Former residence of Ma Zhiyuan

Former residence of Ma Zhiyuan

Ma Zhiyuan's former residence is located in Jiuyuan village of "Wangping ancient road" in Wangping Town, Mentougou District, West Beijing. There is an ancient residence of Yuan Dynasty in xiluopo village. Local villagers have said for generations that this is Ma Zhiyuan's former residence. Ma Zhiyuan's former residence, facing east from west, is a large quadrangle. There is a small bridge and flowing water in front of the former residence. On the wall on the back of the shadow in front of the door is written "Ma Zhiyuan's former residence", and there is an introduction to Ma Zhiyuan's life. Go around the screen wall, cross the gate of an east room and come to the yard. The courtyard is very large. There are three or five rooms on each side. Because there was no one to live in for a long time, it was very dilapidated, with weeds and sundries piled up in the yard. Ma Zhiyuan's famous song "tianjingsha · Qiusi" is well-known: "withered vines, old trees, crows, small bridges, flowing water, people. The old road, the west wind, the thin horse, the sunset, heartbroken people in the end of the world After careful observation, it is found that the scenery in front of the former residence is very similar to the artistic conception of tianjingsha Qiusi.

Ma Zhiyuan

According to the history of Chinese literature and other records, Ma Zhiyuan

(1250-1324) the word Qianli, No. Dongli. Most of them are from Beijing. He was a famous dramatist in Yuan Dynasty, known as "the name of xiangguanman Liyuan". He was the main member of Zhenyuan book club, one of the "four masters of Yuan Opera". Ma Zhiyuan is also honored as the "number one scholar of Qu", and has a high reputation in the history of literature. Dissatisfied with the corruption of the government, Ma Zhiyuan lived in seclusion in the mountains and lived a life of "immortals in wine, guests in the dust, friends in the forest, and middle reaches of the song".

In the history of Chinese literature, the drama of Yuan Dynasty is brilliant. Moreover, many famous dramatists are from Dadu (Beijing), such as Guan Hanqing, Wang Shifu and Ma Zhiyuan. Their plays are often performed in GouLan and Washe (theatres) in the Hutong of Dadu Xicheng brick tower, and sometimes they appear in person. Many plays of Yuan Dynasty, such as Guan Hanqing's Dou'e yuan and Wangjiang Pavilion, Wang Shifu's Romance of the west chamber, Ma Zhiyuan's autumn of Han Palace, Qingshan tears and Jianfu tablet, have been going on for a long time. Beijing is the birthplace of Chinese drama.

Former Residence

There is no detailed record of where Ma Zhiyuan lived in seclusion. However, Ma Zhiyuan's former residence was found in xiluopo village of Jiuyuan village. The old house has been handed down from generation to generation. It can also be seen that the people of Jiuyuan village love Ma Zhiyuan, a great dramatist. In addition, Ma Zhiyuan's other songs can also prove that this is his former residence. For example, Ma Zhiyuan's "qingjiangyin · Yexing" in "three hundred yuan songs" has the following words: "the West Village is long day and few people, a new cicada is noisy. Just waiting for sunflower to bloom, and early bee son make, high pillow dream with butterfly go. The West Village should be xiluopo village. For dongluopo village, dongluopo is the East Village and the East and west villages are connected. The former residence of Ma Zhiyuan has been confirmed by the relevant cultural relics department. Therefore, there is a statement at the gate of the former residence. Now the village is preparing to rebuild the former residence of Ma Zhiyuan.

Address: xiluopo village, Jiuyuan, Wangping Town, Mentougou District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.032748

Latitude: 39.959725

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