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Kyokusui-no-en
A winding stream party () is an old Chinese custom in which the participants wait by a winding stream and compose Chinese poetry, poems before their cups full of rice wine float down to reach them. It was popularized by Wang Xizhi, and dates back as far as 353; poems composed at this event were recorded in Wang's famous work, the ''Lantingji Xu''. This Chinese custom was adopted by the Koreans, such as the party in 927, hosted by King Gyeongae of Silla, in Poseokjeong, Gyeongju. It was also adopted by the Japanese and was called , a party game played by the nobility. Participants must compose a tanka poem beside a stream, within a time limit set by the passage of a lacquer cup of sake floating towards them on the water. When the cup reached the poet, they were expected to drink its contents, either as a celebration of the poem's completion or as a forfeit if they had not composed a suitable verse in time. The first ''kyokusui-no-en'' events were reportedly held in the Kofun pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lantingji Xu
The ''Lantingji Xu'' () or ''Lanting Xu'' ("Orchid Pavilion Preface"), is a piece of Chinese calligraphy work generally considered to be written by the well-known calligrapher Wang Xizhi (303 – 361) from the Eastern Jin dynasty (317 – 420). In the ninth year of the Emperor Mu of Jin, Emperor Yonghe (353 CE), a Spring Purification Ceremony was held at Lanting, Kuaiji Prefecture (today's Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province), where Wang was appointed as the governor at the time. During Orchid Pavilion Gathering, the event, forty-two literati gathered along the banks of a coursing stream and engaged in a winding stream party , "winding stream" drinking contest: cups of wine were floated on the water upstream, and whenever a cup stopped in front of a guest, he had to compose a poem or otherwise drink the wine. At the end of the day, twenty-six literati composed thirty-seven poems in total and the ''Lantingji Xu'', as a preface to the collection was produced by Wang on the spot. The origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
