The Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou is a comprehensive cultural venue built to commemorate Tang Xianzu, one of the world’s hundred great cultural figures and a master of Ming‑dynasty drama in China. It is also one of Jiangxi Province’s ten major memorial halls dedicated to historical luminaries.

Summer Cultural Classroom | Session 5: Calligraphy Experience for “Little Docents”

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2022-07-19

　　The fifth session of the “Little Docents—Summer Cultural Classroom” at the Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou City, 2022, is drawing to a close. Energetic young participants have transformed into little docents during the height of the Year of Renyin, sailing through the vast ocean of China’s fine cultural heritage and enjoying a delightful encounter with the memorial hall.

On the morning of July 14, we invited Professor Wang Gongshu, a member of the Jiangxi Provincial Calligraphers Association and Vice Chairman of the Nanfeng County Calligraphers Association, to teach a calligraphy class. Like the handicraft flower‑arranging and pottery classes, this calligraphy course is one of the new, distinctive traditional‑culture offerings introduced this year.

The young docents, holding a brush for the first time, were thoroughly engrossed, carefully completing their own works stroke by stroke under the teacher’s patient guidance.

Calligraphy is a traditional art unique to China, often hailed as poetry without words, dance without movement, painting without images, and music without sound. Chinese characters were created by the working people; initially used as pictographic records, they evolved over thousands of years into the writing system we know today. Moreover, thanks to our ancestors’ invention of the brush, calligraphy came into being.

Throughout history, calligraphy has primarily been practiced with the brush, yet other writing forms—such as those using hard‑tip pens—share fundamental principles with brush calligraphy. We believe that today’s introductory calligraphy lesson will benefit children in the long term; as they continue their educational journey, each time they pick up a pen, they may carry with them the influence of this very first lesson.

The students’ calligraphy achievements

After more than a week of training, the young docents are about to graduate. On the afternoons of July 13 and 14, they accompanied their instructor into the Yumingtang exhibition hall, gaining an up-close glimpse into the world of Tang Xianzu and personally experiencing the responsibilities of the docent role.

This session of the “Little Docents—Summer Cultural Workshop” will culminate in a showcase performance on July 16. We look forward to their outstanding presentation!

Summer Cultural Workshop | The fifth session of the “Little Docents” program has successfully concluded~

Summer Cultural Classes | The fifth session of the “Little Docent” training is currently underway~

Summer Cultural Workshop | The fifth session of the “Little Docents” program has successfully concluded~

Summer Cultural Classes | The fifth session of the “Little Docent” training is currently underway~

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