Five exhibitions of calligraphy art in past dynasties, Suzhou industrial and commercial economic inscription exhibition in Qing Dynasty, Suzhou agricultural economic inscription exhibition in ancient times, astronomical map, geographical map, Shao Yun imperial map, Pingjiang map, Confucian inscription and image inscription exhibition, among which astronomical map, geographical map, Shao Yun imperial map and Pingjiang map were exhibited in Song Dynasty. The four major stone carvings in Song Dynasty, Pingjiang map, astronomical map, geographical map and Shaoyun map, are of great historical and scientific value.
Astronomical map
The collection includes the world-famous astronomical map of stone tablets, which is the oldest existing map of oriental astrology in the world. This is the work of Huang Shang in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the seventh year of Chunyou (1247), it was carved into a monument in Suzhou according to the original picture. The astronomical monument is 3.7 meters high and 1.2 meters wide, which is divided into two parts: the upper part is the star map and the lower part is the explanation. The north pole of the map is centered on 1440 stars. The explanatory text ***4 1 line, 5 1 word per line, totaling 209 1 word, briefly describes astronomical knowledge such as celestial bodies, the earth, the poles, the equator and the causes of solar and lunar eclipses, which is rich in content and accurate in positioning, and occupies an important position in the history of ancient astronomy in the world.
Geographic map
Geographical Map is a national map made by Huang Shang in Southern Song Dynasty. In the seventh year of Chunyou (1247), it was carved into a monument in Suzhou according to the original picture. Together with the existing Huatu and Antu, it is the three oldest ethnic maps in China. The monument is also divided into upper and lower parts, which depicts the positions of mountains, rivers, lakes, oceans, forests, the Great Wall, roads, houses, armies, countries and other administrative agencies in detail, and marks the place names with a "title table", which is extremely eye-catching. Compared with the map of our country, the engraved map is basically the same except that the coastline is quite different and the birthplace of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River is not clear. The explanation of the lower 645 words roughly describes the territorial changes from Yu Xia to the Southern Song Dynasty. There is a 47-word inscription by sculptor Wang Zhiyuan in the lower left corner.
Emperor Shao Yun Tu
Shao Yun Tu is the genealogy of the ancient emperor of China, and Shao Yun means connecting the past and the future. Written by Huang Shang in the Southern Song Dynasty, the names of countries and emperors in ancient times for more than 3,500 years are arranged in a very detailed and clear way by means of charts. In the seventh year of Chunyou (1247), he carved a stone into a monument in Suzhou according to the original picture. The stone tablet of Emperor Shao Yun is 2m high and 1. 1. It is also displayed above and below. The upper part lists the imperial lineage in three ways: left, middle and right. In the middle is the *** 13 dynasties from the Yellow Emperor to Li Zong in the Southern Song Dynasty, with a total of 247 titles of emperors. It is divided into six countries of Qin, five dynasties, twelve countries of Spring and Autumn, and sixteen countries of Wuhu. The 550-word explanation in the second half comments on the ancient "chaos in the world, the division of five unification" and praises Song Taizu's contribution to the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Pingjiang map
Pingjiang Map is the urban planning of Pingjiang Prefecture in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is the oldest and most complete urban planning in China and the earliest urban planning in the world. It is located to the west of Qianmen. Suzhou was called "Pingjiang" in the Southern Song Dynasty, so it was named. The monument is 2m high and1.33m wide. Written by Lu Geng in Shaoding two years of Southern Song Dynasty (1227). The official residence, temples, gardens, city walls, city gates and rivers and mountains are described in detail, which vividly and accurately reflects the city and urban layout of Suzhou at that time and is a precious historical material for studying the urban planning of ancient Suzhou.
Astronomical Map, Geographical Map and Shao Yun Map were all written by Huang Shang in the Southern Song Dynasty. On the east side of Jimen, there is a portrait room and a Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist tablet room, displaying tablets such as waterless tablet, Fu Xue tablet, woven tablet and Fu Xue temple rebuilt in past dynasties. These monuments prove that the people of China made great achievements in astronomy, geography, history and urban construction planning more than 700 years ago. There are more than 0/300 square inscriptions/kloc-and more than 3,500 rubbings in the collection, including four Song steles listed as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. The steles reflecting handicraft industry and commercial economy, stone carvings of historical celebrities, Confucian steles of past dynasties and calligraphy stickers of Ming and Qing dynasties have gathered the essence of Suzhou steles.
Monument exhibition
Among the steles displayed in this museum, there are great steles and Confucian steles reflecting the reunification of the motherland's frontier in front of Jimen, steles such as Mi Youren's rebuilding of Dacheng Hall in Song Dynasty on both sides of Jimen, and the four great steles in Song Dynasty and auxiliary displays in the west room of Jimen. The East Gallery is1.48m long, decorated with "personal posts" of artistic calligraphy, which pass through the clouds and gather posts. On both sides of the west side of the corridor, there are 223 economic inscriptions reflecting the budding nature of modern capitalism in Suzhou in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Suzhou stele exhibition is held in Dacheng Hall, which is divided into four categories: historical figures, local scenic spots, images and calligraphy art. There is an exhibition of Fan Zhongyan's life and deeds in Minglun Hall. There is a stele gallery of modern calligraphy celebrities on the west wall, and an epitaph gallery of past dynasties unearthed in Suzhou on the south wall.
Economic stele
Inscriptions reflecting the economy of Ming and Qing Dynasties are an important part of the museum and a major feature of the collection. In the 240-meter-long West Corridor, there are 226 economic inscriptions on display, covering almost all aspects of social life, especially the historical materials reflecting and recording the germination of Suzhou handicraft industry and commercial capitalism, which have attracted the attention of academic circles at home and abroad and can make up for the lack of historical records. There are two stele corridors between Chaomen and Dacheng Hall. There are more than 80 industrial and commercial economic inscriptions on Xilang/KLOC-0, most of which are from the waste hall department, and some of them are official notices of "offering the constitution to help the stone".
Suzhou rubbings exhibition
In Dacheng Hall, there is a "Suzhou Historical Inscription Rubbing Exhibition", which displays hundreds of rubbings, which are divided into four categories: historical figures, historical sites, Wuzhong literature and calligraphy art, many of which are rare arc books. Among them, the inscription on the tombstone of Han Shizhong's tomb is as long as13,900 words, which is rare in China. There are Confucius and his seventy-two disciples, Bai Juyi, Su Dongpo, Hai Rui, Gu, Zhang Taiyan and so on, which are very precious. Canglang Pavilion, Ruiguang Baota, Lu Ji Ping Fu Tie, Su San's handwriting, Zhu Yunming's cursive script, Wen Zhiming's cursive script and other places of interest are all calligraphy treasures.
Wen Zhiming's autograph.
On July 2 1 2004, a precious Wen Zhiming handwritten tablet was excavated in a residential building and settled in Suzhou Monument Museum. Experts pointed out that this is the largest handwritten inscription of Wen Zhiming found at present, and it has a high historical value.
Brief introduction of calligraphy works
As a famous historical city, Suzhou has been famous for its calligraphy and stone carving for thousands of years, leaving many works of calligraphy art with different styles. There is a calligraphy gallery in the East Gallery, with a length of 1.20 meters, which displays People's Staff, Fa Tie Crossing the Cloud and Congtie. Rentie was written by Zhou Chuntian, the magistrate of Suzhou in the 11th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1806), and was a sequel in the 8th year of Xianfeng (1858), with a total of five volumes of * * *, which collected the notes, poems, last words and blood scripts of party member and anti-Qing people in Ming Dynasty such as Fan Zhongyan, Wen Tianxiang and Lin Dong. "Fa Tie in the Past Building" is one of the masterpieces in the Qing Dynasty's engraving, and it is a collection of calligraphy treasures collected in Guoyun Building. Most of them are copied in the original ink, and some of them are selected from the collected rubbings and reprinted. There are three versions of Lanting Tie. Shi Zhiyong's Thousand-character Works, Wen Jian's Chu Suiliang, Dingwu and Guben's Thousand-character Works are all rare calligraphy works.
Congtie
The stickers are selected from the stickers of the Home Returning Hall, Qinghuige, Taihu Zhai and Sansongtang. Re-edited, from Wang Xizhi, a "book saint" in the Jin Dynasty, to a famous calligrapher in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, with representative works such as Lin. Among them, Fan Zhongyan's Ode to Boyi, Zhou's, Zhou's, Zhou's, Zhou's poems, Yang's four kinds of plum blossoms and celebrity chrysanthemum carvings, Fan Zhongyan's Inscription of Wild Grass and the aphorisms written by Lin Zexu and Yu Yue are also very eye-catching.