Nanchang >> Bada Shanren's Studio

Attraction Typ: Historic Site

Location: Outskirt

Recommend: 3 Star

Bada Shanren's Studio

Bada Shanren’s Studio got its name from Zhu Da, a famous painter of Qing Dynasty whose nickname was Bada Shanren.

Bada Shanren’s Studio (Chinese: 八大山人故居; pinyin: Bādà Shānrén Gùjū), having a history of more than 2,500 years, is in the Qingyun Pu Pavilion in south outskirt of Nanchang City.

Bada Shanren’s Studio got its name from Zhu Da, a famous painter of Qing Dynasty whose nickname was Bada Shanren. He once lived there and was the Taoist of the Qingyun Pu Pavilion. In the studio, there are towering old trees, quiet footpath with bamboo on both sides and beautiful gardens and pavilions.

Treasured scrolls of calligraphy and paintings done by Bada Shanren and Niu Shihui are preserved and exhibited in the studio. On the premises of the paintings are the tomb of the painter and a garden graced with a tiny bridge, gurgling stream, old trees, and bamboo groves. There're also tens of calligraphy and paintings done by later famous artists who had learned their style, for example, the paintings done by Qi Baishi and Wu Changshuo, famous painters of China Modern times.

A great many students of art had been to the studio, for they admire Bada Shanren very much. They came to the pavilion to see not only the paintings of Bada Shanren, but also his influence in the paintings done by later artists.