Xiangyang Migong Temple

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Migong Temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty, formerly known as Mijia Temple, and it is a temple commemorating Mi Fu, an outstanding calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Mi Fu is capable of poetry and prose, good at calligraphy and painting, together with Cai Xiang, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian, they are called the "Four Great Masters of the Song Dynasty". Later generations built this temple in memory of him. After several expansions and reconstructions, today's courtyard deep The scene of deep, monumental stones. The Migong Temple is composed of three parts. The central axis is the main building pavilion, worship hall, stele corridor, Baojinzhai, and Yanggao hall. A large number of ink marks and stone carvings of the four great masters of the Song Dynasty are displayed in the hall. On both sides of the central axis are East and West Stone Gardens, where pavilions, terraces and pavilions are scattered among them, with lush trees and pleasant scenery. There are many plaques and couplets hanging in the worship hall and Baojinzhai, all of which are inscriptions of later generations. There are more than one hundred pieces of calligraphy and stone carvings by Mi Fu, Huang Tingjian, Zhao Ziang, Cai Xiang and others on the corridor wall. A huge treasure trove of art.