Cai Xiang Memorial

Cai Xiang Memorial

Caixiang memorial hall is located in Dongsha village, Donghai Town, Putian City, Fujian Province, with a total investment of 1.5 million yuan and a construction area of 1600 square meters. There are exhibition rooms, painting and calligraphy halls, conference halls, etc. in the museum, we collect and display Cai Xiang's life activities of cultural relics, slips, stickers and various versions of CAI's genealogy. We also collect more than 300 domestic famous paintings and calligraphy. The museum has rich cultural connotation, integrates education, science and art, and has high-grade cultural value.

Famous Minister Cai Xiang

Cai Xiang, a famous Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, is an outstanding historical figure in Fujian, who is a politician, a writer, an agronomist and a calligrapher. Cai Xiang memorial hall, also known as Cai Zhonghui's ancestral hall, is located at 199 xiateng Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou. It existed as early as the Ming Dynasty and is a key cultural relic protection unit in Fuzhou.

Construction process

Construction of Caixiang square

After the building site of CAI Xiang memorial hall was listed in the old city reconstruction of Fuzhou, the demolition work began. However, the government learned that the "990 anniversary meeting of CAI Xiang's birthday" would be held in the memorial hall, and the demolition project would be postponed for six months. Moreover, the real estate developers were instructed to move the memorial hall to the south for 60 meters, restore the original building of the Ming Dynasty, and build "Caixiang square" in front of the street gate, erect a statue of Caixiang in the square, and build the Caixiang Memorial Hall.

Caixiang cemetery

In addition, many relics of CAI Xiang are still preserved in Fujian, such as the Luoyang Bridge in Quanzhou, which was built under the leadership of CAI Xiang, which still stands for thousands of years; stone carvings such as "forget to return stone" and "guoshiyan" written by himself, which have been preserved to this day; the ancient tomb of CAI Xiang, which has a history of more than 900 years, has been built in Putian Xianyou, the hometown of CAI Xiang.

Donor

Led by Cai zongmei, chairman of Fujian Caizi group, the memorial hall was rebuilt and included in the first batch of patriotic education bases. It is reported that in order to commemorate this historical celebrity, Ke Cai zongqin at home and abroad is planning to establish a "Cai Xiang middle school" in CAI Xiang's hometown, inheriting the legacy of his ancestors' emphasis on education.

Life of the characters

Cai Xiang (1012-1067), whose name is Junmo, was born in Xinghua (now Xianyou, Fujian). In 1030, he was a Jinshi in the central government of Song Dynasty. He served as the collation of the pavilion, Zhijianyuan, zhishiguan, zhizhigao, LongTuge, Privy Council, Hanlin, Sansi envoy, Duanmingdian, etc. He also served as the transit envoy of Fujian Road (now Fuzhou City in Fujian Province) and the official of Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Kaifeng (now Kaifeng City in Henan Province) and Hangzhou. His posthumous title was "Zhonghui". Cai Xiang was honest, honest, faithful and knowledgeable. In the history of calligraphy, there are four famous calligraphers, Su, Huang, MI and CAI, who are regarded as the typical representatives of Song Dynasty calligraphy style. Among the four schools of Song Dynasty, the first three are Su Shi (Dongpo), Huang Tingjian (FUWENG) and Mi Fu (Xiangyang Manshi). Among the four families in Song Dynasty, Cai Xiang should be older than Su, Huang and MI. In terms of calligraphy style, Su Wu is plump and full of ups and downs; Huang Tingjian is vertical and horizontal; Mi Fu is bold and unconstrained. Their calligraphy style is unique. Su, Huang and MI are good at cursive and regular script, but Cai Xiang likes to write regular script. Cai Xiang's calligraphy is rich and dignified, simple and graceful. The exhibition of CAI Xiang's calligraphy is full of beautiful and elegant atmosphere.

Cai Xiangqi's calligraphy was highly praised by his contemporaries during his lifetime. Su Dongpo and Ouyang Xiu are the most respected calligraphers. Su Dongpo pointed out in his Dongpo inscriptions and postscripts: "only Cai Junmo had high talent, deep accumulation of knowledge, corresponding heart and hand, and infinite metamorphosis, so he was the first in this dynasty. However, running script is the best, followed by regular script and cursive script He also tasted the meaning of flying white, and said that he had the potential of dancing dragons and phoenixes. Those who knew him didn't think it was too much. " Ouyang Xiu's evaluation of CAI Xiang's calligraphy is really beyond comparison: Ouyang Xiu said: "since Su Zimei's death, he felt that his writing skills were excellent. In recent years, Junmo has been on his own, but he is modest and refuses to lead the alliance. " Huang Tingjian also said: "Su Zimei and CAI Junmo are heroes of calligraphy." In MengXiBiTan, Shen Kuo, a scientist of the Northern Song Dynasty, commented on Cai Xiang's cursive script, saying: "to make cursive script with scattered strokes is called scattered cursive, or flying cursive. Its methods are all born in feibai and have their own family. It has the ancient charm of Zhang Xu's nostalgia. It has the tendency of changing, and it is free and ancient

"The biography of CAI Xiang in the history of Song Dynasty" said: "Xianggong was the best in calligraphy, and he was loved by benevolent families." Xu Jiang said in the biography of CAI Xiang: "the public cherishes his calligraphy and painting, and does not act rashly. His fragmentary manuscripts are treasured by people, and Renzong is especially fond of them." Zhu Changwen's xushuduan: Cai Xiang's books are self cherished and valued, not lightly as books. He and other people's letters are treasured. Renzong deeply loves his trace He wrote the inscription "empress Wen Cheng's stele" and wrote it in imperial edict. Junmo refused to write it, saying: 'I'm waiting for the imperial edict. The Confucian's work book, therefore, is nothing more than a leisurely life. Is it like a skilled man's servitude?

From the above three paragraphs, we can know that Cai Xiang's calligraphy was cherished by the emperor and ordinary people. Because he cherished himself and did not write in vain, there were few works handed down from generation to generation. In addition, it can be seen that the trend of calligraphy at that time had completely turned to poetry and letters, and the calligraphy tablet was regarded as a matter of technical service, which was despised by the literati, and even the imperial edict could not control it. This is fundamentally different from the situation before the Tang Dynasty.

Cai Xiang is not a master of the school. Generally speaking, his calligraphy still abides by the laws of Jin and Tang Dynasties, and his sense of innovation is slightly inferior. But he is an indispensable figure in the development of calligraphy in Song Dynasty. With his own complete calligraphy achievements, he built a bridge between Jin and Tang Dynasties' Legalism and Song people's interest. There are many kinds of ink marks in CAI Xiang's calligraphy, such as "Zi Shu Shi tie", "Xie Ciyu Shu Shi", as well as "Tao Sheng tie", "Jiao Shao tie" and "Meng Hui tie". The inscriptions on the steles include "Wan'an Qiao Ji", "daytime Jintang Ji" and the regular script "forget to return stone", "guoshiyan" of Lingyuan cave in Gushan.

Address: Dongsha village, Donghai Town, Chengxiang District, Putian City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 119.325341

Latitude: 26.039934

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