Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern, dated 1987

Dimensions: Height 99.0 cm, Width 47.0 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • visit fayuan temple lilac blossom running script hanging scroll zhao puchu 1987 ink paper

There are three beautiful flower scenes in Beijing, lilac in Fayuan Temple, peony in Chongxiao Temple, and begonia in Prince Gong's Residence. They are known as the 'Sea of Flowers in Buddhist Monasteries'. This poem, titled A visit to Fayuan Temple for Lilac Blossom, was composed by Chen Zengshou, a late-Qing poet and poetry teacher of Zhao Puchu. Zhao wrote this work in 1987 when he was eighty-one. The tranquil grace in this work was articulated in wet, thick brushstrokes.