Lin Sanzhi Art Museum

42 Caishi Street, Yushan District, Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province

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Introduction

Lin Sanzhi Art Museum is an exhibition hall of the works of Mr. Lin Sanzhi, a master of cursive script in China and a contemporary sage of cursive script. Mr. Lin Sanzhi, who was born in Wujiang Town, Hexian County, Anhui Province, had a lifelong passion for mountains and forests. In his early years, he benefited from the calligraphy and painting master Huang Binhong. Whenever he encountered beautiful scenery, he would climb up, recite poems, and sketch, creating more than 800 sketches and over 200 poems, with a particular expertise in calligraphy. He started creating cursive script at the age of sixty, achieving great success and gaining acclaim both domestically and internationally, earning him the title of a generation's master. Before his passing, Mr. Lin expressed his wish to be buried near Li Bai, saying "the time to return and be neighbors with Li Bai has come." Therefore, more than a century later, the city of Ma'anshan established an art museum for him inside Caishi Park, fulfilling his wish. The design of Lin Sanzhi Art Museum follows a garden style and covers an area of 3,800 square meters. In the lush courtyard, the main hall, the auxiliary hall, and the academic hall are three antique buildings with thatched roofs, pink walls, and red windows, arranged in a harmonious manner. The main hall is named "Cottage on the River" and houses over a hundred representative works from various periods of Mr. Lin's career, mostly exquisite cursive script pieces. The sketches and manuscripts of his landscape paintings and poems are preserved in the auxiliary hall. Worth mentioning is the presence of several prehistoric tree remains in the courtyard - petrified wood standing silently, enjoying the spring sunshine with azaleas and winter snow with bamboo. It is worth noting that in Mr. Lin's self-narration in his late years, he referred to himself as "San Mu" (Scattered Wood). However, even scattered wood can be immortal, allowing us a glimpse into the ingenuity of the designer of this art museum.

Address

42 Caishi Street, Yushan District, Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province