Zheng Banqiao Memorial Hall and Zheng Banqiao Memorial Hall in xinghua city, Jiangsu Province

Zheng Banqiao Memorial Hall is a professional museum to commemorate Zheng Banqiao, the representative of Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics in Qing Dynasty. It was built in memory of Zheng Banqiao, a painter and writer in Qing Dynasty. Located in Zhaoyang Town, xinghua city City, Jiangsu Province. The museum mainly displays "Zheng Banqiao's life and artistic achievements".

In the thirty-second year of Kangxi (1693), Zheng Banqiao was born in Gubanqiao, outside the east gate of Xinghua County, Jiangsu Province. At that time, 12 years old, Gao 10 years old, Bian Shoumin10 years old, Wang 8 years old, Shan Li 8 years old, 7 years old, and Huang Shen 7 years old. These future "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" are like chess pieces, scattered on their own land in the prosperous time of Kanggan. Gubanqiao is a wooden bridge on the moat outside the east gate of Xinghua Ancient City. The alley where Zheng Banqiao's former residence is located is called Bamboo Lane. Zheng Banqiao once said, "There are two huts in Yu Jia, and bamboo is planted in the south ..." The hut planted with bamboo was renovated by the xinghua city municipal government at 1983. The former residence has a wing in the south and a principal room in the north, commonly known as "Zhengjia Temple". Two masters, Zhao Puchu and Liu Haisu, wrote the plaques of "Zheng Banqiao's Former Residence" and "Banqiao's Former Residence" respectively for the foyer of the former residence. When they entered the hall, they turned left and suddenly entered the yard. The courtyard is dark and fragrant, with potted orchids and plantains dotted in it, and the moss is thick, suggesting the age of the former residence.

1993, the xinghua city municipal government expanded the Zheng Banqiao Memorial Hall into the xinghua city Museum, and two predecessors, Shu Tong and Qi Gong, wrote the name of the museum. The new museum, together with historical sites such as Sipailou and Liyuan, has formed a new cultural village in the ancient city of Xinghua. Zheng Banqiao Memorial Hall, also known as xinghua city Museum, is located in the city center, covering an area of more than 6,000 square meters. This is a three-story antique building, surrounded by white tiles and curved corridors. In the courtyard of the museum, the statue of Banqiao stands tall, supplemented by strange stones and bamboo, as well as a pool and stones embedded by the pool. Dogs and teeth depend on each other and are uneven. In summer, the water lilies in the pool are in full bloom, and the red carp shuttle between them, which makes it interesting. The museum mainly displays Zheng Banqiao's life and artistic achievements, Xinghua celebrities in past dynasties, Shi Naian cultural relics and historical materials exhibition, etc. There are 47 plaques hanging on the Sipailou in the south, which record the deeds of 74 sages in Xinghua history and are admired by future generations. The inscriptions on the plaque are all from the hands of famous contemporary calligraphers and have high artistic appreciation value. There is a lacquer painting hanging in the north house of the former residence. The couplets on both sides of lacquer painting were written by Zheng Banqiao when he was in Fanxian County: "Autumn comes from the sound of summer rain, and spring comes to the cold plum blossom." The original bluestone and ink bamboo maps on the east and west sides are the original objects of the Qing Dynasty, and now they have been collected.

Zheng Banqiao's bedroom is in the east of the main room, with cabinets, suitcases and lampstands. They are all old things he used, and later generations will display other "sparse" imitations in them. To the west of the main room is Zheng Banqiao's wet nurse's room, which displays Zheng Banqiao's chronology of events and various works and papers about Zheng Banqiao.

On the east side of the courtyard is a kitchen with woodcut couplets: "Green Salt Indica Rice Cabbage, Pot Water Chrysanthemum Tea", which was written by Zheng Banqiao to his cousin Yuan Anshi. On the south lintel of the former residence, there is a brick carving of "talking to avoid the wind and rain", and there is a new bamboo standing proudly below, like the shadow of the old man in Banqiao "deleting the complexity and simplifying it". There are 65,438+065,438+0865,438+0 works in this collection, including 33 ink paintings by Zheng Banqiao, 348 paintings by Jin Nong, Min Zhen, Zheng Luan and Liu Xizai, and 833 paintings by contemporary celebrities commemorating Zheng Banqiao and Shi Naian.

The museum mainly displays "Zheng Banqiao's life and artistic achievements". Display Zhao Jiapu, Banqiao old man's relics, seven editions of books, Banqiao ink manuscripts and photos, related research works, materials and words, epigraphy, legends and stories. Zheng Banqiao's former residence is under the jurisdiction of the memorial hall and consists of eight Qing Dynasty houses. The white walls are covered with tiles, and orchids are sparse, maintaining the original appearance of "elegant rooms, no need for big flowers". Small-scale calligraphy and painting exhibitions are held irregularly in the former residence to spread Zheng Banqiao's artistic achievements.