March 3, traditional calligraphy.

On the third day of March 9th in Yonghe, Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi invited 42 celebrities, including Xie An and Sun Chuo, to meet at the waterfront of Lanting in the mountains (located in the suburb of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, southwest 13km) to enjoy water and drink wine and write poems. At this time, almost all the prominent families arrived: Wang, Xie, Yuan, Yang. The broad-minded, refined, elegant and mysterious temperament of Wei and Jin Dynasties completely lost the political color of this gathering, even though the organizer Wang Xizhi was the highest local official (the literature and history of Huiji at that time), even though the participants were mostly senior military and political officials from all over the country. On this day, * * * 26 people were inspired by generate and wrote 37 poems, which were compiled into a collection of poems "Preface to Lanting Collection" in the form of numerous creations. Some people suggested that Wang Xizhi make a preface, and the drunken Wang Xizhi, with the help of God, wrote the preface to Lanting Collection in one go.

Preface to Lanting Collection has 28 lines and 324 words. It is actually a draft, which has been revised and smeared a lot, but it can't hide its brilliant literary talent, interesting Yadea, charming and vigorous calligraphy and elegant momentum. Article and calligraphy are integrated, and the strokes are ever-changing. The strokes are hidden and exposed alternately, and the font density is mixed but not chaotic. Even the ink is light and thick. The whole work is a kind of implicit and harmonious rhythm, which is "magnificent and unparalleled". In the preface, there are 7 words "nothing" and 2 1 word "zhi", each word has its own writing method and the brushwork is ever-changing.

Preface to Lanting Collection is also called Preface to Lanting, Preface to He Lin and Preface to Lanting March 3rd. Later, it was promoted as "the best running script in the world". It is said that after Wang Xizhi woke up from a hangover, he tried to remove the smear and copy it many times, but it was not charming.

A top scholar became the pinnacle of Wang Xizhi's life, making him the greatest calligrapher in the history of China and being honored as a book saint. Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province is the hometown of book saints, and Lanting has also become one of the famous pavilions in China. Now Lanting Scenic Area is the most famous cultural scenic spot in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

At all times and all over the world, most men, women and children like to travel around the mountains and water, and literati like to write poems while traveling around the mountains and water. In ancient China, since the Zhou Dynasty, there was a tradition of offering sacrifices to people twice a year. Spring outing is called "Spring Festival", which usually falls on the first day of the third month of the lunar calendar and is fixed on the third day of March after Wei and Jin Dynasties. This day is the day when Han people meet their ancestors' souls. People meet to bathe and wash themselves by the water to eliminate disasters and ward off evil spirits. Later, the gathering of literati drinking and writing poems was also called Xiuzhu. Autumn is crisp, autumn is crisp, and there is autumn naturally, usually on the fourteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

After Wang Xizhi rebuilt Lanting, many Lanting activities appeared in Shaoxing, including "Lanting Banquet, Lanting Club, Huiji Romantic, Yinshan Yihao, Yinshan Tour" and so on. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the practice of repairing bricks by literati became more and more popular. However, the practice that really affected the whole country and had far-reaching influence was that during the reign of Kang Gan in Qing Dynasty, three famous "Red Bridge Repairs" were held in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province (the Red Bridge was originally an ordinary wooden bridge, and after several repairs, it became a beautiful Hongqiao, known as the most beautiful of the 24 slender West Lakes in Yangzhou).

Hongqiao Xiumao is most famous for its twenty-two years of Qianlong (1757). On March 3rd, two quasi-salt messengers, Lu Jian, invited celebrities to Xiumao Hall in Hongqiao, Hongyi Garden to write four and seven laws. More than 7,000 people from all over the country are in harmony with each other according to rhyme, and Zheng Banqiao, the famous eight eccentrics of Yangzhou, also participated. At that time, there were more than 300 volumes of poems, and a sightseeing map of Hongqiao was drawn to commemorate its victory. This time, Hongqiao was built with unprecedented pomp, and its reputation spread all over the country, which became a major event in the history of China's poetry.

On the first day of the third lunar month, everything is revived, full of vitality, full of flowers and colorful. Good mountains, good water and good scenery, and literati gathering for drinking and drinking tea are actually a good form of inspiration, which is very similar to the current brainstorming.

1985 65438+ 10, the Standing Committee of Shaoxing Municipal People's Congress made a resolution to "take the third day of the third lunar month as Shaoxing Calligraphy Festival". Lanting Calligraphy Festival has become the most influential annual event in China calligraphy circle. At that time, famous calligraphers at home and abroad will gather in Lanting to discuss calligraphy and splash ink on poems, and the grand occasion will reappear.

The exact time of Wang Xizhi's "Lantingxiu" is the third day of March in Yonghe, Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is converted into Gregorian calendar on April 22, 353 (one day earlier than World Reading Day). Because the date is clear, the preface to Lanting Collection, a collection of poems and songs created by 26 people, can be regarded as a collection of poetry diaries of that day.

Strictly speaking, Preface to the Orchid Pavilion is a diary written by Wang Xizhi on March 3rd of the lunar calendar in 353 AD, which records the process of music, drinking and writing poems that day. Of course, it is still Wang Xizhi's inspiration, so it can also be called Wang Xizhi's inspiration diary. Because of this inspiration, the legend in the history of China literature was created, and the related figures and poems were known to later generations, and Lanting was also touched by it. It has been built repeatedly in history, and now it has survived for nearly two thousand years, becoming the most famous scenic spot in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

In today's Internet age, poetry is drifting away from most people. In order to realize the great revival of China culture, the revival of poetry should not be absent. It is suggested that the third day of the third lunar month should be designated as the Poetry Diary Festival, a nationwide March 3 Poetry Competition should be held every year, and a collection of poems on March 3 should be published every year, which is composed of many outstanding works, so as to encourage poets to thrive and stand out.

Li, the initiator of the Good Life Project and Luoyang Diary Innovation Society, added it late at night on April 3 (March 3) and in the morning of June 4, 2022.