Founded in the 30th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1904), Xiling Seal Society is an existing literati community with a long history in my country and an academic group of professional gold and stone seal carving at home and abroad. The Xiling Seal Society site is located on the western foot of Gushan, Xihu Scenic Area, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It ends at Baidi in the south, close to Xiling Bridge in the west, and adjacent to West Lake in the north. It covers an area of ​​7088.86 square meters and has a total construction area of ​​1749.77 square meters.

Xiling Seal Society was initiated and established by Zhejiang school seal engravers Ding Ren, Wang Bi, Wu Yin, Ye Ming and others. In 1913, Wu Changshuo, a giant in modern art, became the first president. With his reputation, seals from all over the world were all in the wind. The famous Japanese artists, Hejing Quanlu and Changwei Yushan, came back across the sea. They gathered elites, and those who entered the society were all good at seal carving, calligraphy and painting. , collection appraisal, archaeology, literature and history, and other outstanding masters. Xiling Seal Society currently has about 380 members, distributed in nearly 30 provinces (cities) autonomous regions, Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Regions, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, France, the Czech Republic, Canada and other countries in China.

Since its establishment, Xiling Seal Society has always engaged in classical art exploration in a modern sense in the form of a community organization, and advocated the diversity of art with a relaxed operating concept, continuing the elegant gatherings, five and five every year since the founding of the society. The club operation mode of the 10th anniversary celebration and irregular gatherings of members. Every year, with the Gushan Community as the center, public worship of the predecessors of seal learning, exhibitions of works and collections of members, and conducting academic seminars and exchanges. Poetry chanting, pen and ink singing, appreciation and collection, and tea tasting are all essential. In the soil of traditional culture, In the declining contemporary cultural environment, the cultural form with traditional literary temperament is still vividly preserved.

In addition to the creation and study of gold and stone seal carving and calligraphy and painting art, Xiling Seal Society has made important achievements in the fields of cultural relics collection and research, editing and publishing, foreign cultural exchanges, etc. With the help of members at home and abroad and wise men from all walks of life, it has preserved various cultural relics. Searching for learning and learning, the Chinese Seal Museum located on the banks of Xiling Bridge in Gushan is a museum of seal science in my country, while the Xiling Seal Society Seal Library specializes in all research on metal and stone, ancient instruments, calligraphy and painting, etc. Books for fan appreciation and research. Xiling Seal Society also collected, compiled and published a large number of sealing titles, inscriptions and seal research works, and published them at home and abroad. Xiling Seal Society also focuses on the inheritance, popularization and promotion of seal carving art. Since the 1980s, it has held large-scale professional competitions such as seal carving work review exhibitions and international seal carving calligraphy works exhibitions. In recent years, Xiling Seal Society has also held Large-scale international art selection, creation, exhibition and seminar such as the International Art Festival, "Centenary Xiling·Chinese Seal", "Centenary Xiling·Xihu Feng", and "Centenary Xiling·Jinshiyuan" have emerged in the seal academic circles at home and abroad. Wide impact.