Changde Poem-Engraved Wall in Changde, Hunan, China, is a large-scale cultural project of striking artistic characteristics. It is based on the urban section of the newly-built flood control embankment of the Yuanjiang River. And the project, lasting ten years, was launched in 1991 by Changde Municipal Committee of the CPC and the Municipal Government at the proposal of the Municipal Peoples Political Conference. Facing the river and stretching as long as 3 kilometers, the Wall is grand and imposing with the embellishment of towers. 1267 poems since the Qin Dynasty(221-206B.C.) Concerned with Changde or noted at home or abroad are selected and engraved on it. They fall into six chapters, Changes in Changde over Centuries, Celebritiesˊ Incriptions Concerned with Changde, Beautiful Natural Scenery in Changde, Outstanding Natives and Local Customs, Big Events of China, and Great Poems from Other Countries. They are written in regular script, running hand, official script, seal character and cursive script in Chinese calligraphy by 948 calligraphers from all parts of China, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, with 43 stone-wall carvings embedded. The name of the Wall and the titles of chapters are inscribed by well-known modern calligraphers, Zhao Puchu, Shen Peng, Qi Gong, Yan Jialong, Sun Qifeng, Wang Xuezhong, Xiao Xian, Zhang Ding, Zang Kejia, Fang Yi and Chen Tianran. The late artists Cao Yu, Shu Tong and Wu Zuoren left inscriptions there. With rich cultural meaning, positive ideological content and exquisite artistic from, Changde Poem-Engraved Wall draws visitors throughout the country. It is thought by the modern circles of poetry, calligraphy and painting to be unique in these fields and unique in China. It is referred to by Yu Guangzhong, a noted scholar from Taiwan, as“a Great Wall in the poetry world”, and “a history book of Literature”. Its value has been affirmed by the state copyright office. After an on-the-spot investigation, in spring, 2000, representatives of China Society of Poetry and Ci commented that the Wall is the First Wall in the world, an original project and a forerunner of the construction of forest of steles. On September 5, 2000, the Wall was named by Guiness, Shanghai Headquarters as the longest wall of the art of poem-engraving in the world. Thus, it will go down in history as one of the distinctive cultural projects in the world.作者: 教师之友网 时间: 2011-1-5 20:06
常德市诗词学会、武陵诗社