Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern, dated 1997

Dimensions: Height 85.0 cm, Width 46.0 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • poem hotel in colombo running script hanging scroll zhao puchu 1997 ink paper

In April 1957, Zhao Puchu paid an official visit to Sri Lanka and composed a ci poem (Tune: Slow Melody of Magnolia) titled Listening to the Tides at a Seaside Hotel in Colombo, to express his homesickness and joy at the increasing influence of the PRC in the world. This poem was rewritten in 1997 when Zhao was ninety-one. The work shows no trace of senility, but elegant brushwork and meticulous arrangement of characters.