旅游英语景点介绍—王羲之故居(Former residence of Wang Xizhi)

　　【简介】王羲之故居(Former residence of Wang Xizhi)位于山东省临沂市兰山区洗砚池街20号，为全国重点文物保护单位、山东省重点文物保护单位。王羲之故居始建于晋代琅琊郡境内(今山东临沂)，是书圣王羲之出生并生活过的地方，内有洗砚池、普照寺、晒书台、右军祠、左公祠、四宝台、五贤祠、琅琊书院等古迹。书圣王羲之，字逸少，303年出生于琅琊郡(今临沂市)，自幼酷爱书法，真、草、隶、篆俱佳，尤善隶书。王羲之与其子王献之，在我国书法史上并称“二王”。王羲之不仅在《晋书》有传，还有劳唐太宗亲笔撰写了一段专论，因为他的书法忒妙，受到唐太宗的“御赏”。唐太宗称赞他“所以详察古今，研精篆素，尽善尽美，其惟王逸少乎。”王羲之故居中的普照夕阳曾经作为古代"琅琊八景"之首，现作为中国十大文化节之一的书圣文化节永久承办地名扬海内外。

Calligraphy is regareded in china as the art of writing,beautiful handwriting with brush, or study of the rule and techniques of this art.

As a traditional art, calligraphy occupies the same position as painting in the history of Chinese art.

In China, many people can write a good hand but only a few of them could become calligrapher. It takes paintaking effort and years of assidicous practice to qualify oneself as an artist in this field. One of the great masters in calligraphy in chinese history is WangXiZhi, he has exerted profound influence on Chinese calligraphers and scholars.

Today we will visit his Former Residence WangXi Zhi is an outstanding calligrapher, he was versed in nearly all kinds of styles of calligraphy. His work the preface of LanTing Poems Collection written in running hand is esteemed as the best running hand work in the world. His wonderful calligraphy has long shocked and is admired by calligraphers of all ages.

Lets go inside the main gate. This pool is the inkstone rinsing pool, covering an area of 3000 square meters, why we call it inkstone rinsing

Pool?There is a story of WangXiZhi, it says that when he was a child he blackened all the water of a pond in front of his house by washing his writing implements every day after practice.

The characters are 洗砚池 .About 10 meters north of the pool is a flatled towering 2 meters above the ground and covering an area of 150 square meters.called Drying Terrace, for drying their writtings in the sun.The west part is the 100 meter long calligraphy corrider, displaying handwritings of famous calligraphers in China.If you are interested in calligraphy, you can have a look and pratice by yourself.