明, 錢榖, 蘭亭修禊圖, 卷, Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), datable to 1560, China, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 9 1/2 x 171 1/2 in. (24. 1 x 435. 6 cm), Paintings, Qian Gu (Chinese, 1508?ca. 1578), In 353, the renowned calligrapher Wang Xizhi (307?365) and his friends met at the Orchid Pavilion (at Shanyin, in modern Zhejiang Province) to celebrate the spring festival of purification. Sitting by a stream, they held a poetry competition