Tiemen Town, Xin'an County, 45 kilometers away from Luoyang, has a place where the epitaphs of various generations are gathered, called Qiantang Zhizhai, which is worth seeing.
The door of Qiantang Zhizhai
Qiantang Zhizhai was built by Zhang Xiao (Zi Boying), the elder of the Xinhai Revolution. Kang Youwei stopped by Shaanxi Province, and wrote this couplet, of which there are many dictionaries, and the meaning must be carefully examined.
The collected tombstones are embedded in the four walls and corridors of the house, which is very spectacular!
There are more than 1400 pieces, the most in the Tang Dynasty, more than 1100 pieces, so it is called "Thousand Tang Zhizhai".
The epitaph records the character's family background, life deeds, companions and heirs, and the time and place of death, which is an important basis for studying the martial arts and customs of that dynasty
Various fonts are appreciated calligraphy art.
I also saw Liu Yong's words.
The epitaph of Zhang Xiao's father was written by Zhang Taiyan, and engraved by Yu Youren Shudan and Wu Changshuo.
Wu Zetian made a character
The word of Zheng Banqiao
Zhang Xiao's mother celebrated her birthday, and Chiang Kai-shek sent the word.
Zhang Xiao was obsessed with Jinshi calligraphy, and had a lot of contacts with Yu Youren and Kang Youwei, and under the influence and suggestion of Youren, Zhang Xiao searched for the epitaphs of his predecessors and built this Thousand Tang Zhi Zhai.
After admiring the Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, it is indeed time to go to Tiemen Town to see this epitaph museum, a different experience.