Come to Xi'an for two days, and always want to see the Forest of Stone Tablets. Around noon, the weather, some gloomy, and so I woke up, the window has been drift from the wet misty fog. Waited at the window, look no rain looks like rain, thinking that no matter, and a taxi to the Forest of Stone Tablets.
Beilin Museum, is located in Xi'an, the eastern side of the Old City of South Gate Wenchang door. According to records, Forest of Stone Tablets was first formed in 1087, the Tang Dynasty some people of insight to make a number of valuable monument from the war damage, intends to collect collection steles, through the accumulation of Chinese dynasties, and now more than 3,000 pieces of Cang Shi, becoming Beilin's largest museum.
Wenchang the door to the taxi driver ran down I Yiliu Yan, left, a moment when I refer to the direction that the Forest of Stone Tablets on there. I am standing, and through the trees to see Beilin Museum's door, only to discover it started to rain and the sky has dimmed a lot. This will, I think of it forgot Daiyu San, and had the rain towards the Forest of Stone Tablets, into Duoduo rain. Fortunately, Beilin Museum, not far from the park rushed to the door, rush to spend 30 yuan to buy a ticket in a hurry to go hide in a yard.
Thought the Forest of Stone Tablets of the courtyard trees with many stones, to the inside and saw not, and imagined. The wall has a rough profile, read it and found that this compound was originally an ancient Confucian temple, which is the last ritual of the Confucian Temple of Confucius. Because of disrepair for years, had some run-down yard, and showing some desolate. Behind the Temple of Confucius is the Forest of Stone Tablets of the showroom. Large number of steles not stand in the yard, but in the room with rows of neatly arranged, from the wind and sun. The Confucius Temple is now busy with maintenance, from time to time, spreading waves of percussion sound of a stone hammer, in the rain a bit quiet where tim and ancient taste.
Many places in the Confucius Temple. Hometown of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province, where Confucian Residence, Confucius Temple, Konglin are the saints of heaven and earth. Over the past that strong momentum seen Qufu Confucius Temple, read it again after a few copies of movement, even though there are Pan pool, Ling Xing Gate, Ji doors, still feel not very meaningful, not to mention that the Confucian Temple in the main hall as early as 1959 was destroyed by Lei Huo, no this Dacheng Hall of Confucius on the Cheng incomplete.
However, when I looked Tantou Wang Ling Xing door when the unexpected cozy Harukage still attracted to me. Impression of Xi'an is a typical northern climate, but came later, everywhere that spring where there are still many of Xi'an, Nanjing taste of spring feeling especially touching. Right now, the lattice door was a star vines climbing the red door walls infected with broken bits of green. The door, a piece Bauhinia flower to bloom as brightly colored, shoot out the Earned passion, people have a concept can not bear to leave. Those verdant buds to start a fresh and elegant, people gush Juanjuan heart germination feelings. At this point, that rain is also head down, hanging endless melancholy, showing Qingyimianmian. Deep in that wet the halberd courtyard door, there is a bit lonely lonely, but also gives some kind of deja vu.
Bypass Ji door, Dacheng Hall is the site of formation of the Forest of Stone Tablets Square. Place the middle, sitting north to south one Xie Shan-style two-story tall tablets pavilions, red columns, cornices high, people feel the tablets pavilions of the extraordinary. A two-tier canopy of a large plaque hanging pieces, written in gold, "Forest of Stone Tablets" two characters. Kiosk display, they are national treasures - Shitai Book of Filial Piety monument, is written by the Tang Emperor Li Longji hand-engraved in the Tang Tianbao four years (AD 745), the biggest and earliest of its size has been moved to Forest of Stone Tablets, is called it as the first monument.
After the tablets pavilions, there are seven Forest of Stone Tablets showroom, yes, long green tile-roofed house, set into a series of courtyards. Displays a block of precious stone. Entered the door and saw the precious Steles departments and regions, which both sides are neatly placed in the room into a Road, the monument wall, and fixed with iron shelf for fear of being pushed by an inattentive. Steles high and low, the shape is also different, some of them inlaid in the glass box, but one thing is the same, the years of vicissitudes has emerged as a kind of ink, people feel the weight of these steles, and extraordinary value. , Each at a showroom look forward to, listening to the guide's explanation, which linger, as if walking into the corridors of history. Experience with the evolution of culture for thousands of years old, listening to the footsteps of history, imposing a full weigh out the years. Monument is not just an art of calligraphy of the fossils, but the historical and cultural enrichment is a milestone in the progress of civilization.
The ancients said, "Where lettering Jieyue stone monument." According to test, "monument" word back in the pre-Qin period had recorded into the Han Dynasty, the monument to the formation and development culture. Forest of Stone Tablets collection of inscriptions of subjects, from the Han Dynasty, near to the Republic, covering the history, culture, religion, geography and many other areas, calligraphy covering real, grass, scribe, Fragrance, also reveals the evolution and development of Chinese calligraphy. Steles the people involved, both of ancient emperors, but also well-known writer, calligrapher and the contents of the inscription is more broad, almost touched every corner of life.
From the monument of the content, we can feel some cultural development footprint. The earliest inscriptions are mostly classics, to promote the rule of feudal ideas. Tablets pavilions where a huge piece of the "Book of Filial Piety" is enshrined in the rule of successive dynasties and constraints of the people of this criteria. Hui-hung, a more "open into the stone scriptures," is the Confucian classics. This vast group of inscriptions carved on the Emperor Tang Wenzong due to open into the two named, a total of 114 stone, every stone 2 meters high, two lettering a total of 228 surface, the content includes "Book of Changes", "Book of History," "Book of Songs" , "Zhou", "Etiquette," "Spring and Autumn Zuo Zhuan", "Book of Filial Piety," "The Analects of Confucius" and 12 Confucian classics, a total of 160 volumes, 65 million words, be rated as recorded in Chinese history stone library.
There are many inscriptions related to religion, which also shows the history of religion in our culture status in the impact of people's lives. Li Shimin essays sequence inscriptions, "the monument with the state of holy church order," the author Lvxiu rock Monk King of net book "Nestorian Stele," and "Monk Monument is not empty", etc., are all embodied the kings of the use of religion to focus on the rule of the people will regulate social conflicts and management of national things.
Can be felt from the inscription, the inscription records the contents of the Song Dynasty have been some changes, showing a more literary, but also a number of people looking to take. From the Northern Song Su, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, CAI, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties literati, have left valuable relics, and the content of politics, literature, calligraphy all in one, many inscriptions are mainly poetry, Su's "go back to speech, "Huang Ting-jian's seven-character poem, Zhao Mengfu's" tour day-capped mountains, Poetry, "Dong Qichang running script" Send Hueiji s Health and poetry, "Lin's" Tour Mountain Poems ", as well as Emperor Kangxi table book" Silent Zhi Yuan " and so on.
Beilin set the works of ancient masters of calligraphy in a room, be called sage of the exhibition hall, from which we can feel the evolution of body language development and the origins of a long source of the art of calligraphy. Here are melting the Qin and Han Li Zhuan style one of "yi shan Stele", legend of Li Si Seal script, from which can understand the implementation of the text after the Qin Dynasty unified Tongyiliuguo Dacheng legacy. The "Cao monument" and Yan Han Li graceful show, known as "sub-scribe if Hanbei seek among the most handsome of the calligraphy, then none other than Cibei" in the title. Forest of Stone Tablets of Ouyang Xun's handwriting Steles "Huangfu birthday Monument", is still loved by many people in modern, and spread abroad. It is said that the Japanese "Asahi Shimbun" header is, in Ouyang Xun Lishu "concept in mind cases in Santa," steles were obtained from the composition of the word. There is also "Liu Yan tendon bone, Britain insolent Su" legacy. Majestic vigorous Qiu Jin and the Yen Chen-ching of the regular script, with magnificent thin bone Liu Liu Gongquan the body, each leading the trend a hundred years, is a representative figure of Saint Tang late Tang Dynasty regular script. Museum of the "multi-sensor pagoda monument", "Yan's Family Temple Stele", "Yan Qin Li monument", "competition seat draft" is Yangong at different times written with different fonts, while the "occult tower monument" is Liu Gong's handwritten. Zhang Xu and Huai Su is the Tang Dynasty to Cursive known calligrapher, ink inscription exist here as well.
Commentator said during a visit to former prime minister came to Forest of Stone Tablets, a monument to the special care of them, this is the official motto of the feudal dynasties "official possession of Stele." Under her leadership, came Beiqian watch inscribed content. Inscription said, "lai fear I fear I tight, clean, I can not agree with the people I have served the public, the public then people did not dare slow, inexpensive and the clerks can not deceive, the public Sheng-Ming, Lim Sang Wai." Commentator said, was Museum staff dedicated this monument of rubbing gave the Prime Minister. Indeed, the vast number of inscriptions in the philosophy of civilization still dominate the people and their social activities, and this feudal officials Juguan law now does not seem alien to the truth, the moment is also reference to the management of national significance.
Carefully to appreciate the every piece of stone inscription, meditation association, there is a sense of history through. A monument, like a mirror that can be used to enlighten people's minds to see gains and losses; a monument, such as a first teacher, you can get from that concise philosophical wisdom and strength; a monument, such as a strict injunctions , you can find through the ages since its ups and downs in life to the founding prescriptions.
Farewell Forest of Stone Tablets, rain do not accept this step. This spring inside the rain, thick like a brewing for thousands of years too old wine, filled with ancient streets, the casual, where you walk, can draw breath out of that ancient culture flavor.
(March 6, 2003)
Author: wangzc
