Cultural Characteristic Block of Wang Zengqi Memorial Hall
The cultural characteristic block of Wang Zengqi memorial hall is located in Gaoyou City, Jiangsu Province, which is a famous historical and cultural city beside the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal. The site is located in the ancient city of Gaoyou?where the grand canal runs through the west. The old streets and alleys around the site are crisscrossed, dense and even crowded, forming a simple and fresh atmosphere of traditional Chinese cities.
Wang Zengqi (1920-1997), a famous contemporary Chinese writer, is known as “the last scholar bureaucrat in China” and “Lyric humanist”. “My hometown is a water town. I grew up by the water. Water is everywhere that immersing all my senses. Water has affected my character, as well as the style of my work. ” Photography by © Hao Chen
With his passion bounding to his hometown, Wang Zengqi revived every detail of his hometown into his works, down to every vegetation and persona. As the saying goes ?Gaoyou City was proud to have Qin Shaoyou in the past, while Wang Zengqi at the present?, the design of the memorial hall requires consideration of Mr. Wang’s rich literary achievements and artistic life, while echoing the regional culture and nature of Gaoyou at the same time.
Several large trees are preserved at the east of the site, while on the west side, there are old houses of Qing Dynasty and Wang Zengqi’s former residence need to...