Dynasty stone relief in liangchengshan

It was carved in the second year of Yonghe (137) and found in liangchengshan, Weishan County. A total of 17 stones were moved to the Confucius Temple in the 1950s. In 1989, one stone was transferred to the Museum of Chinese history. The remaining 16 stones were moved to the West Chamber of the temple in 2000. Most of them are bas reliefs. The famous pattern is bianque practicing medicine. There are four pieces (one has been transferred to the Chinese History Museum). Bianque's human face and bird body, two of which are holding needles, are important materials for investigating the development history of acupuncture and moxibustion. There are still ten hunters left after the stone wreck. They are either armed, carrying crossbows, setting up eagles, or leading dogs. Two dogs leap up to bite their prey, which is the most vivid depiction. There are two lines of inscriptions on one side of the first picture of lianlishu, which read: "on September 2, Guangli, the second township, Yang, Kun's younger brother, four men and four women, Shao, lost his loving mother, his father's year, rich knife, self-sufficiency, missing his parents, brother's sorrow. He is the one who governs the grave, serves as a small canteen, passes on his grandson, the stone worker's punishment, Zhaowang, Caifu Zhiwan."

Yuan Dynasty, Chijian duanben hall monument

Standing in 1350, the monument is 254 cm high, 80 cm wide and 17.5 cm thick. There is an inscription in the inscription on the inscription, which records the establishment of duanben hall. He was granted Jinshi's family background and wrote an article with Peng Tingjian, the governor of Yangzhou. He also wrote an article with Zhao Xingzong, the Minister of government, who was in charge of all military affairs and agriculture in Yangzhou. He was granted the title of Shi Jin Zhuan, editor of Lang Hanlin Academy of national history. Duanben hall is the reception place of Yanbin hall for senior officials, with a total of 28 rooms. It used to be on the North Street of jiuxiancun in the east of Qufu City, in the northeast corner of jiuxianya courtyard, 20 meters away from the main hall of Xianya. The stele was found in 1956 during the general survey of cultural relics. It was moved to Confucius Temple in 1964 and Han Wei stele exhibition hall in 1998.

Tang tuoroni stone Scripture building

As a relic of the Tang Dynasty, it was originally in the old Tianqi temple in Xiaoxue village, Xiaoxue Town, Qufu. The Jingchuang is in the shape of six edges with characters on six sides. From the north, the order of puncturing is Buddha Ding Zun, Quan Tuo Luo, Ni Jing Chuang, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Puxian Bodhisattva in the south, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Tibetans Bodhisattva in the south, Vajra Bodhisattva and wuchu Bodhisattva in the south.

Main display

There are 33 exhibition rooms in the exhibition hall of Han and Wei inscriptions. Six stone inscriptions of the Western Han Dynasty, seven stone inscriptions of the Eastern Han Dynasty (including two stone inscriptions), 13 stone inscriptions of the Eastern Han Dynasty, 5 stone inscriptions of the Wei and Northern Dynasties, 5 stone inscriptions of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, 6 stone inscriptions of the Tang Dynasty, 7 stone inscriptions of the Song Dynasty, 2 stone inscriptions of the Song Dynasty, 3 stone inscriptions of the Yuan Dynasty, 1 stone inscriptions of the Yuan Dynasty, 56 stone inscriptions of the Ming Dynasty, and 20 stone inscriptions of the Qing Dynasty are. There are also six edged Buddhist scriptures and kaopanjian carved stones. A total of 133 pieces (including 2 stone inscriptions).

1、 Stone carving in the Western Han Dynasty

BEIBI stone: unearthed in 1942 near the east of Zhougong temple. It is 95 cm long, 42 cm wide and 19 cm high. 5 cm. The inscription "BEIBI built in September of the sixth year of Lu" should be the terrace of lulingguang hall built in the sixth year of King Lu Gong (149 BC).

Wufeng stone carving: also known as Lu Xiaowang stone carving, it is a famous stone carving in Western Han Dynasty. It was unearthed in the prince fishing pool in 1191. It is 71 cm long, 40 cm high and 43 cm thick. It is engraved with the inscription "completed on June 4, 1934, Wufeng 2nd year of the Western Han Dynasty (56 BC)". There is a inscription on the left.

Zhu Qiqing tomb carved stone: also known as Western Han Dynasty Ju she tomb carved stone. It is 99 cm long, 50 cm wide and 25 cm high. The writing area is 20 cm wide and 14 cm high. Engraved with "Zhu Qiqing tomb altar Ju photo two years ago, month made.". It was in front of Confucius' tomb. Jushe two years (Ad 7) carved stone. In 1732, he moved to Confucius Temple.

Shanggu Fuqing tomb altar: (ditto) 69 cm long, 38 cm wide, 31 cm high. The writing area is 20 cm wide and 14 cm high. 5 cm. It is engraved with the inscription "made in February of the second year of the residence of shanggufu cemetery". In 1732, he moved to Confucius Temple.

Wang Ling Sai Shi: unearthed in 1970 from the Han Lu tomb in Jiulong, Qufu, Shanxi Province, with the inscription "Wang Ling Sai Shi Guang Si Chi". It's the seal stone for the chamber of the cliff Han tomb.

Anhan Lihan portrait engraving: there are 8 matching Han portrait stones, which are carved with four gods: Zhuque, Xuanwu, Qinglong and Baihu. Unearthed in 1937 in the East hanjiapu of Qufu City, the inscription on the top of the middle wall of the tomb is "hanliyu shiye, Dong'an, Shanlu city". Stone carving in the Western Han Dynasty. All the eight original stones are preserved in the Confucius Temple. The carved stones in the exhibition hall are imitations of rubbings.

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