Travel notes of Wang Xizhi's golden palace

A Preface to the Collection of Lanting, with the reputation of "the best running script in the world", has made Wang Xizhi a calligraphy saint and Lanting, once an ordinary post station in China, a holy place for calligraphy.

Wang Langya traveled south in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and then moved from Langya to Huiji Yin Shan. And Wang Xizhi belongs to this rich and powerful family. There is a Zhu Jie Temple at the foot of Jishan Mountain in Shaoxing, which is also the former residence of Wang Xizhi. It was a beautiful talk at that time to give up one's family and take a temple.

In fact, the achievements of Wang Xizhi and his descendants are limited. If you put it now, it is likely to become a group of mediocre officials. It happened that he was born in a good era-Eastern Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. So that our impression of them will not be bad. Although the official is not doing well, the temperament is extremely real. They make no secret of their love for natural landscapes, so they indulge in landscapes and cultivate their temperament. As a result, Lanting Xiuyi became synonymous with the elegant meeting among friends, and also became the world's first running script-Preface to Lanting Collection.

The story of Wang Ziyou, the son of Wang Xizhi (that is, Wang Huizhi), who visited Dai 'an Road on a snowy night, never came back when happiness came to an end, which brought the demeanor of this famous man to the extreme, thus becoming an eternal beauty talk.

Jinting was forgotten, which is compared with Lanting. Even this small town living in the east of Shengzhou has Wang Xizhi's cemetery and Huatang Ancient Village, which is the largest gathering place for descendants of Wang. But it is still independent of the world, as if forgotten by the world.

Wang Xizhi chose Jin Ting as his final destination. And his house in Jinting was finally given to a Taoist priest and became a Taoist temple. He has been wandering around all his life, but he is attached to both Buddhism and Taoism.

In the eleventh year of Yonghe, that is, in the third year of the completion of Preface to Lanting Collection, Wang Xizhi took his son to fuck it and settled in Jinting County. Jinting, located at the junction of Shengzhou, Fenghua and Xinchang, is located in the hinterland of Siming Mountain. It is a quiet place with continuous streams and lush trees.

Wang Xizhi spent his last time here. He fished geese for entertainment, built a library, taught children, wrote poems, painted calligraphy and paintings, and enjoyed the scenery.

Under the influence of Wang Xizhi, Wang studied poetry and calligraphy in Jinting. As a result, the front of every family's hall was covered with calligraphy and painting, forming the pattern of this Huayuan painting hall, which eventually became the largest gathering place of Huatang ancient village-the descendants of the king of eastern Zhejiang.

At noon, I arrived at Huatang Ancient Village, and every household was busy cooking. A young mother, holding her child's hand, walked in a cobblestone alley and walked to the door of the platform at the end of the alley. The old lady at the entrance is cooking. Through the white wall, you can still hear the sizzling of vegetable oil in the pot and the sound of frying vegetables with a spatula. The fragrance flew out of the door and floated in the alley.

Yellow dogs are the most common in Huatang Ancient Village. They either play and chase in the alley, and when they are tired, they simply curl up on the stone steps at home, as if the world has nothing to do with it. Biography of Li Si in Historical Records records what Li Si said to his son before decapitation: If I want to go out with the yellow dog and chase the cunning rabbit at the East Gate of Shangcai, how can I get it? When the ancients fell from a height, they knew they wanted to live a comfortable life. I don't know. The simple life people want has always been around. Keep a yellow dog, live a simple pastoral life and be happy.

Huatang is probably a village forgotten by time and people. That shabby building has long been neglected. The pillars of the ancient stage have also been mottled. Several old people are playing mahjong in the quiet ancestral hall, and osmanthus flowers are in bud in the garden. The loquat tree in Taimen is already very graceful! Everything missed the time.

Perhaps this is the golden palace of Wang Xizhi. Because of Wang Xizhi's love for nature and landscape, the queen who lives in seclusion here has become particularly comfortable. They integrated the landscape with life, and the water outside the village was introduced into ditches and walked around the village. Water is running water, which greatly facilitates the use of villagers. In the yard, it is another world.

Wang Xizhi's final destination is Jinting Waterfall Mountain. Here, Wang Xizhi finally merged with his favorite landscape. His descendants built houses and kept filial piety from generation to generation. A shabby grave, the stream around the house, cool and gurgling, left Chai Men and entered a yard. Generations of princes and grandchildren, so guarding their ancestors, poor, happy, poor, happy.

? Erpeng

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Some photos of Wang Xizhi's tomb in Jinting and Huatang ancient village

Wang Xizhi's tomb flow

Huatang Ancient Village Jiuqushui Town

One corner of the old ancestral hall of Huatang and the ancestral hall of Wang.

Alleys in Huatang Ancient Village

Wang Xizhi's tomb is near the mausoleum.