Former residence of song Cao

Former residence of song Cao

Song Cao's former residence is located at No. 4, Confucian street, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. Shen Peng, vice chairman of the Chinese Calligrapher Association, wrote the title. The former residence was built several times, with dozens of houses. In the south, the house was demolished, and the municipal kindergarten was built. In the north, the house was demolished, and the office building of the Finance Bureau of Yandu County was built. Only a few houses in the middle were left. With the approval of the city people's government, the renovation and restoration started in 1986, becoming the site of Yancheng calligraphy and painting academy.

brief introduction

The former residence is located at No.4, Confucian street, Yancheng City. It is a well preserved courtyard building of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was first built in the late Ming Dynasty and then renovated several times. It was renovated again in 1989 and officially opened to the outside world in 1990. The courtyard block faces east in the West and is called Shuimo brick gate square. It is composed of chunliju, shupengcaotang, tongyinlou, huiqiutang, houting, Qinting, Beilang, etc. The front hall is the vegetable grass hall, the west side is the Tongyin building, and the downstairs is the study with bedrooms. The hall in front of the gate is Huiqiu hall, displaying calligraphy, painting and ink. There are holding pillars and couplets carved on the pillars. There are Qin pavilions and rockery caves in the backyard. Through the hall to enter the corridor, 12 pieces of cursive thousand character steles are embedded in the corridor, with a view of the cave, thin stones and bamboos. Looking through the Liuqi pool, surrounded by clear springs, red fish swimming in the water, bamboo and stone shining, full of vitality. The whole courtyard is well arranged, simple and elegant, with water, stone, flowers and trees as a whole, which is the key cultural landscape of Yancheng City.

The people of Cao in Song Dynasty

overview

Cao of Song Dynasty, named binchen (Yingchen), was born in November 1620, the year of Gengshen in Wanli of Ming Dynasty. He is a famous calligrapher and patriotic poet in the early Qing Dynasty. He left a large number of calligraphy works in his life, which were scattered in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and also collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing. His book about calligraphy is a famous book on calligraphy, and later generations have collected selected papers on Chinese calligraphy. Song Cao's poetics is profound, and his works have been handed down from generation to generation.

Life

In Song Dynasty, Cao's talent was the best, and he was awarded Zhongshu Sheren in Hongguang period of Nanming Dynasty. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, he retired to Tang village outside the South Gate of Yancheng City. He was a potential farmer in the farming sea and a foster mother. In 1647 A.D., Shi pan and Li Yu, the scholars of Yancheng, fought against the Qing Dynasty. After their failure, the Qing government raided everywhere, and song Cao was rescued and released. After that, he traveled to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. At that time, there was a righteous man in Xuzhou who fought against the Qing Dynasty for ten thousand years and was friendly with song Cao. Ten thousand years later, he failed to fight against the Qing Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River. He fled back to the north of the Yangtze River and lived in seclusion on the Bank of Hongze Lake. Song Cao visited, and Gu Tinglin, a famous scholar, was also in ten thousand places, so they made an appointment. In the first year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1662 A.D.), he was recommended to seclusion in the mountains and forests by an imperial edict. Another 16 years later, the Qing Dynasty compiled the history of the Ming Dynasty, opened a erudite branch of Ci poetry, and invited famous Confucianists from all over the country. At that time, Yan hang and Mu Tianyan, governor of Jiangsu Province, recommended song Cao and Wei Shuzi, both of whom insisted on not going.

Liu Wenji, the cousin of emperor Chongzhen in Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, was friendly. Liu Wenji's aunt was Zhu Changluo's concubine and Chongzhen's biological mother (the only imperial concubine in Yancheng history, empress in later Jin Dynasty). After the death of Ming Dynasty, Liu Wenxuan wandered in the world. Cao GUI of Song Dynasty advised him that "it's better to go back after half a year's sightseeing in the mountains, and everything goes against the rules." even if you have a robe, you can't fall in love with others. ". Liu Wenjuan moved to Yancheng in the 21st year of Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty and lived in seclusion in Tangcun with song Cao. He married his only daughter to Huan Yi, the fourth son of song Cao. Huan Yi died early and gave birth to a posthumous son. Song Cao ordered him to be Liu Wenjuan's grandson and named him Liu Cun. Tang village has the tomb of Huanggu, that is, the tomb of Hengyi's wife Liu.

In the 22nd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Governor Yu Chenglong invited song Cao to Nanjing to compile the general annals of Jiangnan, which he did not sign. In the 40th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1701), song Cao died of illness at the age of 82.

The restored former residence of song Cao faces east. When you enter the former residence, you will see a statue of song Cao standing in front of the door. It is wearing a civilian bun and a cloth shirt. It has a clear face and a long beard. It looks like a scholar's demeanor.

Address: No.29, Confucian street, Yandu District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.13700845667

Latitude: 33.382778542039

Tel: 0515-88366001

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