I. Interpretation
Twenty products of Longmen refer to the inscriptions of twenty statues selected from Longmen Grottoes in the Central and Northern Wei Dynasty, and the title began in the Qing Dynasty. Most of the masters of merit in these statues are princes and nobles, senior officials and Taoist monks in the Northern Wei Dynasty. They sang praises for Emperor Xiaowen or opened shrines and statues, prayed for the rich and helped the poor. Most of their names are recorded in history books. These statues are often related to the historical facts of that year. Therefore, Twenty Chapters of Longmen is not only the essence of northern Wei calligraphy art, but also a representative work of northern Wei calligraphy, and it is also a historical material with research value.
Two. general survey
About13km southbound from Luoyang, Henan Province, you will arrive at Longmen Grottoes, one of the four famous Buddhist caves. There are two mountains here, like a door, and the water is flowing. On one side is the fragrant hill where Bai Juyi, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, was buried. On one side is Longmen Mountain. On Longmen Mountain, there are large and small Buddhist grottoes excavated from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty. Up to now, there are 1352 caves, 2,345 niches and100000 statues, which are the treasure house of sculpture art in China.
On the basis of Han Li and Kincaid, his calligraphy art developed and evolved, forming a unique style which is dignified, generous, rich and simple, with both official script style and regular script factors. It is the essence of northern Wei calligraphy art and the representative of Weibei calligraphy style.