Who wrote the "Presidential Palace" in Nanjing? He was given 3,000 silver yuan, and his calligraphy status was comparable to that of his right hand

For the Nanjing Presidential Palace, everyone knows, and is very familiar with the three big characters of "Presidential Palace" on the gate, so how much do you know about these three words? Who wrote these three words?

In fact, these three characters were written by a calligrapher named Zhou Zhongyue, although he may not think of himself as a calligrapher, but his calligraphy status is comparable to that of the famous cursive master Yu Youren at that time, and he is considered to be the two most outstanding calligraphers in the political arena of the Republic of China, which shows how high his calligraphy achievements are.

Zhou Zhongyue's calligraphy is not well known, and his most famous calligraphy work is the three characters "Presidential Palace". In 1948, the three characters were collected from the whole country, and at that time, many submissions were received from all walks of life, and in the end, the "Presidential Palace" written by Zhou Zhongyue was still selected. Zhou Zhongyue's "Presidential Palace", with thick ink and heavy pen, the majestic and dignified Yan Ti kaishu was pushed as the best choice, and later Jiang rewarded Zhou Zhongyue with 3,000 silver yuan to indicate that Zhou Zhongyue's calligraphy was "a thousand words and a thousand gold".

Since then, Zhou Zhongyue's calligraphy reputation has been greatly enhanced, and his calligraphy reputation and status have also risen and become famous throughout the country.

Who is this Zhou Zhongyue? Zhou Zhongyue was born in 1876 and died in 1955 at the age of 79, a native of Zhongyi Lane, Jinhua, Jianchuan. Although he was born poor, but he was very diligent in reading, he had to pay a lot more than his peers, he did not bow to fate, and finally in the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu, that is, in 1903, he participated in the Ying Yan Ke Township Examination, the first place, called Xie Yuan, and later studied in Japan, becoming a scholar. He has made good contributions to patriotism and love for the people, and is a very accomplished figure in the Republic of China period.

Zhou Zhongyue's calligraphy became famous earlier, at the age of 35, his calligraphy was very famous, sometimes there were shops and so on to ask him to write the name of the shop, the cost of writing was much higher than that of ordinary calligraphers, but there were still many people who came to the door to ask for words, they thought that the calligraphy of "Xie Yuan" was shoulder to shoulder, and it was bound to bless their business. Of course, this is only a superstitious element, but mainly because Zhou Zhongyue's calligraphy is really good, and his calligraphy reputation is also large enough.

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