Rong Bao Zhai is famous for the old and famous, so far has been three hundred years of history. Rong Bao Zhai is located in the Beijing Peace Gate outside the glass factory West Street, is an antique, carved beams of tall antique buildings.
Paper shop business scope is mainly three parts: one is the painting and calligraphy paper, and a variety of fan, framed good hi Shouping, and so on; Second, all kinds of pen, ink, inkstone, ink cartridges, water, Pen holder and other cultural equipment; third is the custom-made calligraphy and painting seal carvings of commercial works, from the commission. Since 1672 Beijing Rong Bao Zhai predecessor, "Songzhu Zhai" South paper shop has been established more than three hundred years of history. In 1894 the establishment of "Songzhu Zhai" even "Rong Bao Zhai", and additional "posts for" institutions, for the future development of wood watermarks laid the foundation for the cause.
After the Opium War, Song Zhuzhai difficult to maintain. Shopkeeper to hire the capital of the Zhuang Shichen for the manager, in 1894, the name of the shop to Rong Bao Zhai, take "to the Friends of the text, the name of the treasure," meaning, and invited the famous calligrapher Lu Runxiang (Qing Tongzhi champion) Wrote the "Rong Bao Zhai" character plaque.
1950 public-private partnership, "Rong Bao Zhai new mind" was born. New China for 50 years, Beijing Rong Bao Zhai by the government and the community's broad support, to create and accumulate the countless spirit and material wealth. Especially in the past three decades, the state to economic construction
As the center to promote the reform and opening up, during which the Beijing Rong Bao Zhai in the development of traditional business on the basis of broadening the business areas and business channels in Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jilin And other places set up a distribution office, to strengthen the domestic business and cultural activities.
Rong Bao Zhai's development through the tortuous road, until the 20th century, 70 years, especially since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Party, Rong Bao Zhai and the development of traditional culture in the spring, and gradually clear adhere to the "traditional business as the core , Open up the traditional culture of diversified business, and steadily expand the scale of business "business strategy. Over the past two decades, Rong Bao Zhai's traditional main business in the development of economic efficiency continues to grow, has opened a number of branches or distribution offices in Fu, and have set up Rongbao art auction limited liability company and other affiliated companies The During this period, Rong Baozhai broadened the business areas and business channels, and promoted domestic and international cultural exchanges and business contacts.
After several changes
For decades, with the national change, the economic situation changes, Rong Bao Zhai after several changes, with the fate of the country experienced prosperity, but also suffered difficulties doom. But no matter what kind of hard environment, are committed to carry forward the national culture for the purpose and dedication to calligraphy and painting services for customer service, Tongsouwuqi, has become a prosperous Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy, known as "calligraphy and painting Home ", has become a traditional Chinese culture and art for the world window. During this period, Rong Bao Zhai get the state leaders and the community of cordial care. Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Song Qingling, Guo Moruo, Peng Dehuai and other leading comrades and celebrities have or many times to visit Rong Bao Zhai and inscription for an old country Everbright national cultural undertakings to give specific guidance and great help. The older generation of revolutionaries Bo Yibo encouraged Rong Bao Zhai to "under the reputation of more modest", and constantly forge ahead. Zheng Bijian comrades of the title praise Rong Zhai as "cultural hero".
Exhibition and exchange
Over the years, Rong Baozhai also held various types of exhibitions and international art exchange activities, has received the Queen of Denmark Margaret and Prince, former Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone Hong Kong, Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew and the French ambassador to China Mao Lei And other international friends and guests, to enhance the international friendship and business contacts, as the traditional Chinese culture and arts for the world window.
Rong Bao Zhai Wenfang treasure collection is quite abundant: the Ming Dynasty Cheng Junfang hundred sub-ink, the Qing Dynasty gold paint colorful palace pen, palace paper, crystal ink box, etc., especially possession of 4275 grams of Tian Huangshi, called the world The most.
Rong Bao Zhai in the business activities focus on the collection of calligraphy and painting treasures has formed a fine tradition, the "folk palace" reputation. Over the years, regardless of ancient treasures or modern masters of the masterpiece, are widely collected, including: the Yuan Dynasty Wu Zhen, Sheng Mao; Ming "Ming four" Xu Wei, Chen Daofu, Chen Hongshou, Dong Qichang; Qing Dynasty Shi Tao, Zhu Da Wang Duo, "four kings", "Yangzhou eight"; modern virtual valley, Zhao Qiqian, Ren Bo years, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Fu Baoshi and other fine painting and calligraphy.
According to the historical data contained, Rong Bao Zhai predecessor of the Songzhu Zhai, was built in the Qing Dynasty Kangxi eleven years (AD 1672), after the Qing dynasty twenty years (AD 1894) changed its name to Rong Bao Zhai, so far 300 years of long history.
Founder of a Zhejiang people, surnamed Zhang, he was originally used in Beijing, he opened a small South paper shop. Initially written by the calligraphy and painting sealer pen (the so-called pen is a painting and calligraphy sealers who have recommended by the famous, set out the price of their works for sale), Songzhu Zhai Valet order, you can commission from. At the same time, the pen calligraphy and seal carvings in the shop and the purchase of paper pen and other supplies, so that there is a very stable and stable income. At that time the most famous glass factory in the south of the paper shop, the devaluation of Songzhu Zhai, because of its official volume, official fold and named. Cover the autobiography of the era, the DPRK Dagon Gun public do nothing, is to read the provinces officials presented memorials, picky pieces of the broken characters and with a variety of styles of discord, that the heart of the country also. In general, the minister was presented under the corner, the word to work Kai Hongwu is rhyme, especially when you remember the ancient emperor of the temple taboo, and the emperor, back purpose, landing minister, all the avoidance. A little negligence, that is read the minister pointed out that the penalty is fine, while the demotion is to Fengjiang officials are all cited as a warning. So for the selection of memorials, must be pure and imperfect for the top grade. Li Zhaizhu Zhaizhu Zhaizi know the relationship between the prose of their very large, very careful for this matter, each white fold will be selected by the hands of a dozen people, slightly fine ink that is pushed into the push, so the price Comparison of his auxiliary cost is half odd. Where the seller, no fault, with the main buy to quasi-assured. And thus the provinces and Xinjiang officials, are aware of pine bamboo vegetarian goods reliable, thus more developed business.
However, the owner of Songzhu Zhai, after all, is the official home, not proficient in business business. In particular, Zhang's descendants are not enough to live up to expectations, operating no party, combined with the 1840 years after the Opium War, China's socio-economic situation is deteriorating, the original customer surplus door Songzhu Zhai at this time was also on the brink of dilapidated, to difficult to maintain the situation. At this time the owner in order to maintain this prestigious old shop to maintain, deliberately hired at the time to celebrate the capital of Zhuanghu Chen as manager, determined to abandon the old map new, change the face. Qing dynasty twenty years (AD 1894), the name changed to Rong Bao Zhai, take the text will be friends, the name of the meaning of treasure, and invited the famous great calligrapher Lu Runxiang (Qing Tongzhi champion, ) Inscribed rong Bao Zhai's large plaque.
With the passage of time, business areas continue to expand, after Rong Bao Zhai with its stunt wood watermarks
outer. Wood watermark is a unique Chinese handmade printing technology, printed in this way out of the Chinese painting resembles the original, you can reach the point of chaos, which is today's any printing methods are no match. Rong Bao Zhai with plank watermark produced by the "seventy-two waiting poem", "twenty-four order envelope", etc., Lu Xun, Mr. Zheng Zhenduo later saw it as the Liulichang plantation of the white eyebrows (that is, the same Among the distinguished performers.
That year, even the white stone to the old man in the face of Rong Bao Zhai after copying their own works, but also difficult to distinguish the authenticity.
Rong Bao Zhai's new plaque is the famous calligrapher Guo Moruo book.
