Wang Xizhi is the calligrapher who left the calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty on the book-drying platform.
Wang Xizhi (33-361) was born in Linyi (now Linyi City, Shandong Province). The minister and calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the son of Yin Wangkuang in Danyang and the son-in-law of Qiu Chi Jian, is known as the "Book Sage".
there are two former residences of Wang Xizhi. Located at No.2, Xiyan Lake Street, lanshan district, Linyi City, it is a classical garden-style building, covering an area of about 5 mu. According to legend, Wang Xizhi went to the pool to wash the inkstone after practicing calligraphy hard in his childhood, and after a long time, the water in the pool became dark, so people called it "Xiyan Lake".
The newly renovated Xiyan Lake, the book-drying platform, the goose pond, the pavilion, etc. can provide a glimpse of the appearance of the royal residence at that time. The newly-built Jin Mo Zhai, the calligraphy exhibition room and the 1-meter-long calligraphy stele gallery can make you enjoy the handwriting, steles and calligraphy works of different styles of contemporary North and South people.
The other is located in Jinting Town, 35km east of Shengzhou City, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. It was originally the hometown of Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Wang Xizhi lived here in seclusion in his later years). Sun Wangheng, the 13th Sun, gave up his house here to practice, which was called Jinzhen Pavilion, and later renamed Jinzhen Palace. In the seventeenth year of Song Yongchu (44), Chu Boyu's performance was changed to Jin Tingguan.