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Orchid Pavilion |
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　　 Located at the foot of the Lanzhu Hill 12 kilometres from the city of Shaoxing£¬the Orchid(Cymbidium)Pavilion and the garden were moved here and rebuilt in 1548 in the Ming Dynasty£®
It got its thorough renovation in 1980£®It used to be the place where Goujian£¬King YueÔ½Íõ¹´¼ù(?Ò»465 BC£¬reigned 497¡ª465 BC during the late Spring and Autumn period)planted orchids£»while in the Han Dynasty a post pavilion was erected here£¬hence the name£®In the East Jin Dynasty(317-420)it was the place where Wang Xizhi(321¡ª379or 303¡ª361)£®the great calligrapher of the East Jin Dynasty met with his friends for a romatically poetic experience£®Now it has become a Mecea for both Chinese and overseas calligraphers.Wang Xizhi was known as the¡°sage of calligraphy" in ancient China and was particularly good at xingshu (running hand)and caoshu(cursive hand)£®
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