Brief introduction of Ge Yuetan, the master of calligraphy and painting?

According to legend, in the 1920s, in the living room of Zhang Shuaifu's quadrangle, there was a painting called "Jin Chan Fei", which Zhang regarded as a treasure and never got tired of seeing it. All the dignitaries who saw this painting in the living room of the viceroy's mansion praised it as a good painting. I saw the golden toad in the painting superb, lifelike, lifelike. In front of the golden cicada's mouth, there are still a few alive flies that can't fly. It's really hard to forget Who painted this picture? It was written by Ge Yuetan, a famous master of calligraphy and painting and a close friend of Zhang, the abbot of Taiqing Palace.

Ge Yuetan (1854- 1935), whose real name is Mingxin, whose real name is Yuetan, who is also known as a pillow man, a true ploughman and a native of Qiu County, Shandong Province. Tongzhi thirteen years (1874), became a monk in Taiqing Palace. After visiting Baiyun Temple in Beijing, you should associate with scholars and celebrities, discuss Taoist classics and learn calligraphy and painting. After returning to Taiqing Palace, Taiqing Palace Primary School was founded and a weaving and dyeing factory was piloted. Guangxu thirty-three years (1907), was elected as a prison by Taoist priests. In the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), he served as abbot. He has set up an altar three times and has more than a thousand disciples, which is famous in Kanto Taoism.

He has made great achievements in painting and calligraphy. His calligraphy is good at cursive script, and his paintings are called Zhu Lan. His paintings and calligraphy are spread all over the three northeastern provinces and are well-known in Beijing. His lithographs are also unique.

Ge Yuetan

In the fifth year of the Republic of China (19 16), a memorial service for Cai E and Huang Xing, martyrs of the Republic of China, was held in Shenyang. Ge Yuetan presented an elegiac couplet: "The national scholar is unparalleled; Perfect people are hard to be perfect. " Books and words are excellent and widely read. In the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920), there was a drought in Hebei and Shandong, and in the nineteenth year of the Republic of China (1930), there was a flood in western Liaoning. Ge Yuetan held a charity sale of calligraphy and painting in Taiqing Palace, and all the proceeds were tens of thousands of dollars (silver dollars) to help the disaster-stricken areas. 1935, Ge Yuetan died in Taiqing Palace and was buried under the Gegong Pagoda in Qianshan. Ge Yuetan Abbot's Original Painting has been handed down from generation to generation.

Taiqing Palace is the largest existing Taoist architectural complex in Shenyang in the Qing Dynasty, which is of great value for studying the history of Shengjing in the Qing Dynasty, the development history of Taoism and traditional architectural art, and is also a tourist attraction at home and abroad. 1962, 1 In June, Taiqing Palace was announced as a cultural relics protection unit in Shenyang. 1September, 963, Taiqing Palace was announced as a cultural relics protection unit in Liaoning Province.