Cai Xiang (1065438+March 7, 2002-1September 27, 067) was named Mo Jun. Xinghua Army was born in Caikeng, Lianjiang, Tangan Township (now Caikeng Natural Village, Jiushe Village, Fengting Town, Xianyou County, Fujian Province). Northern Song Dynasty officials, calligraphers, writers, tea scientists.
Cai Xiang is good at calligraphy, and regular script is inherited from Yan Zhenqing. He is dignified and steady, with a strong physique, and he does not hesitate to stipple. The running script is unique and simple, handy, beautiful in touch and full of charm of Jin people.
He tried his best to get rid of vulgarity, found a new way, and opened up new styles such as Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fei, which connected the Tang and Song calligraphy styles. His artistic pursuit of respecting law and meaning occupies a place in the history of calligraphy in China. Cai Xiang's calligraphy theory attached great importance to the spirit, spirit and rhyme, and respected the ancient without being clever, which had a certain influence on the interest of the book circle in the Song Dynasty.
Later generations called it "Song Sijia" with Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fei. Cai Xiang's handed down books are engraved with Wan 'anqiao and Zhou Jintang, and the ink is the history of Xie Yuci. The poem is clear and wonderful, and the attainments are profound. The Book of Tea summarizes the experience of making and tasting tea in ancient times, and the Book of Litchi is known as "the first taxonomic work of fruit trees in the world". There is a collection of Cai Zhonghui's official works handed down from generation to generation.
Commemoration of future generations
Cai Xiang's Tomb (Cai Xiang Cemetery) is located at the foot of General Jinling Mountain in Fengyou, Fujian Province, on the west side of Laofu-Xiamen Highway. There is a huge monument next to the original official road, "The Bachelor of Song and Ming Temple is loyal to Cai Gong Shinto". In his later years, Cai Xiang lived outside the south gate of Putian (now Caizhai Village). After his death, he was buried in Jiangjun Mountain in Putian and moved to Fengting.
During Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty, Cai Xiang's tomb was rebuilt, and a hall, two guards, an instrument door and a fence were built. Remake the epitaph written by Ouyang Xiu and stand under the hall. The cemetery was rebuilt during Zheng De's reign in Ming Dynasty, and top scholar Ke Qian wrote Rebuilding Cai Zhonghui's Cemetery. 196 1 is listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.
1997, descendants of Cai Xiang at home and abroad rebuilt its tomb as "Cai Xiang Cemetery", which took three years and was completed in 1999, covering an area of 20 mu. They still maintained the artistic style of the Song Dynasty, and added "mountain gate", instrument gate, fence, Duanming Building, four pavilions, calligraphy tablet gallery, management room and parking lot to rebuild the civil and military stone Weng Zhong.
The tomb covers an area of one mu, with simple and solemn architecture, towering walls, lush green grass and quiet and beautiful environment. The "Yimen" in front of the cemetery, 7.5 meters high, is made of white granite, with the words "Celebrate celebrities" in front and "Clean" in the back. There are several couplets engraved on the main entrance and the mountain gate, which express the evaluation and admiration of Cai Xiang's life character and achievements by later generations.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Cai Xiang