On the morning of April 10, 2019, the 35th Lanting Calligraphy Festival of Shaoxing City was opened to the audience at the time of "origin · era" (ancient chapter), "make the most of the fashion -- Wang Xizhi's letters" and "honor and promote the hundred generations -- Wang Xizhi's pedigree". Su Shishu, chairman of the China Book Association, Zhu guantian, Zhao Changqing, consultant of the China Book Association, Chen Zhenlian, vice chairman of the China Federation of literary and art, Chen Hongwu, Secretary of the Party group and vice chairman in office of the China Book Association, sun Xiaoyun, vice chairman of the China Book Association, pan Wenhai, member of the Party group and Deputy Secretary General of the China Book Association, Zhao Guoying, vice president of the Palace Museum, Chen Hongyan, director of the ancient books library of the National Library, etc Attend the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was presided over by Sheng Yuechun, deputy secretary of Shaoxing Municipal Party committee and mayor, and Ma Weiguang, Secretary of Shaoxing Municipal Party committee, delivered a speech.

 

 

 

Su Shishu and Zhu guantian recited the words of Jin Shengci, and wrote respectively "cultivating the soul by cultivating the root" and "cultivating the people by virtue". In his speech at the opening ceremony of the Calligraphy Festival, Chen Hongwu said that this series of activities of "the origin and the era" will strive to show new responsibilities on the basis of integrity and achieve new achievements on the basis of innovation. If you trace the current, you will find its source and go with the time. Through the in-depth research and excavation of the ancient legal script centered on Wang Xizhi, the profound life meaning and cultural value in the classic legal script are activated, and the contemporary calligraphers are guided to fully understand the profundity, broadness, change and development of the calligraphy tradition. Standing on the aesthetic position of the times, they are consciously immersed in the long river of national culture, melting and evolving the tradition with today's creative practice, as well as using academic thinking We should constantly enrich and expand our ideas to realize the publicity and return of the main spirit of calligraphy. We look forward to this academic activity of learning from the past and translating from the present to the ancient, which can inspire contemporary calligraphers to create a sense of the times with a super broad personality and a deep sense of home and country. Their hearts are still high, "art", "culture" progress together, "people" and "calligraphy" integration, promote the current calligraphy creation from the plateau to the peak, and jointly compose a colorful chapter of calligraphy art in the new era.

 

 

 

"The origin and development of the times - the ancient calligraphy and the current calligraphy creation centered on Wang Xizhi" is divided into ancient, contemporary and Shaoxing forum. In the ancient chapter of "getting all the vogue -- Wang Xizhi's letters", there are 30 kinds of Ming and Qing Dynasty calligraphy collected by the National Library of China, 568 kinds of Wang Xizhi's single calligraphy, 266 kinds of them, and 23 kinds of Wang Xianzhi's single calligraphy, 19 kinds of them are attached; in the pedigree of Wang Xizhi, there are 12 good calligraphy and 17 calligraphy works collected by the Palace Museum. The contemporary section will be open to the audience on May 23, 2019; the Shaoxing forum will be held from May 24 to 26.

 

 

 

This activity will closely focus on the concept of "taking root in tradition, encouraging innovation, art and culture, diversity and inclusiveness", and review the problems and current situation of contemporary calligraphy creation. The ancient chapter asks questions, while the contemporary chapter presents the current situation. The forum focuses on questions and questions. "Origin and era" will be a comprehensive academic and artistic activity based on the history of art and culture, closely related to the contemporary cultural mission of calligraphy, and in the form of ancient and modern exchange and dialogue.