Elegance, Playfulness, and Refinement | Experience the Graceful Life of Ancient Literati
There is an exhibition about the Four Treasures of the Study at the Beijing Art Museum: 'The Fragrance of Inkstone Flowers - Exhibition of Elegant Scholar's Objects from the Ming and Qing Dynasties', which selects more than 200 pieces of elegant scholar's objects from the museum's collection from the Ming and Qing periods. It displays the beauty of their materials, craftsmanship, and decoration from different perspectives, taking you to taste the graceful life of ancient literati and the tranquil and elegant artistic interest, to appreciate the ancient traditional skills and the spirit of craftsmanship, and to perceive the long-standing and profound nature of the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
In addition to the well-known brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, the exhibition also includes auxiliary stationery and furnishings for the study. They either imitate ancient objects or draw inspiration from nature, filled with 'elegance' and 'interest', with the literati's inner landscape and springs, as well as their feelings for their home and country, all hidden within.
The brush, ink, paper, and inkstone are the traditional writing tools of ancient China, known as the 'Four Friends of the Study' or the 'Four Treasures of the Study'. After the Song and Yuan dynasties, the 'Four Treasures' became most famous for Huzhou brushes, Hui ink, Xuan paper, and Duan inkstones. During the Ming and Qing periods, the production of the Four Treasures of the Study reached its peak, forming their own cultural systems and styles of the times. The brush, ink, paper, and inkstone not only have practical value but also become works of art that integrate painting, calligraphy, carving, and decoration.
A stone inkstone, a box of black ink, a piece of Xuan paper, and a brush write out the literati's distant emotions and spiritual charm, becoming a way for them to express their feelings and metaphor their careers. It can be said that 'with exquisite brush and inkstone, life is a joy'.
🎫Ticket: 20 yuan, you need to follow the Beijing Art Museum on WeChat, make an appointment in advance, and there are 200 free spots available every Wednesday
🚗Transportation: Take bus 300, 368, or Subway Line 16, etc., to get there
The Beijing Art Museum, known as the Beijing West Forbidden City, is reopened to the outside world. It is currently open to the middle road. The collection in the museum is not too much, there are Buddhist statues, calligraphy and painting, four treasures of the literary room, and furniture exhibitions. There are batik, woodworking and other projects to participate in, you can bring children over to do handicrafts.
It is Wanshou Temple. I have been there once in 2015 and I have no impression at all. This time it was 2018-2022 after the overhaul, like a brand new museum. Although not big, there are a lot of content to see. There are historical introductions, furniture exhibitions, Buddha statues, four treasures of the study. There are also experience courses such as woodwork, weaving, tie-dyeing and so on. It can be seen that the manager is very attentive. I spent four hours visiting and learned a lot. A museum worth visiting.
Beijing Art Museum now collects nearly 50,000 pieces of ancient artwork, from the beginning of the primitive society, from the beginning of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the collection is wide, mainly including calligraphy and paintings, tablets and celebrity books, palace embroidery, palace porcelain, ancient furniture, coins and stamps. It also collected more than 100,000 ancient books from the Song Dynasty to the Republic of China.
I rushed to fashion, and I made an appointment on the public account for two days and finally grabbed the ticket to the Beijing Art Museum. The Beijing Art Museum (the site of the museum in Wanshou Temple) was opened to the public again on September 16, 2022, after five years of renovation. The open area is mainly the front six of Wanshou Temple Middle Road and the East Road abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's Viewers can see the restored mountain gate hall roof painted "Hongfu Qitian", as well as the original display of Buddha statues in Huiri Changhui Temple important historical relics. At present, the museum has newly established basic Chen listed as: Wanshou Temple History Exhibition, Buddhist Image Art Exhibition, Jishou Cultural Relics Special Exhibition, Qing Dynasty Royal Painting and Calligraphy Art Exhibition and Chinese Traditional Furniture Exhibition. The exhibition displays more than 350 artifacts from various cultural relics in Beijing Art Museum, of which more than 60 precious cultural relics are collected. Address: Wanshou Temple, West Third Ring Road North Road, Haidian District, Beijing Ticket: 20 yuan, you need to make an appointment on the public account. Open time: Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-17:00(16:30 Stop entering the museum), statutory holidays will be notified separately. Monday closed. Transportation: Bus 74, 634, 645, 300, And Metro Line 16 Wanshousi Station
📍 Detailed address: Beijing Art Museum is located in Wanshou Temple, located 200 meters north of Zizhu Bridge on West Third Ring Road, East (in the Third Ring Road) 🚗 Traffic Raiders: It is not convenient to park around, it is recommended to go by bus or subway, 300 and other Ring Road cars are all there, Exit C of Wanshou Temple of Metro Line 19. 🕙 Open hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00-16:30 closed every Monday. 💰 Ticket price: 20 yuan for adults, no tickets for minors and the elderly. Visits are limited daily, and reservations are required in advance on the public account. 🌟 Highlights: Wanshou Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty and is a dedicated royal temple. After several large-scale renovations, Emperor Kangxi, Qianlong and Guangxu formed a collection of temples, palaces and gardens as one of the three east, middle and west roads, and has the name of "Jingxi Xiao Forbidden City". The museum has set up five special exhibition areas of Wanshou Temple's historical development exhibition, Buddhist art exhibition, Ming and Qing porcelain art exhibition, Ming and Qing crafts exhibition and painting art museum using ancient buildings. The collection of Beijing Art Museum is very precious, with a wide range of categories, mainly calligraphy and painting during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, fan, palace embroidery, porcelain, Ming and Qing furniture, etc. 📌 Little Tips: The art museum is not very big. At present, only the abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbot's abbots' abbots' abbots' abbots' abbots' abbots' abbots' abbots' abbots' abbots' abbots' abbots' ab