Zhongxin Online Haihai News, November 19 (Wang Jia) Born in Kunshan Bacheng at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the "Yushan Yaji" is the largest, longest-lasting and most creative collection of poetry in the history of the Yuan Dynasty, and an unprecedented and sustained cultural event, and the "Lanting Yaji" of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the "Xiyuan Yaji" of the Northern Song Dynasty have become the three most famous collections in the country, and have been cited as the best stories of the literary circles of all generations. On November 19th, the "Literary Style" - Yushan Yaji Special Exhibition, jointly sponsored by Liu Haisu Art Museum, Kunshan Houbeiren Art Museum, Suzhou Art Museum and Suzhou Academy of Fine Arts, was opened at Liu Haisu Art Museum.
Zhao Zongjiao's "Yushan YajiTu" Chinese Painting 90×260cm / Courtesy of the exhibition
The exhibition is composed of four sections: Interpretation, Characters, Inheritance and Scenic Spots, and further expounds the cultural value of "Yushan Yaji" and its contribution to the formation and development of Jiangnan culture through the introduction of characters related to the "Yushan Yaji" and the presentation of exhibits such as calligraphy and paintings, literature, poetry, classics and furniture. The exhibition specially exhibits Ni Zhan's "Pine Stone Map" and "Xishan Chunji Map", one of the "Four Houses of the Yuan", the "QingJue Pavilion Map" by the Yuan Dynasty calligrapher Zhang Yu, the "Youbi Pavilion Collection" of Wang Yi, who is known as the "Holy Painting of the Early Qing Dynasty", and Gu Ying's "Ancient Tree Empty Pavilion Map", and other masterpieces of paintings from previous dynasties, as well as ten rare books of ancient books of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Xu Shan's "SongYuan Ya Collection" Chinese Painting 64×98cm / Courtesy of the exhibition
Most of the many poetry works created in the "Yushan Yaji" yaji activities are based on garden attractions as the theme of creation, which has become an important part of the history of Yuan poetry. The activities of Yaji are mainly carried out in private gardens, and most of the paintings of Yaji are also based on these garden attractions as the theme of creation or even in these pavilions. The exhibition also invited artists from all over the world to create 43 pieces of Chinese paintings, oil paintings, prints and watercolors with the theme of gardens, and displayed poems and paintings.
It is reported that on November 12, 2020, the Kunshan Municipal People's Government held the "2020 Kunshan Integration into Shanghai Promotion Conference" in Shanghai, and Liu Haisu Art Museum and Kunshan Houbeiren Art Museum signed a cultural and tourism cooperation project "Literary Style" - Yushan Yaji Special Exhibition. The exhibition will be on view until 8 December. (End)
Editor: Wang Ji