Yuanyuan Hall

Yuanyuan Hall

Yuanyuan hall is the former residence of Feng Zikai, a famous modern painter, litterateur, art and music educator. Located in Shimen Town, Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal forms a 120 degree bay here, which turns to the northeast. Near the corner, a house facing south is yuanyuantang.

brief introduction

Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal flows from Hangzhou to Shimen Town, Tongxiang County, forming a 120 degree Bay, turning northeast. Near the corner, there is a house facing south, which is the former residence of Feng Zikai, a famous modern painter, writer, artist, musician and educator. "Yuanyuantang" is not only Feng Zikai's real home, but also his spiritual home. He not only wrote several articles describing Yuan Yuan Tang, but also published his articles in the name of Yuan Yuan Tang, such as Yuan Yuan Tang essays, Yuan Yuan Tang re pen, Yuan Yuan Tang new pen and Yuan Yuan Tang continuation.

history

In 1926, Feng Zikai and master Hongyi lived in a rented house in yongyili, Jiangwan. One day, Feng Zikai wrote many words on small square paper that he liked and could match with each other. He formed many small paper balls and scattered them on the offering table in front of the Buddha's portrait of Sakyamuni. He took the lot twice. As a result, all the words he picked up were "Yuan", so he named it "Yuan Yuan Tang". Immediately, master Hongyi wrote a banner for mounting in jiaojiu Huatang. Master Hongyi was predestined with the Buddha and became a monk. In addition, they have a good friendship. It can be said that they are predestined with each other for a profound reason.

Yuanyuan hall is elegant and quiet, where Feng created and lived.

Yuanyuantang was first built in 1932-1933. At the end of 1937, yuanyuantang was bombed by Japanese invaders.

In February, when Feng Zikai, who was exiled in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province, learned the news, he wrote articles like "return my Yuan Yuan Tang", "tell Yuan Tang's spirit in heaven" and "farewell to Yuan Tang", angrily denouncing the brutal acts of the Japanese aggressors.

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Feng Zikai went back to his hometown to pay homage to the Yuantang site.

During the Qingming Festival in 1975, Feng Zikai revisited Shimen and once again paid special attention to the Yuantang site.

In 1984, the people's Government of Tongxiang County rebuilt the original site according to its original appearance.

Master Guangqia, a close friend of Feng Zikai and vice chairman of Singapore Buddhist Association, donated money to rebuild his former residence.

Architectural experience

The original Yuanyuan hall was a dormitory of Feng Zikai in yongyili, Jiangwan, Shanghai. At that time, he was teaching in Lida college. In the early autumn of 1927, master Hongyi, Feng Zikai's mentor, came to Shanghai and lived in his home. Feng Zikai asked his master to name his residence. Master Hongyi asked him to write many words he liked and could match each other on the small square paper. Then he formed many small paper balls and cast lots on the offering table in front of Sakyamuni's portrait. As a result, Feng Zikai caught the word "Yuan" twice, so he named it "Yuan Yuan Tang". I immediately asked master Hongyi to write a banner, mount it and hang it in the apartment. Feng Zikai later moved to Jiaxing and then to Shanghai, where he hung the plaque of Yuanyuan hall in his HOS. "It's just like being together for eight years.".

According to Feng Zikai, Yuanyuan hall at that time was only "the existence of spirit", and it was not until 1933 that it was really shaped. In the spring of that year, Feng Zikai built a three Bay high-rise building behind his old house in Meisha lane, Shimen Bay, Tongxiang county. This is the real Yuan Yuan Tang. Because the plaque written by master Hongyi was too small, Mr. Ma Yifu was asked to write it again. The architecture of Yuanyuan hall is extremely elegant, known as "a work of art", where Feng created and lived.

In January 1938, yuanyuantang was burned by the Japanese invaders. In February 1938, Feng Zikai, who was in exile in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province, heard the news and angrily denounced the brutal acts of the Japanese invading army.

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Feng Zikai went back to his hometown to pay homage to the Yuantang site.

During the Qingming Festival in 1975, Feng Zikai revisited Shimen and once again paid special attention to the Yuantang site. Since then, his health has gone from bad to worse, and it is in this year that he hastily bid farewell to this volatile world.

In 1985, Yuanyuan hall was donated by master Guangqia, vice chairman of Tongxiang Municipal People's government and Singapore Buddhist Association, to rebuild the former residence. In 1998, FENGZikai comic gallery was built on the site of fengtongyu dye shop. Inside the wall outside the museum, there are all cartoons by Feng Zikai. Reading these comics, people can see the warmth all over the world.

Architectural features

After the reconstruction, the Yuanyuan hall is still of brick and wood structure, maintaining the original characteristics of tall, open and bright. The structure, layout and even the flowers and trees are in accordance with the original appearance. Green brick, black tile and vermilion fence have the beauty of deep simplicity. The whole building is composed of three floors, three floors, front courtyard and backyard, with a total area of 510 square meters.

Entering the courtyard from the east wall gate, the four big characters of "Xin Ji Jiu Qi" on the top of the wall gate are imitated and restored according to Feng Zikai's book. The two gates are full of holes and holes, with scorched marks. This is the only relic left by yuanyuanyuan hall rescued from the Anti Japanese artillery fire, and it is also an irrefutable evidence of the Japanese invading army's crimes against China.

Feng Zikai's favorite morning glory is planted in the flower bed in the middle of the courtyard, and several plantains are planted in the corner on the right.

Red and green, quiet and harmonious. The main hall of Yuanyuan hall is in the south of the courtyard. On the lintel is the plaque of "FENGZikai's former residence" written by Ye Shengtao.

In the hall, the forehead of Yuanyuan hall was copied according to Ma Yifu's original trace.

Hung under the hall forehead is a red plum nave, which was painted by the famous painter Tang Yunfang and Wu Changshuo.

Two pairs of couplets are hung on both sides of the nave. The inner couplet is "if you want to be the foundation of all dharmas, your heart is like a painter.".

This couplet was originally a sentence in Dafang Guangfo Huayan Sutra recorded by master Hongyi. Now it is imitated and changed into a board couplet.

External contact is "temporarily stop flying black general number son, frequency to talk Yan Ding new nest".

It is a poem written by Feng Zikai in Tang Cheng by Du Fu.

The furnishings in the main hall are basically restored. In addition to the plaques and couplets in the central hall, there are also paintings and calligraphy works presented by many contemporary painters and calligraphers.

The west room of the main hall used to be a study. Now there is a bronze bust of Feng Zikai. In addition to displaying Feng Zikai's calligraphy and paintings in the east room, there is a full body portrait of Feng Zikai in ink on the central wall, as well as many works of contemporary calligraphers and painters.

There is a passage through the stairs at the back door of the east room, and the three rooms on the upper floor are divided into two rooms.

The East and west front buildings were originally the bedrooms of Feng's family, but now they are both exhibition rooms, displaying Feng Zikai's photos of various periods and some of his works and relics.

The middle front building was originally Feng Zikai's bedroom and studio, which was basically arranged as it was.

On the back wall is a simple double cushion bed, with bookcases and bookcases on both sides, and a jiudou desk and a cane chair in the front window.

All the furnishings reflect the original style of "simple, bright, simple and generous".

All the beds, tables, cupboards and chairs are the relics of Feng Zikai in the middle of the old sun moon building in Shanghai.

On the desk are the four treasures of the study and Ci Hai, which Feng Zikai used during his lifetime.

His works and translations are listed in the bookcase. In addition, some manuscripts, photos, letters and seals of Feng Zikai are displayed.

From 1933 to 1937, Feng Zikai traveled between Shanghai and Hangzhou, lived in yuanyuantang most of the time, wrote and translated nearly 20 works, which was the golden age of his creative career.

At present, there are more than 500 pieces of Feng's relics, 180 pieces of works, and many calligraphy and paintings presented by Zhao Puchu, Li Keran, Tang Yun and Qian Juntao.

There are three flat rooms in the back of the building. They are reception room and service department. They sell books and tourist souvenirs related to Feng Zikai.

The flat house is equipped with a back door from which tourists can get in and out at ordinary times.

There is a grape shed and a pair of swing in the patio in front of the flat house, which was a place for Feng Zikai's children to play.

Since 1985, yuanyuantang has become a hot spot of tourism. Many newspapers and magazines at home and abroad introduce Feng Zikai's former residence, his outstanding artistic achievements and his simple and indifferent noble character.

Address: Muchang Qiaotu, Shimen Town, Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City

Longitude: 120.442496

Latitude: 30.618612

Ticket information: free.

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