Xiangyang Mi Gong Temple / Come to the quiet temple / See the calligraphy master / Feel the unity of landscape painting and calligraphy

🔴Mi Gong Temple, is a memorial to the great calligrapher and painter Mi Fu of the Northern Song Dynasty, located on the banks of the Han River in the historic and cultural city of Xiangyang. Originally named Mi Jia An. It was built in the Yuan Dynasty, expanded in the Ming Dynasty, and later renamed Mi Gong Temple. Since the 32nd year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1693), it has been rebuilt by Mi Fu's 18th generation grandson Mi Zan, 19th generation grandson Mi Jue, and 20th generation grandson Mi Peng; the temple has memorial buildings such as the worship hall, Bao Jin Zhai, and Yang Gao Tang. And it houses 45 pieces of Mi Fu's handwritten calligraphy copied by his descendants in the 8th year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1730), and 145 other inscriptions. 🌟The pavilions and pavilions in Mi Gong Temple are well-arranged, and the 500-year-old ginkgo trees tower into the sky. The gallery displays more than 100 pieces of Mi Su Huang Cai's leftover ink stone carvings, with a vivid and pure artistic charm. Mi Gong Temple can be described as a huge art treasury❗️ 🔴Xiangyang Mi Gong Temple Travel Guide: 🔸Address: Yanjiang Road, Fancheng District, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province 🔸Opening hours: 8:00-17:30/17:00 stop selling tickets for admission 🔸Ticket🎫 price: 25 yuan/person 🌟Mi Gong Temple is composed of 3⃣️ parts of architectural groups, the central axis is the main building pavilion, worship hall, stele corridor, Bao Jin Zhai, Yang Gao Tang, with a total area of more than 12,000 square meters. The hall houses a large number of ink traces and stone carvings from Mi Fu and the Song Dynasty. The plaques and couplets hanging in the worship hall and Bao Jin Zhai are dazzling, such as 'Unreachable', 'Ingenious Pen', 'With Meng Lu Men Hao Two Xiangyang Books Passed Down for Thousands of Years, Su Huang Cai is called the Four Giants and Suppresses Three People' and other inscriptions, which are high praises for Mi Fu's calligraphy and character by later generations. 🌟The east and west stone gardens on both sides of the central axis, the pavilions, platforms, and pavilions in the garden are staggered, with fish swimming in the pond. The gallery wall displays more than 100 pieces of calligraphy stone carvings by 🔹Mi Fu, 🔹Su Shi, 🔹Huang Tingjian, 🔹Cai Xiang, as well as more than 30 pieces of ink stone carvings left by contemporary famous calligraphers for Mi Gong Temple. 🌟Mi Fu's lifelong calligraphy is the most diligent, and his achievement is the greatest in running script. In the famous collections of the Southern Song Dynasty, most of them are engraved with his legal books, which are widely spread and have a far-reaching impact. Among the 'Four Great Calligraphers of the Northern Song Dynasty', he can be regarded as the first. Kang Youwei once said: 'Tang Yan structure, Song Shang Yiqu.' It means that Song Dynasty calligraphers pay attention to interest and personality, and Mi Fu is particularly prominent in this regard. Mi Fu was good at poetry, fine appraisal, and good at calligraphy and painting. He got the pen intention of Wang Xianzhi, especially the line and grass, and was called 'Song Four Houses' with Cai Xiang, Su Shi, and Huang Tingjian. The landscape painting is based on Dong Yuan, but it has a new idea, mostly with ink and wash, focusing on interest rather than meticulousness, and it is called 'Mi Shi Yun Shan'. He likes to collect gold and stone antiques, especially strange stones. His works include 'Bao Jin Ying Guang Ji', 'Painting History', 'Book History', 'Bao Jin Dai Fang Lu', etc. 🔴In addition to visiting Mi Gong Temple, you can also buy some project experience coupons on the platform: 🔸Small calligraphy stele rubbing experience, 🔸Antique small tile rubbing experience, 🔸Zodiac rubbing experience (need to make an appointment in advance), the play experience will be more rich❗️ ⚠️Warm tip: There are also joint tickets for Mi Gong Temple and Xiangyang Wangfu Green Shadow Wall on the platform, and friends who have time can go to visit together😄 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 I am a foodie and fun🎋and🎍Follow me to eat, drink and have fun❗️🥰