What is Wang Xizhi s ink washing pool?

Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in China, has many works handed down in his life, and it is even more difficult to find, but Wang Xizhi's achievements today are inseparable from his hard practice since childhood, as well as his obsession with calligraphy. Wang Xizhi, known as "the first person in the world to write calligraphy", is a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he learned calligraphy from Mrs. Jiawei, a great calligrapher, at the age of seven. Because of his hard work every day, in less than three years, his handwriting has been very good.

When he grew up, he traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, and went out to look for the inscriptions and seals left by the ancients to copy. He sat in front of the stele every day and carefully pondered the writings of the ancients, and remembered the characteristics of each word in his heart.

Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy very hard, and even did not let go of the time to eat and walk, and he practiced all the time. There was no pen and paper, so he scribbled on his body, and over time, his clothes were torn. His hometown wants to build a "Feiyun Pavilion", please Wang Xizhi inscription.

He agreed, wrote a few words in a row, always felt bad, shook his head and said: "This is not my best work, I have to practice hard for three months before inscribed the plaque." Wouldn't you just write three words?

Why do you need to practice for three months? Wang Xizhi's family did not understand his approach.

After that, Wang Xizhi simply locked himself in the room to practice calligraphy, and asked his family not to disturb him if he had nothing to do, and his family sent three meals a day into the room. One day at noon, his family brought him food as usual, with steamed buns, garlic paste and other food. Wang Xizhi, who was concentrating on practicing calligraphy, held a steamed bun in his left hand and dipped it in garlic paste and sent it to his mouth, and he was still holding a pen in his right hand to write non-stop.

Suddenly, he felt that the steamed buns in his mouth tasted strange, and when he wiped them with his hands, they turned out to be black ink, and the steamed buns he spit out were also black. Wang Xi was stunned, and then he realized that when he was engrossed, he actually dipped the steamed bun into the black inkstone.

Three months later, Wang Xizhi re-wrote the three words "Feiyun Pavilion" on the stone, and the dragon flew and the phoenix danced, which was unique. When the stonemason was engraving, he was surprised to find that the ink had penetrated into the stone. There is a small pool next to Wang Xi's house, he often washes brushes and inkstones in this pool, and later the water of the small pool turns black, and people call this small pool "ink pool".

Wang Xizhi's calligraphy did not reach its peak until later in life, and the reason why he was able to have such a deep attainment was the result of hard work, not genius. In later generations, there was no calligrapher who could match Wang Xizhi, because there was no one as hardworking as him.

Legend has it that Wang Xizhi began to practice calligraphy at the age of seven, and reached the level of obsession, in order to practice calligraphy well, he often forgot to sleep and eat. Of course, the pen inkstone he used is also very considerable, especially when he often goes to the pond behind his house to clean the pen inkstone, a pool of clear and transparent pool water turns black day by day, and over time, this pond has become a special ink washing pool for him to wash pen and inkstone.

He often went to the pond behind to clean the inkstone, the clear and transparent water became dark day by day, and over time, the pond became the ink washing pond for him to wash the pen and inkstone.

Wang Xizhi's ink washing pond (only a few hundred meters away from the old house of Wang Anshi Yanbuling) is the most famous scenic spot in Linchuan, which has been handed down for nearly 1700 years. It has a long history, and although it has been lost, people always remember it. The place where Wang Xizhi lived in Fuzhou, called Xincheng at that time, there was a rectangular pool, the water color was dark, it was said that it was the place where Wang Xizhi cleaned the pen inkstone, there was a lizard-shaped animal in the pool, which often appeared on the water surface, and people called it Molong.

In order to commemorate Wang Xizhi, the descendants erected a stone tablet by the pool, which was engraved with the big characters of "the ink pool of the right army of the king of Jin". The Qing Dynasty built the palace here, commonly known as the Confucius Temple, and this temple was the auditorium of Fuzhou No. 2 Middle School in the early sixties of the last century. The ink pond is circled in the school palace, and there is a delicate small pavilion on it, called "celery picking pavilion", and there is a well on the right side of the school palace at that time, called the pearl well.

Summary. Hello, the story goes like this. At that time, Wang Xizhi paid great attention to the quality of the pen and handwriting when writing calligraphy, and he found that the pen washer he used was not ideal, and the ink color and pen tip were not ideal.

So, he began to look for a better pen washer, and eventually he found a small stone basin, which was the perfect shape and size for his needs, so he added water to the stone basin and gently scrubbed the nib in it, and the effect was very good, and the ink color and pen edge became more desirable. In the days that followed, Wang Xizhi used this stone basin as his pen washer, and he also used a brush to write the words "Brush Washing Waterfall" in the stone basin to commemorate the benefits that this stone basin brought to him.

Hello Huai Jiyan, this story goes like this. At that time, Wang Xizhi paid great attention to the quality of the pen and handwriting when writing calligraphy, and he found that the pen washer he used was not ideal, and the ink color and pen tip were not ideal. So, he began to look for a better pen washer, and eventually he found a small stone basin, which was very suitable for his needs in shape and size, so he added water to the stone basin and gently scrubbed the pencil tip in it, and the effect was very good, and the ink color and pen edge became more ideal.

In the days that followed, Wang Xizhi used this stone basin as his pen washer, and he also used a brush to write the words "Brush Washing Waterfall" in the stone basin to commemorate the benefits that this stone basin brought to him.

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Okay, I'll tell you more about this story here. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi was a famous calligrapher who had a very high pursuit of the art of calligraphy, and paid special attention to the quality of the brush and handwriting. In the process of calligraphy creation, the pen washer is a very important tool, which can wash the ink on the nib, making the handwriting more smooth and pure.

However, the pen washer at that time was not ideal, and the ink color and pen edge were not ideal, which had a great impact on Wang Xizhi's calligraphy creation. So, Wang Xizhi began to look for a better pen washer. He searched in the natural environment for a suitable container for washing pens, and eventually he found a small stone basin that was perfect for his needs in shape and size.

He found that adding water to this stone basin and gently scrubbing the nib inside worked very well, and the ink color and the tip of the pen became more desirable. Since then, Wang Xizhi has been using this stone basin as his pen washer. He cherished this stone basin very much, and considered it a valuable tool in his calligraphy creation.

He also used a brush to write the words "Wash Brush Waterfall" in the stone basin to commemorate the benefits that this stone basin brought to him. This story tells us that Wang Xizhi's attention to detail and quality in calligraphy creation, and his ability to discover and make use of the resources around him, is one of the important reasons why he became a famous calligrapher. At the same time, his professionalism and cherishing of work and dust tools are also worth learning from.