Timeless Masterpiece of Calligraphy

公元353年4日22日，伟大的《兰亭序》华丽出场，韵传后世。

那一天（农历三月初三），王羲之在会稽山阴的兰亭，组織了一场风雅集会。清幽的山水、秀丽的风景吸引了司徒谢安、辞赋家孙绰、矜豪傲物的谢万、高僧支道林等社会名流的捧场。多亏了那场微醉的风雅，《兰亭序》诞生了。

文化交流第四期的视点，即文化印记系列之二，推出重读“兰亭”。本组文章从文学史、书法史、人物史、收藏史、风光旅游及王羲之与中国书法在海内外流传等角度，对王羲之及《兰亭序》作了较全面的探讨。

Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection was composed and handwritten by Wang Xizhi on April 22， 353AD. It was the third day of the third month on the lunar calendar. A group of celebrated artists， poets， writers， politicians and monks met at the Orchid Pavilion on the spring day. They drank wine and wrote poems. Intoxicated， Wang Xizhi wrote a preface to the collection of the poems created on the occasion， thus giving birth to the timeless masterpiece of calligraphy and prose. To mark this great cultural event of more than 1，600 years ago in Chinese history， this April issue of Cultural Dialogue explores Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection from various perspectives.