Lanting Book Club forty years

Recently, the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Lanting Book Club and the calligraphy exhibition of "Fun Jin Charma" was held in Lanting in the Calligraphy Holy Land. Ni Qiyi, vice president and secretary -general of the Lanting Book Club in this article, reviewed the development of Lanting Book Club over the past 40 years.

From April 7th to 9th, 1981, a April day of a Huifeng and Chang Earth April, in order to commemorate the 1660 anniversary of Wang Xizhi, the new Lanting just repaired the Lanting. The new messenger and more than 50 calligraphers from Jiang, Zhejiang, and Shanghai held a cross -regional calligraphy event -Lanting Book. The activity was valued and supported by the Shaoxing District Committee and the Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China at that time. Wu Shufu and Wang Zunxian, the main leaders of Shaoxing local government, also personally participated in the elegance.

At the beginning of the reform and opening up, many old gentlemen returned after just robbing. They cherished them while being excited. At the same time, they celebrated the emphasis on traditional culture and the conscious forehead of Fuxing Lanting calligraphy. To this end, when Mr. Sha Menghai and Mr. Qian Junzhang proposed the name "Lanting Book Club" in this event, set up a academic group to study the arts of calligraphy art and united contact calligraphy at home and abroad- "Lanting Book Club" At the time of the initiative, the active response of 28 experts and scholars, including Tian Yan, Lu Yishao, Cheng Shifa, and Fei Xin, who were present, and jointly signed in the "Establishment Lanting Book Initiative initiative written by Mr. Wang Qisen and Mr. Chen Yingwu. "Book" after.

On April 30, 1981, the Preparatory Committee of the Lanting Book Association submitted a report on the Zhejiang Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Federation. With the support of Mr. Shu Tong, then chairman of the Chinese Book Association, with the consent of the Propaganda Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, on July 27, 1981, the Zhejiang Provincial Literary Federation agreed to establish the Lanting Book Club.

On May 23, 1982, at the 40th anniversary of Mao Zedong's "Speech at the Yan'an Literature and Art Symposium", the Lanting Book Club was officially established in Lanting. The election of Mr. Shen Dingzhang was the president, and Xu Songkui was the vice president and secretary general.

It can be said that the Lanting Book Association was initiated by the sages for "human awakening and literary consciousness", and the original intention of its establishment was "studying inheritance of calligraphy art and promoting spiritual civilization construction; Calligraphy exchange ".

In the 40 years since the establishment of the Lanting Book Club, it has always adhered to academic leadership. In the early days of the Lanting Book Association, they participated in the 1981 "Chinese Book Research and Exchange Conference" and "Commemorating Wang Xizhi's" Lanting Preface "1630 Anniversary in 1983, and in 1983, it has had a great impact in the country. Witness the flight of Chinese calligraphy. To this end, it has also promoted the birth of the Lanting Calligraphy Festival. At present, the Lanting Calligraphy Festival has been held for 38 consecutive sessions, becoming one of the most important festivals in the Chinese book world.

In addition, Lanting Book Club also cooperated with professional academic institutions to jointly hold "Lantingxing Scholars in Chinese Calligraphy Scholars", "Lanting International Calligraphy Academic Symposium", "Lang Ting Xun" and "Tourism" Lanting Forum and Laoshan Lecture Hall The academic symposiums such as "Tribute to Uncle Xun -Commemorating the 190th Anniversary of Zhao Zhiqian's Birth" and other activities, academic brands have been demonstrated.

Lanting Book Society always adhered to the elite meeting. Although the Lanting Book Club is located in the place, its team has a "top configuration". Early membership teams were particularly powerful, including older generations of artists such as Sha Menghai and Fang Jiekan in Zhejiang Province and a large number of young and middle -aged talents such as Liu Jiang, Shen Dingyu, Zhang Zu'an, Zhu Guantian, Chen Zhenyu, Bao Xianlun, including A large number of famous masters such as Qian Junxuan, Zhu Jia, Fei Xinyin, Wuzhangshu, Ouyang Zhongshi. Over the past 40 years, the young and middle -aged members of the Lanting Book Club have also achieved remarkable results. Although there are not many members in the Lanting Book Club, they insist on the high threshold of the meeting to ensure the quality of the team.

▲ Wang Jianhua's works

▲ Zhou Yongcun works

▲ Zhou An Sheng's works

In addition, Lanting Books always insisted on exchanges. The Lanting Book Association has been conducting calligraphy exchanges with overseas related cities by inviting and going out to promote the integration of the international Chinese character cultural circle.

Entering the new era, we must be able to recognize the shortcomings of their existence while summarizing the existing achievements, reflect on the problems existing in the book industry, and plan a clearer development path. As a book organization, focusing on "people's work". Facing the impetuous wind and the challenges of over -marketing, inheriting the spirit of the predecessors, advocating that the Double Xinxin of Deyi is the unchanged position. We will adhere to artistic ideals and compose the "Lan Ting spirit" of the new era.

July 31, 2022 "China Culture News"

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