Former Residence of Wu Changshuo

　　Introduction：        The former residence of Wu Changshuo, a renowned master of painting, calligraphy, and seal carving in modern China, is located in Zhangwu Village, Anji County. The residence is a simple three-room brick building constructed 200 years ago, and the site of his study room "Jinann Jing Shi" still remains. The Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall is now situated on Beihouzhai Road, Dibu Town, the county seat. This antique-style building was completed in 1986 and houses a collection of Wu Changshuo’s poetry, painting albums, personal belongings, authentic calligraphy and paintings, as well as extensive historical materials introducing his life and work.

　　 Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province

　　Wu Changshuo (1844～1927)　　Wu Changshuo (August 1, 1844 – November 29, 1927), originally named Jun, also known as Junqing, with the courtesy name Changshuo and also signed as Cangshi or Cangshi. He had many other pseudonyms, the most common being Cangshuo, Laocang, Laofou, Kutie, Dalong, Fadaoren, and Shizunzhe. He was born in Zhangwu Village, Xiaofeng County, Zhejiang Province (now Zhangwu Village, Anji County, Huzhou City). He was a famous traditional Chinese painter, calligrapher, and seal carver during the late Qing and early Republican periods, representing the "Later Shanghai School." He was the first president of the Xiling Seal Art Society in Hangzhou and is collectively known as one of the “Four Great Masters of the Late Qing Shanghai School” along with Ren Bonian, Pu Hua, and Xugu. He integrated “poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving,” blending calligraphy, painting, and seal artistry together, and is hailed as the “Foremost Master of Stone Drum Seal Script” and a literati... More+