Calligraphy collection in the Forbidden City

Yan was created by Mi Fei, one of the "Song Sijia" in Northern Song Dynasty. Mi Fei was an outstanding calligrapher, painter and painting theorist in the Northern Song Dynasty. He has been a painter, appraiser and collector all his life. It can be said that Mi Fei's calligraphy had a great influence on China's later generations. Especially after the Republic of China, people's research on Mi Fei's calligraphy reached a new height, which began in 1980s.

Mi Fei's Yan Mingshan is of great collection value. Since the Northern Song Dynasty, there have been many collectors' collections, such as Jia Sidao in history, Ke Jiusi in Yuan Dynasty and Yu Teng in Qing Dynasty. Later, due to historical reasons, Yan Shu Ming drifted to Japan and was collected by museums around Japan. Finally, on February 7, 2002, 65438, "Yan" finally returned to its native land.

Many people like to collect Yan because Yan is the top master of China's calligraphy. In particular, Yan's first piece is 39 running script characters written by Mi Fei on the paper of Nantang Chengxin Hall, which shows the unique characteristics of Mi Fei's mature calligraphy. Some people say that Mifei's running script is strong, and the running script written is full of endless changes. In addition, the knot is free and easy, which means stable and graceful, so it is called Mi Fei's mature calligraphy.

Mr. Chen Youqi once wrote a poem praising Yan, saying, "Xiangyang envies a pen and writes autumn all around." Therefore, Yan has been called Mi Fei's masterpiece by calligraphers from all walks of life since ancient times, and is highly sought after by calligraphy lovers.