Memorial Hall of Huang Tingjian

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Updated: 2011-09-14

Memorial Hall of Huang Tingjian

The Huang Tingjian Memorial, located at Xiushui county of Jiangxi province, is a museum in memory of Huang Tingjian, the founder of Jiangxi Poetry School and one of the four renowned calligraphers of the Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279). The site of the memorial used to be the Exhibition Room of Historical Relics of Xiushui county, Jiangxi province. It was opened to the public in November 1985.

It is believed that Nanshanya was the place where Huang Tingjian read books and strolled about. Even today, a few historical remains left by him can still be seen there, such as his handwriting Buddha and Diaoji(a rock projecting over the water for angling) engraved on the cliff and the climbing fig planted by him in addition to 100-odd tablets of his calligraphic inscriptions. In 1959, the memorial was listed as one of the historical sites under the protection of Jiangxi province.

The statue of Huang Tingjian, the founder of Jiangxi Poetry School and one of the four renowned calligraphers of the Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279)

The memorial has collected 427 items of relics and over 10,000 items of samples.Epitaph of Wang Chunzhongand Epitaph of Xu Chungzhong in the Song Dynasty both inscribed and written by Huang Tingjian are both unearthed from the Song tombs. The works were written in Xingshu(running hand in Chinese calligraphy), which is very rarely seen in his calligraphies.

The basic exhibitions of the memorial are the Exhibition of the Life Story of Huang Tingjian and the Exhibition of the Historical Relics of Xiushui county. Also on display in the memorial are the exhibitions on special topics of the local celebrities. The memorial has published the book entitled The Legend of Huang Tingjian.

Huang Tingjian Memorial