Lixia is the seventh of the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, the first solar term of summer, Lixia said that it is about to bid farewell to spring, which is the beginning of summer. People are accustomed to regard Lixia as an important festival when the temperature rises significantly, the heat is coming, the thunderstorm is increasing, and the crops enter the peak season.
Mainland Gulai attached great importance to the Lixia festival. According to records, on the day of the establishment of the summer, the ancient emperors would lead hundreds of civil and military officials to the southern suburbs of the capital to greet the summer and hold a summer ceremony. In ancient times, folk customs such as weighing, eating eggs, and drinking tea were established.
Wang Sheng's "First Summer Thesis", on paper, line book
Length 32.2 cm, yoko 38.1 cm
Collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing
【Interpretation】 Suddenly, Boxing Chengxian personally sat down. The first summer is clear, the gods praise the face, honor the blessings, and then meet again, and take care of the ambush when they are a few phases. Sincerely, not to declare. Shengton first went to Bo Xing to undertake the xian personally and sat down.
Wang Sheng's "First Summer Thesis", on paper, xingshu, length 32.2 cm, yokozuna 38.l cm. Collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Wang Sheng's cursive writing was quite famous in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the information said that he wrote Zhang Xu and Huai Su, but from then on, he could not see the relationship with the above two people, but it was very close to the calligraphy style of the Minang Palace, and the calligraphy of this post was all learned by Mi Fu, and the momentum was smooth, and the pen pharaoh jian should be the pen of the old age.
Seals of the Collection: "Song Jie Examination and Approval" (Zhu Wen), "ZhenHuatang Ji" (Zhu Wen), "Lotus Tree Appreciation" (Zhu Wen), "Yanzhou" (Zhu Wen), "Seal of Wang Gong" (Bai Wen), "Nan Yun Zhai" (Zhu Wen), "Emperor Eleventh Son Cheng Prince Zhen Jin Zhai Book Seal" (Zhu Wen), "De" "Quantity" (Zhu Wen Lianzhu). Bibliographies of past dynasties: "Calligraphy and Painting".
Wang Sheng (1067-?) Yi Lao, a native of Bi (present-day Kaifeng, Henan). Song Xuan and Zhengjian were summoned as the Right Lord. After the southern crossing, he lived in the Jiahe Lamb, called himself a lamb resident, and when Emperor Gaozong of Song was in power, he summoned the Mongol officials to the right envoy. The year of death is unknown, but it is still alive in 1149. Yu Ji commented: "Yi Lao Cursive Writing, There is a perversion of Xu Toss and Turns", but examining its circulating handwriting, it is actually learning rice.