Bada Shanren (1626-1705) was a poet, painter and calligrapher born in Nanchang. A child prodigy, Bada Shanren was a poet by the age of 7. When the Ming dynastyended with the suicide of the last emperor, Bada Shanren, the descendant of a Ming noble family, took refuge in a Buddhist temple. He continued painting and writing as a monk.
The former residence of Bada Shanren in the south of Nanchang was constructed during the Western Han Dynasty. It is a wonderful example of a courtyard house, and is now home to exhibitions of Bada Shanren's calligraphy, paintings and poems.
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