The Cultural World of a Ci Poet at University Museum-Hong Kong

Saturday, 05 August 2006 10:21

Hong Kong - The University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong is pleased to present an exhibition featuring the collection of Soong Hsun-leng, a modern Ci poet.  Born in Fuzhou and raised in Shanghai, Soong Hsun-leng was most active during the early twentieth-century.  Distinguished in composing Ci poetry, and passionate about the arts and music, he represents a modern literati figure.

On display will be over a hundred items including a rich variety of Chinese paintings, calligraphy, poetry, rare books and seals that have been collected by five generations of the Soong family.  Soong's own literature and personal scholar's objects will be displayed, along with personal gifts and letters from his friends and acquaintances since the 1930s.  Each of these items represents the artistic milieu of Soong's friends, whom are amongst the major cultural personalities of the early Republican era.  This exhibition seeks to illuminate a particular cultural world that existed from the 19th century until the mid-twentieth century through the collection of a single distinguished literatus.  Soong is now 97 and lives in Bangkok, Thailand.

Exhibition 9 August to 24 September 2006.

Visit : www.hku.hk/hkumag for further information.