Ritual Vessel Stele, 173 cm high, 78.5 cm wide, and 20 cm thick. Qufu Han Wei Stele Inscription Exhibition Hall
Title: Li Qi Bei
Date: Eastern Han dynasty
Origin: China
Material: Stone
Size: Height 173cm, width 78.5cm, thickness 20cm
Current location: Qufu Han Wei Stele Engraving Exhibition Hall
Creative background：
The Ritual Stele was erected in the second year of Yongshou of the Eastern Han Dynasty (156). According to the inscription, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Xiang Han built the Temple of Confucius and added various ceremonial vessels to the temple, so Guan Shi and the people of Li jointly funded the publication of the “Ritual Stele” to praise his merits.
Rubbing Ritual Vessel Monument
Appreciation of works:
The writer of this stele did not stick to the so-called straightness and neatness of calligraphy, but deliberately designed different sizes of fonts, shapes, and writing methods, so that these words did not appear unified, and the previous writing norms between horizontal and vertical were also broken.Due to the vertical order, horizontal columns, wide word spacing and narrow line spacing characteristics of the ceremonial stele, the work shows the characteristics of harmony and dignification, and because the single word is rigorous and changeable, the pen is refined and does not tend to be fashionable, so that the work is full of flow, and the whole text is natural and flexible and full of vitality, which can be described as dignified and flexible coexistence.