Recently, Yan Baocheng, a member of the Beijing Calligraphers Association, donated his Orchid Pavilion Preface to the Beijing Tianyou Lanting Calligraphy Culture Museum.

The Orchid Pavilion Preface of Yan Baocheng [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

This well-crafted Orchid Pavilion Preface is three meters long. Seal carver Zhang Xiulin, Yan Baocheng's wife, spent three months crafting 56 seals, which surround the calligraphy work. Meanwhile, the piece of calligraphy imitates the works collected in the Palace Museum.

At the donation ceremony, Yan Baocheng and his wife donated this masterpiece to Li Xueshan, curator of the Beijing Tianyou Lanting Calligraphy Culture Museum, and Li Xueshan awarded him with a collection certificate.

Li Xueshan issues a collection certificate to Yan Baocheng and his wife. [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

The current collection of calligraphy works in the museum includes more than 300 collections dating from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420) to present-day. 

With the donation of Yan Baocheng's calligraphy, it marks the first time that the Tianyou Lanting Calligraphy Culture Museum has collected the works of contemporary calligraphers. 

As the first calligraphy-themed museum in Beijing and an important part of the "city of science and technology museums" of Beijing E-Town, the museum integrates its collection of cultural relics, traditional culture transmission, calligraphy research and education, and stele rubbing production, to attract calligraphy lovers, entrepreneurs and students.

With the establishment of the Beijing E-Town Calligraphers Association and its listing here, the museum has introduced more artistic resources to Beijing E-Town.