Liu brothers Memorial

Liu brothers Memorial

The Liu brothers memorial hall was rebuilt by Jiangyin Municipal People's government to commemorate the three brothers, Liu Bannong, Liu Tianhua and Liu beimao, who are famous for modern Chinese culture. Located at No. 49, xiheng street, Jiangyin City, the memorial hall of Liu's brothers faces the east from the West. It has two entrances and ten rooms and three courtyards. It is a late Qing building with the characteristics of Jiangzhai. It is about 150 years ago. It echoes with the ancient Xingguo tower and Confucian temple from north to south, forming a tourist area of Jiangnan ancient city.

brief introduction

In the words of Shu Youchun, head of the provincial expert group and head of the cultural protection department of the Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of cultural relics, these are indeed some ordinary Jiangnan folk houses, but because of the birth of the "three heroes" of Liu Bannong, Liu Tianhua and Liu beimao, this small folk house has become a building with profound cultural heritage in Jiangyin City, and every step of the restoration and protection of the old house has become the focus of public attention.

It is understood that since the former residence was opened to the outside world in 1989, there has been no overall overhaul, and the roof, ground and floor have been damaged to varying degrees. Wu Liangyong, Zheng Xiaoxie and other five members of the department took the lead in calling for protection. When the conflict between the protection of the former residence and the construction of urban roads occurred again, more than 30 CPPCC members, including min Huifen, once again called for the protection of the former residence and promoted it as a national cultural relics protection unit. The call from all walks of life in China has aroused the great attention of Jiangyin municipal Party committee and municipal government, which decided to change the original road planning and design in the process of road reconstruction, retain the former residence in the original site, and carry out comprehensive restoration.

Renovation

The renovated former residence retains its original style and pattern. It still has three bays, two entrances and eight small patios on both sides. Only three minor changes have been made at the corner of the outer wall. In the corner of the entrance, the two clusters of red Tianzhu planted by Liu Baoshan, the father of Liu's brothers, are still brilliant. The former inclined gate post has been "righted", the broken and scattered blocks have been re integrated, and combined with the newly added square bricks to form a new floor. The old and the new are separated, which is unique. In order to reduce the frequent vibration caused by vehicles to the former residence buildings in the past, a special shock absorption treatment was carried out during the restoration. It is understood that this redecoration will no longer restore the function of the former Liu brothers memorial hall, but purely restore the function of the former residence, that is, to show the living environment of the Liu brothers, and to arrange the ordinal hall, private school, Sixia hall, textile room, bedroom, kitchen, etc.

What's more refreshing is that in order to make the old residential buildings not too isolated in the modern environment of the surrounding high-rise buildings, the traffic island where the former residence is located has been built into a green island of Guangming garden. In addition to the main building of the former residence, there are also three gardens, bannongpu, liufangqu and beimaoyuan, as well as a series of landscapes, such as the sunken square of Guangming walk, music bridge and Guangming Street. The restored former residence was unanimously approved by Liu's descendants. The Liu brothers memorial hall was rebuilt by the people's Government of Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province to commemorate the three brothers, Liu Bannong, Liu Tianhua and Liu beimao, who are famous for modern culture in China.

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Liu Bannong

Liu Bannong (1891-1934), a famous writer, linguist and educator, was one of the pioneers of the May 4th New Culture Movement in China. He pursued truth all his life. In 1917, he published many progressive works which shocked the literary world. He became a "fighter" and "adventurer" in the new culture movement. He is a pioneer of vernacular poetry, a leader of modern folk song research, and an essayist with pioneering spirit. He is also the founder of linguistics and photography theory in China, and the first linguist to win the "Constantine prize for Linguistics" in China.

Liu Tianhua

Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), formerly known as Shou Chun, the second younger brother of Bannong, is a pioneer of modern Chinese folk music, composer, performer, educator, and a great master of modern Chinese folk music. As an innovator of national musical instruments, he brought erhu and Pipa into full play for the first time. In the history of Chinese music, he was the first to use western staff to record and organize folk music. He not only created immortal famous songs such as "singing in sickness", "liangxiao", "bird's talk in empty mountain" and "Guangming Xing", but also cultivated a large number of Erhu and Pipa performers.

Liu beimao

Liu beimao (1903-1981), formerly known as Shou Ci and the third brother of Bannong, is a famous erhu performer, composer and educator in modern China. He is the faithful successor and developer of Liu Tianhua's career. After the death of Tianhua, Liu beimao inherited his brother's will to "improve the national music", and successively composed more than 100 erhu pieces, such as "Hanjiang tide", "xiaohuagu", "liufangqu". He is a prolific composer in the history of modern music in China and is known as "master of national music".

At the intersection of Renmin Road and Junshan road in Jiangyin City, there are lots of traffic and tall buildings. There are several houses in the south of the Yangtze River with black tiles and white walls, which are still quiet and stuck in the middle of the road. This is the former residence of Liu's three brothers. After some twists and turns, this Jiangnan residence has finally completed a historic restoration, which has become a highlight of the west gate of Jiangyin City. The restoration project of the former residence of Liu brothers passed the completion acceptance of the provincial expert group, and then officially entered the exhibition stage, which was officially opened to the public during the Spring Festival.

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Zhu Muzhi, Minister of culture, wrote the name of the memorial, and Xie Bingxin, a famous female writer, wrote a preface for the memorial. The exhibition is divided into two parts, namely "introduction of deeds" and "scenic spots of former residence", with six exhibition rooms, displaying more than 300 exhibits.

Exhibition room 1

Introduce Liu Bannong's deeds. Liu Bannong's main exhibits of "three changes in his life" are displayed; the works of mandarin duck and butterfly school, such as "black shoulder scarf", "little shadow of cainu" and "Tolstoy's love letter" in the period of "gifted scholars"; the "notes of Lingxia Pavilion", "my view of literature improvement" and "spiritual innovation of poetry and xiaoshuo" in the period of "chuangjiang", which were published in the magazine of "New Youth" successively "Ban Nong Za Wen", "wa Fu Ji", "Yang Bian Ji" in the period of "Scholar" and "experimental record of Chinese character sound" which won the international Constantine linguistics prize in 1925 when studying in France. A brief history of Guoyu movement and the first scientific definition of four tones in Chinese. At the same time, it also displays two kinds of "Liu's tone inference ruler" created in 1925, as well as his photography, calligraphy, archaeology and other works and anthologies, as well as his typewriter, camera, manuscript and other relics.

Exhibition room 2

For Liu Tianhua's exhibition room, there are Liu Tianhua's erhu music manuscripts such as Guangming Xing, Liushui, Xianju Yin, and Jianjian Cao; erhu, guqin, suona, violin, Pipa and other musical instruments used during his lifetime; erhu and Pipa records poured by German Gaoting company for him in 1931; and Liu Tianhua's Chinese music for Mei Lanfang's visit to the United States Mei Lanfang's score of songs, the first Chinese and English Peking Opera score of the country, and Liu Tianhua's founding of "national music improvement society" and other precious cultural relics.

Exhibition room 3

It's Liu Bannong's bedroom in his youth. It's displayed as it was when Liu Bannong got married in Jiangyin. On the wall hang his certificate of graduation from Changzhou Fu middle school and a group photo with his wife Zhu Hui's family. On the desk are displayed the test baskets, bookcases and other relics he used in those years.

Exhibition room 4

It is the bedroom of Liu Tianhua's youth, displaying the bed, table, chair and other things used by Liu Tianhua in that year, as well as the portrait of playing the piano before Liu Tianhua died.

Exhibition room 5

It was the kitchen of the Liu brothers in those years, basically arranged according to the original appearance. In 1920, Liu Tianhua studied Guqin in Kaifeng, where he came back from eczema. Liu Tianhua used fire to smoke and cure itching, and insisted on practicing pipa.

Exhibition room 6

It is the introduction of Liu beimao's deeds and the deeds of people from all over the country to commemorate and inherit their cause after the death of Liu's brothers. On display are the erhu, guqin, some manuscripts and works used by Liu beimao during his lifetime. On display are commemorative articles, elegiac couplets and memorials of Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Henshui, German musician Lei Xing, etc. It also lists commemorative articles, academic papers, books and pictures published by relevant academic groups and publishing houses. The memorial hall also has relics and scenic spots such as "Centennial Tianzhu", "shigudun", "sauce platform" and "bamboo garden".

There is a reference room in the Liu brothers memorial hall, which collects a variety of materials and relics of the Liu brothers, as well as more than 2000 pieces of calligraphy, paintings, fans and other memorials presented by famous modern calligraphers and painters Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, Shen Yinmo, etc.

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On Renmin Road, a busy main road, a building with the characteristics of Jiangnan houses in the late Qing Dynasty is particularly attractive. It is like a small island in a river, reflecting a different kind of peace and tranquility in the hustle and bustle. This is the former residence of Liu's three brothers, which Jiangyin people are proud of. On May 1, 2007, the old house, which has been repaired and transformed, will be presented to the world with a new attitude. A building with two entrances, six rooms and two side chambers, three patios and a courtyard, with a total area of more than 400 square meters, covers a small area, but is deep and chic. The old well, laurel, Tianzhu, Chimonanthus, green brick and stone tile There is interest in simplicity.

In 2006, the municipal Party committee and the municipal government allocated special funds to carry out a comprehensive maintenance of Liu's former residence, and put the Liu brothers' works in order

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