The Wanfu Wall standing in Wanfu Square, Fuyong Town, Bao’an District, Shenzhen City has gradually become a major scenic spot in Shenzhen, attracting many tourists to touch the variously written ‘Fu’ characters on the wall to get a touch of good fortune. Some tour guides also specially lead tour groups here to touch the ‘good fortune’. Completed in 1999, the Wanfu Wall is 130 meters long, 5.67 meters high, and more than 10 centimeters thick. It stands in the square of Fuyong Town. The Wanfu Wall is made of red purple sand pottery fired at high temperature. The entire relief is made up of 8,833 pieces of purple sand pottery. It weighs about 110,000 kilograms. It has collected more than 10,000 ‘Fu’ characters in different font styles from earlier pictographs to inscriptions on bronze vessels, grass script, official script, seal script, etc. It is currently the purple sand pottery relief work with the most ‘Fu’ characters in the world. In 2000, it was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. It is understood that most of the ‘Fu’ characters on the Wanfu Wall come from folk creations. There are not only the calligraphy treasures of ancient emperors, such as half of the ‘Fu’ of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, implying the half of the country he ruled at that time. There is also the ‘Fu’ character given by Emperor Qianlong as a birthday gift to Liu Yong when he was 71 years old. There is also the ‘Fu’ character of Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in ancient times. The specific business hours and operating status are subject to the opening situation on the day.
Wanfu Square
The Wanfu Wall standing in Wanfu Square, Fuyong Town, Bao’an District, Shenzhen City has gradually become a major scenic spot […]
