Ancient reading building

Located at the West foot of Baita Mountain in Beihai Park, the ancient reading building is near Linguang hall on the left and fenliang Pavilion on the right. It is far away from the Zhendan fragrant forest on the other side of Taiye pool. It was built in 1747 A.D. in Qianlong's 12th year. The building is semicircular and elegant. The three characters "yuegulou" were written in Qianlong's handwriting. On the wall of the building, there are 495 square stone carvings, such as the famous sanxitang Sutra. It is the most complete integrated stone carvings of the stone Dynasty calligraphy in China. Its full name is sanxitang Shiqu Baoji Sutra. A total of 340 regular script, running script, cursive script and other works of 135 famous calligraphers in China from the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the end of the Ming Dynasty are collected, with a total of about 100000 words. Calligraphy, carving are extremely exquisite, known as "double unique.". This is an outstanding building that integrates the great achievements of the famous calligraphies of the past dynasties in China and occupies a very important position in the history of Chinese culture and art.

Ancient reading building

Ancient reading building

It is located at the West foot of Baita Mountain in Beihai Park, near Linguang hall on the left and fenliang Pavilion on the right. It is far away from the Zhendan fragrant forest on the other side of Taiye pool. It was built in the 12th year of Qianlong.

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Located on the northwest side of Qiongdao Lake in Beihai Park, it was built in the 12th year of Qianlong (1747 A.D.). The three characters of "Yuegu Lou" were written in Qianlong's handwriting. The walls of the building are inlaid with China's famous "San Xi Tang FA tie"

The 495 square stone carvings are the most complete integrated stone carvings of the stone Dynasty calligraphy in China. The full name of the stone carvings is "sanxitang Shiqu Baoji Fatie". A total of 340 regular script, running script, cursive script and other works of 135 famous calligraphers in China from the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the end of the Ming Dynasty are collected, with a total of about 100000 words. Calligraphy, carving are extremely exquisite, known as "double unique.". This is an outstanding building that integrates the great achievements of the famous calligraphies of the past dynasties in China and occupies a very important position in the history of Chinese culture and art.

Architectural features

The ancient reading building is semicircular, encircled by left and right, two floors up and down, built on the mountain, with unique shape. The decoration is simple, the window leaf is tight, the front of the building is round and the back is round, and the middle is a deep patio.

When you enter the courtyard, you suddenly feel isolated from the outside world. It is extremely quiet. If you step on the winding stairs, you will be led into a variety of stone carvings.

history

There are 340 works of 135 calligraphers from Wei and Jin Dynasties to the end of Ming Dynasty, which are engraved on 495 stones. In addition to the masterpieces of three great calligraphers in Jin Dynasty, there are also the works of Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan, the famous calligraphers in Tang Dynasty, and the handwriting of Su Shi, the famous calligrapher in Northern Song Dynasty. It can be said that it has become the most complete ancient legal books in China.

After the publication of "San Xi Tang Shi Qu Bao Ji Fa tie", there were different rubbings in different dynasties. In addition to the first rubbings in Qianlong period, there were also various rubbings in Jiaqing, Daoguang, Chengfeng and Guangxu periods. After the Republic of China, rubbings were complicated, good and bad were mixed, and stone carving also suffered a lot of damage. Among the rubbings in the past, the early Qianlong rubbings were the best. It has fine workmanship, neat mouth, black as paint, and bright as a mirror.

Emperor Qianlong once collected three rare treasures, the handwriting of three calligraphers in Jin Dynasty. They are: Wang Xizhi's "Qingtie when it snows fast", Wang Xianzhi's "Zhongqiu tie", and Wang Xun's "Boyuan tie". In order to add luster to these three rare treasures, Liang Shizheng and others were ordered in 1747 to build a semicircular "ancient reading building" around the Western foot of the Tashan mountain in Beihai to preserve the thirty-two volumes of the "sanxitang Shiqu Baoji Fatie" collected by neifu.

A poem of the "ancient reading building" made by Emperor Qianlong said: "Baoji, Sanxi, zufazhen, Haogong, shouzhenmin. The building is surrounded by screens, and the gods gather for thousands of years as the guest of honor.

Address: Beihai Park, No.1 Wenjin street, Xicheng District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.388223282

Latitude: 39.926207229678

Tel: 010-64031102

Tour time: 3 hours in Beihai Park

Traffic information: Metro Line 6, get off at Beihai north station, exit b, walk about 1.2 km

No.118, get off at Beihai Beimen station and walk about 850 meters

No.101, get off at Beihai station and walk about 1.1 km

701 Road, get off at Beihai Beimen station, walk about 840 meters

Ticket information: refer to Beihai Park

Peak season (April 1 - October 31): admission: 10 yuan / person, joint ticket: 20 yuan / person

Off season (November 1 - March 31): ticket: 5 yuan / person; joint ticket: 15 yuan / person

Qiongdao ticket: 10 yuan / person; Tuancheng ticket: 1 yuan / person;

Opening hours: refer to Beihai Park

November to next March: 6:30-20:00, 19:30

April October: 6:30-21:00, 20:30