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The appearance of Ikjin Academy

As a symbol of Bazhou’s history and culture, Yijin Academy’s rise and construction were the result of various forces promoted by the imperial court, local officials and private gentry. The contemporary revival of Yijin Academy is also due to the joint efforts of party and government leaders at all levels as well as experts and scholars from all walks of life, making Yijin Academy a local cultural brand in Bazhou and an important base to showcase Bazhou’s cultural traditions and humanistic spirit. .

The 2006 "Reconstruction of Yijin Academy" records the ups and downs of Yijin Academy with the times, its repeated rise and fall, and the process of continuing the humanistic line of Bazhou Ancient County.

"The years have passed, the world has been overturned, and the millet leaves can only be exhaled. The district has a clear river and a sea banquet. In the year 2006, after thirty years of reform and opening up, Bazhou has achieved social stability and economic prosperity. The people's livelihood is prosperous, culture and education are prosperous, and they are known as prosperous. They are superior to the past and know the etiquette. They inherit the national line and reshape the national spirit. They will continue to rise and fall, and promote the essence of traditional culture. The municipal committee and government listened to the sage's suggestions and their sincere wishes. They worked hard to build a strong economic city; they worked hard to build a culturally famous city; they gathered the wisdom of the people to create a harmonious hegemonic state; they then spent huge sums of money to build an administrative center. To the north of the building, the former Bazhou Painting Academy was opened to expand the land, and the foundation stone was laid in April for the reconstruction of Yijin Academy. It was completed in October. The design and construction are unique, with beautiful corridors, verandas, pavilions and pavilions, and the ingenious workmanship; palaces, gardens and pools. It is rich and magnificent, showing the magnanimity of a large county; hiding the present and exposing the past, engaging the ears and eyes; showing off the wisdom of the outside, guiding the body and mind to be refreshed and comfortable. He writes poems in black and white; he paints the wonders in his mind by using pen and ink; he adheres to morality and follows the example of the sages; he examines the Bible and Confucian classics to study the changes in the relationship between heaven and man; he inspires anger and anger, and he is disciplined in his conduct. Read the old history and the new history to understand the true way of morality and art, and seek the development of morality and art. After considering the development of society and history, material and spirituality are like the two wheels of a car and the wings of a bird. Enriching the people and rejuvenating the county. The key to governance is to make the people happy and upright. The gods are wise and the people are wise. For life, you can establish a life for the people, worry about the worries of the ancestors, enjoy the joy of the people after you, and always keep the desires of the people in mind, so that you can rebuild Yijin Academy at the right time and benefit. In the contemporary era, we protect our descendants, lay down stones to remember, and encourage officials and people.”

At the beginning of the new century, under the background of Bazhou’s booming economy and increasingly good humanistic and ecological environment, Bazhou was launched. Participated in the reconstruction project of Yijin Academy. In the material reconstruction and modern concept transformation of this cultural monument that has carried seven hundred years of glory, the Bazhou Municipal Party Committee and Government, under the leadership of building a famous cultural city, have built a hometown of calligraphy and calligraphy, a hometown of opera, and a hometown of poetry and poetry. The four business cards of Bazhou and the hometown of hot springs comprehensively enhance the cultural competitiveness of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area and actively promote the healthy, coordinated and rapid development of Bazhou's economy and society.

The "Hometown of Calligraphy and Calligraphy" is a brand in Bazhou City with distinctive regional cultural characteristics. Yijin Academy, as its important support, has injected new content into its original social education function, making the ancient Yijin Academy has a dual meaning. First, it has accumulated hundreds of years of fine traditions of teaching and educating people. Second, it serves as a new exploration to explore the long-standing Bazhou cultural context and promote the transformation of traditional culture into modern times. It serves as the basis for the modern renaissance of Chinese academies. Add new patterns to the territory.

The "Hometown of Calligraphy and Calligraphy" is also a true portrayal of the large number of talented people in Bazhou's history. As early as the Song and Yuan Dynasties, outstanding literary figures such as Du Ying and Hao Jing emerged. As one of the sources of Bazhou culture, Hao Jing and his descendants of the Hao family, who have lived in Bazhou for generations, created a model of the integration of Sanjin culture and Yanzhao culture, and became an important feature of Bazhou regional culture. Hao Jing, a native of Lingchuan, Shanxi Province, moved to Bazhou when he was young and served as a national messenger as a Hanlin scholar. He entered Tonghao in the Song Dynasty and was detained in Zhenzhou. He returned sixteen years later and was known in history as "Su Wu of the Yuan Dynasty". Hao Jing was a Confucian scholar in his family. He established the ambition of "reviving civility and educating the world as his own mission" in his early years. He wrote hundreds of volumes in his life. His style of calligraphy and painting was ancient, and he took advantage of others and regarded it as his own. Therefore, his pen and ink are elegant and vigorous. It seems that he is a person, without any flattery, and he is a famous contemporary pen. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were three generations of great Confucian scholars in Hao Gong's lineage, including Hao Hongyou, Hao Jie, and Hao Weina. They were rich in talents, good at poetry and calligraphy, and had a myriad of talents. Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, 7 people in Bazhou have dedicated their paintings and calligraphy to the court. Cui Tingshou worked in the book repair office of Wuying Palace and was famous for his calligraphy. His writing style is bold, his knots are strange, his posture is thoughtful, and he is free and easy. Emperor Qianlong praised him highly. Zhang Juyuan once painted "Nine Lions". Emperor Guangxu was so pleased after seeing him that he designated him as Lin Shansheng and was admitted to the Imperial Academy to specialize in calligraphy and painting. However, he had no intention of fame, so he lived in seclusion in the countryside and specialized in ink painting, which made him famous. He is stoic and upright, with a generous spirit. The characters, landscapes, insects, birds, and flowers he writes about are simple, casual, and carefree, full of the atmosphere of a scholar. Liu Junsheng, who entered the Ruyi Pavilion of the Qing Dynasty at the age of seventeen, worked on figures, landscapes, orchids and bamboos. His paintings were neat, beautiful, graceful and simple, and he became a leader among the court painters in the late Qing Dynasty. His figure paintings are influenced by Western techniques, and he is known as the "Lang Shining of the East". After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Junsheng continued to paint with the late Emperor Puyi. Until the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he was known as China's last court painter, and his works have also become the swansong of Chinese court painting. Yan Daosheng, a reclusive man with both literary and military skills in modern Chinese painting circles.

In the early years of the Republic of China, he studied martial arts under the martial arts master Li Cunyi, and was particularly devoted to swordsmanship. Later, he founded the Tianjin Chinese Warriors Association. His painters, Fei Danxu and Ren Bonian, are one of the representative painters of Chinese classical figure painting. Their figures and landscapes are majestic and lofty. During the Republic of China, there were several calligraphers in Bazhou working in the Presidential Office, specializing in transcription, such as Wang Enxi, Zhao Shuhuai, Zhao Shugui and others. Their calligraphy works were profound and unique, and were highly valued at the time. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Bazhou's calligraphy and painting circles were full of talents. A large number of calligraphers and painters such as Song Guangxun, Xu Hongbin, Mi Chunmao, Han Wenlai, and Ma Wenluan stood out and formed a group of Bazhou calligraphers and painters that are well-known throughout the province and even the country. Song Guangxun is a famous Chinese printmaker. He created the cover and illustration "Little Carrot Head" for the novel "Red Rock" that was popular all over the country in the 1960s. He later created such masterpieces as "Lu Xun" and "The Return of the Wild Geese Ling Team" , these works full of the flavor of the revolutionary era are known as the "red classics" in the history of Chinese printmaking. Xu Hongbin learned from Li Kuchan and other masters of the Qi sect, and later established his own family. He has collaborated with Master Li Kuchan on many occasions: he painted grass and insects with fine brushwork, and the master added the background, making the perfect combination. His works mostly depict rural scenes, such as corn pods and beans, or crickets and dragonflies. The grasshoppers he painted are even more unique. The burrs on their claws, the tentacles on their heads, and the textures on their wings are all painted in the smallest detail. The reputation of "Kaizhu Xu". Ma Wenluan is good at freehand brushwork and is also good at fine brushwork. His paintings of peonies and ink bamboos are delicate in design and clear and bright in color. Ou Liu, the master of regular script, draws on the beauty of the two kings in his cursive writing. He is skillful and elegant, as if he were born from nature. He is praised by the calligraphy circle as "Zhou Zhao in the south and Ma Wenluan in the north."

“Guanba Yi’s calligraphy blends the hegemony of border culture, the delicacy of palace culture, the tranquility of pastoral culture, and the lightness of waterside culture. It has both the rigor of traditional culture and the splendor of modern culture. The styles are different, and the genres are diverse. The brushstrokes of those who are good at writing are vivid and bold, and their paintings are bold and majestic. "

In early 2006, Bazhou City invested 20 million yuan to restore and rebuild Yijin Academy. The academy covers an area of ??30 acres and consists of three parts: an open cultural square, a calligraphy and painting academy and an exhibition hall. The cultural square covers an area of ??9,600 square meters and is equipped with archways, screen walls, square courtyards, verandas, etc. The lighting decorations are Chinese lanterns from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China and royal courtyard lights. On the west side are the four-column archway with the third floor column and the second-column archway with the cross-floor arch. The front and back of the screen wall are respectively decorated with "Thousand Years of Literary Style" and "Eight Scenes of Yijin" (Chaoyang at Batai, Late Ferry at Laodi, Smoked Willows Around the City, Wind Lotuses at Tangdian, Waves at Dongmiao, Autumn Waves at Yuankou, Spring Birds at Salt Pond, North Tower mountain scenery) relief. There are four sets of square pavilions on the north and south sides of the square, connected by verandahs in the middle. The verandahs and pavilions are classical wooden structures with colorful paintings. The main building of the academy covers an area of ??1,694 square meters. It is a combined structure of northern courtyards. It has spacious rooms, elegant decoration and sound functions. The gate hall of the academy has a brick foundation and is made of all solid wood antique materials. In the center of the courtyard is a miniature real scene of ancient Bazhou City. Surrounded by corridors, it consists of Xu Hongbin's studio, Han Wenlai's studio and more than 20 other painting and calligraphy studios and activity rooms. The exhibition hall is located on the north side of the Painting and Calligraphy Academy, and is entered through the waist door on the north side of the square. The exhibition hall is a steel structure, with the roof and exterior walls decorated with antique bricks and tiles. The internal space area is 1,269 square meters, and the exhibition area can reach 2,500 square meters.

On November 4, 2006, Bazhou City grandly held the inauguration ceremony of Yijin Academy and the exhibition of outstanding works of the "Hometown of Calligraphy and Calligraphy" Calligraphy and Painting Competition. Jin Baoshuan, Director of the Provincial Department of Education, Xu Ning, Director of the Provincial Department of Culture, Ouyang Zhongshi, Professor of Capital Normal University, Liu Songlin, Director of the Business Department of the Central Museum of Culture and History, Long Rui and Xie Yongquan, Presidents of the China National Academy of Painting, Lu Yushun, Vice President, and Deputy Director of the Beijing Museum of Culture and History Curator Yang Yutai, Capital Normal University professor Wang Shizheng, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles Zheng Shifang, Chairman of the Provincial Artists Association Qi Haifeng, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association Xu Yu, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Xin Shaojie, and Mayor Yang Jie cut the ribbon for the completion of Yijin Academy. Also present at the ceremony were some leaders from Langfang City and Bazhou City, some artists, scholars and literary enthusiasts from the central and national ministries and commissions, Hebei Province and Langfang City, journalists from major media across the country and famous calligraphers and calligraphers from Bazhou. Bazhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary Xin Shaojie delivered a speech at the ceremony. Xin Shaojie said that the ribbon-cutting of Yijin Academy is a major event in the cultural circle of Bazhou City. Its completion is a positive platform for calligraphy and painting lovers to exchange talents and display their talents. He said that while accelerating economic development, our city aims to build a famous cultural city and continues to increase cultural construction. It has invested nearly 200 million yuan in the construction of mass cultural facilities, such as Yijin Academy and Bazhou City Library. Large-scale mass cultural facilities have been built and put into use one after another, effectively promoting the prosperity and development of the cultural life of the people. Among them, the art of calligraphy and painting is a treasure of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. I hope that friends from all walks of life will come to Bazhou to teach and guide, and make Yijin Academy It has become a cradle for cultivating new calligraphy and painting talents and a platform for learning and communication among calligraphy and painting enthusiasts. Jin Baoshuan and Long Rui delivered speeches at the inauguration ceremony respectively. Lei Jinchi, chairman of the Langfang Artists Association, also displayed at the ceremony the "Thousand Years of Literary Style" banner inscribed by the famous calligrapher and painter Sun Qifeng to congratulate the completion of Yijin Academy. Bazhou City Mayor Yang Jie presided over the inauguration ceremony of Yijin Academy. After the ceremony, the guests *** visited the exhibition of outstanding works of the "Hometown of Calligraphy and Ink" Calligraphy and Painting Competition.

The Calligraphy and Painting Competition of the Land of Calligraphy and Ink is an achievement exhibition held by Yijin Academy to review the performance of contemporary calligraphy and painting creation in Bazhou. It is a theme activity during the completion of Yijin Academy.

The preface of "Bazhou Calligraphy and Painting Hometown Calligraphy and Painting Competition Collection" records the grand occasion at that time: "Yijin Academy is back in its heyday, writing about leisurely feelings with calligraphy and painting, and singing about peace with pen and ink. Tracing back to the roots of civilization, absorbing the essence of the art garden, and understanding the great power of the creations of the sages, To create an atmosphere of academic inquiry, those who are good at it are eager to inherit the cultural heritage. Yijin Academy has the support of the wise ministers internally and the help of the Fang family, and devotes all its efforts to organizing calligraphy and painting exhibitions. Children, old men, women, and children are all actively participating. As the days pass by, flying dragons and feathers are constantly flying, and the sound of pearls and jade is heard among the flowers. The exquisite works cover the north and south, and spread to the east and west, making the walls of the hall shine. , and the sharp corners of the small lotus add color to the new green. It is a joy to win the exhibition, and it is also a joy to lose. This small step, without achievement, is a success. Walking in the exhibition hall is like going to a banquet, and all three pleasures are there."

Bazhou City’s reconstruction of Yijin Academy, a glorious cultural relic, does not stop at restoring the original architectural regulations, but is a cross-century project related to the inheritance and innovation of cultural traditions. The Bazhou Municipal Government has clarified the long-term development of Yijin Academy in the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”. Yijin Academy has initially formed a virtuous cycle and interactive development pattern that integrates four functions: cultural relic protection, tourism development, calligraphy and painting research, and talent training. In terms of cultural relic protection, Bazhou City has always paid attention to the restoration of the ancient monuments of the academy. It has organized experts in the fields of local history, cultural heritage, ancient architecture, gardening, etc. to preside over the reconstruction of Guyijin Academy, making it the largest and largest academy in the province so far. The best restored ancient academy at the county and city levels. Bazhou City has also extensively collected and sorted out many valuable historical relics created by the academy, including steles, plaques, ancient books left over from the academies of the past dynasties, academy student textbooks, handwritings of famous people and other cultural relics that reflect the history of the academy and Bazhou, to enrich the academy. Make Yijin Academy a Bazhou historical and cultural research center, exhibition center and exchange center. In terms of opening up tourism, Bazhou City strives to tap into its own cultural heritage, integrate the protection of ancient cultural relics with leisure tourism, and launch an integrated package of Bazhou ancient cultural relic scenic spot tours and modern leisure tours to form a unique tourism brand. Tourism opening is an important way for Yijin Academy to spread excellent traditional culture. The academy combines local historical research results to display Bazhou's glorious history and long culture, making it gradually become an iconic attraction for Bazhou cultural tourism. For the functions of calligraphy and painting research and talent training, Bazhou City relies on academies, nearly a thousand calligraphy and painting enthusiasts, and more than fifty members of calligraphy and painting associations at or above the provincial level as the backbone to regularly organize calligraphy and painting brush meetings, hold regular lectures by famous artists, and regularly conduct The exhibition and sale of famous products promotes exchanges and cooperation between Bazhou's calligraphy and painting art, Beijing, Tianjin and even the national calligraphy and painting art circles.

At the time of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the modern reconstruction of Chinese culture, Bazhou Yijin Academy is playing an important role in the construction of local culture and has re-entered the glory of history.

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(Author: Yu Qichao Yan Boqun)