What I yearn for is "poetry" Looking for a dream by printing on the sea, what I pursue is "picturesque" and "poetic", which is a very high artistic realm. I think we should also have this poetic feeling in our work and life. Ordinary life, life is full of flavor, peace and happiness, which is actually living in "poetry". In order to deepen this impression, I asked Mr. Chong Wang, a calligrapher in Anyang, to write a calligraphy banner "Land to the tiller, dreams to seal the sea" and hang it in my room. Mr. Jin Jianming of Anyang County also wrote a calligraphy banner with the same content for me. Two works, one sedate and dignified, the other chic and smooth, each with its own characteristics and strengths, present the same effect. It seems that if life can be combined with art, wouldn't it be a wonderful enjoyment to see elegance in vulgarity, seek interest in elegance and bring out the best in elegance and vulgarity?
Let's talk about taking pictures. What is emphasized here is the word "write". Only by diligently "writing" can we gradually "realize" some literary talents. Because I have been working in an office for many years, I have never relaxed my efforts in writing. In addition to writing essential application documents, I also took time out of my busy schedule and worked tirelessly to record my true feelings, my ups and downs, my joys and sorrows, my eventful years with my pen and sincere heart.
Speaking of writing, let's start with my 60th birthday. May 14, 2009 is my birthday. I worked hard for several months before and wrote an article similar to a memoir. As a birthday present, I tentatively named it Song of Passionate Life. This manuscript of several thousand words consists of nine parts except "introduction" and "ending". Namely: the beginning of life, study period, military career, food year, business step, affinity forestry, interest in seal cutting, family history, and life comments. I think this is the best blessing and commemoration for my 60th birthday.
In my life journey, I have written news reports, newsletters, life essays, seal cutting paper and some essays that can't distinguish genres. Although these articles are not "literary works", they are very important to me. These precious written materials condense my heart and blood, contain my feelings, record my work and life, and are the historical testimony of my passionate life. 1996 was rated as an excellent municipal correspondent by Anyang Daily for its outstanding news reports. Besides praise, I also got a modern Chinese dictionary as a souvenir. I still use it today, which has benefited me for life. This is already a high honor for me.
There are also some newsletters I have written, which are actually promoting the deeds of people I am familiar with who have made certain contributions to society. On June 24th 1987 and April 6th 1999, Anyang Daily published two newsletters, The Harmony of Qin and Its Rhyme and the Harmony of Virtue and Art, written by my calligraphy and seal cutting teacher respectively. After xu teacher died on June 365438+February 0, 2005, I wrote an article in memory of him, Missing Forever, which was published in the third edition of Today's Anbao Yubei Newspaper on June 65438+1October 6, 2006 and June 65438+1October 2, 2006 respectively. On March 1 day of that year, Henan Calligraphy Guide reported in detail the life story of Teacher Xu Xueping with the same title. On the occasion of the third anniversary of Xu Xueping's death, I wrote a commemorative article entitled "The Descendants of Books", which was published in Sunset Red on June 5438+1October 65438+August 2009. Teacher Xu Xueping is my tutor when I study calligraphy and seal cutting. Our teacher-friend relationship lasted for more than 20 years. How could I not remember?
When I was working in Anyang Forestry Bureau, I cooperated with Angel and wrote a newsletter entitled "Ten years to sharpen a sword, barren hills turn into orchards", which told the story of Anyang model workers planting barren hills. It was published in China Professional Newspaper on June, 2004165438+1October 3, 2005 and Land in the fourth issue of 2005 respectively. In the first issue of 2009, Shen Ye magazine published the newsletter "Writing the Spring and Autumn Period with Jianbi Momo", which tells the advanced story of Zhang Fashi, a police calligrapher of hua county Public Security Bureau. I also wrote the deeds of people in Anyang painting and calligraphy circles, such as Hao, Kang Xianjun, Zhang Guoling, Jin Jianming and Liu, and published them in relevant newspapers and periodicals.
About my life essays, the content is relatively extensive, including family, travel notes and various essays. The writing and publication of these manuscripts have played an important role in enriching family life, regulating interpersonal relationships, improving humanistic quality and promoting social harmony. In the 1990s, my writing flourished, and about 50 such articles were published. On May 4th, 1995, Anyang Daily published "Meeting the Dawn of the New Century". 1995165438+1October 17 Henan economic reference newspaper published "make life interesting". February 9 1996 Anyang Daily published the scenery of jumping in the morning. In May, 1996, 1, the Procuratorate Daily published "Evergreen Tree of Love" in the headline of the third edition. In that year's Double Ninth Festival, Dahe Daily, the predecessor of Dahe Daily, held an essay contest, and my "Morning Dancer I celebrated the Double Ninth Festival" won the Excellence Award. The article not only appeared in the newspaper, but also won the honorary certificate of award. 3 1 In August, 2000, Economic Daily published my newspaper. On February 9th of the same year, 65438+ China Business Daily published "I hide my seal". These two manuscripts describe my joy in collecting my own "sample newspapers" from different angles.
The new century is accompanied by new hopes. New life breeds new life. Facing the bright sunshine of the new century, on 2006 1 October 81,10,1October 26, my son Yang and my daughter passed away happily. Their birth brought joy, sweetness and warmth to our family. Since then, I have become a grandfather, and naturally I feel much younger. When I was happy, I wrote two words, I wish you a new life and I wish you a new life, which recorded my feelings at that time. They were published in Anyang Daily 200 1,16,65438+25 in 2002 respectively.
2008 is a joyous year for the 20th anniversary of Henan Anyang Chaoyue Group. To this end, the enterprise issued an essay notice to the society that "reform grows with me, and I walk with my peers". My son and I took part in the composition contest at the same time. The results of the awards were published in Anyang Daily, and we both won the Excellence Award. On June 3, 2009, the company awarded us a certificate of honor and a bonus. Although this incident is common, it makes our life full of joy and romance.
On the road of working and living for decades, although I haven't made accurate statistics, there are at least 600 articles with about 800,000 words, which is equivalent to the weight of two novels.
Besides, printing the sea to find dreams. There is a word "carving" implied here. Only by "carving" diligently can we gradually "seal" a little interest. For a long time, seal cutting enriched my spare time, so that I still walked on the road of seal cutting after retirement.
1984 summer vacation, I attended the calligraphy and seal cutting training class held by Anyang Group Art Museum, and Mr. Xu Xueping, the seal cutting teacher, left a deep impression on me. Since then, it has become attached to seal cutting. So the meat cleaver became my friend, and printing enriched my spare time. 1985 65438+February to1987 65438+1October studied seal cutting in Henan Calligraphy Correspondence College, received correspondence instruction from teachers such as Chang and others, and obtained a graduation certificate.
When I was a beginner, in order to save seal cutting materials, I grinded and engraved every piece of Yin Shi, some of which were ground into thin slices and some were engraved into multi-sided prints, which really made the best use of it. At that time, my family's housing was tight, and a family of four people were crowded in a dormitory of more than ten square meters. Only in the dead of night do I have free space to manage printing. I often forget time and fatigue as soon as I pick up the meat cleaver. I often travel in the Indian Sea all night, looking for fun and refreshing myself from ancient seal scripts and China seals. On this basis, I have also subscribed to professional newspapers such as China Calligraphy and Painting Newspaper and Calligraphy Guide for a long time, constantly obtaining new seal cutting information, striving to improve my appreciation level and creative ability, integrating my seal cutting content into the great cause of rejuvenating China, and serving the society while enriching myself.
Hard work pays off, and Chunhua brings fruitful results. Over the past 30 years, more than 9,000 days and nights, I have forged an indissoluble bond with seal cutting. The prosperity of the motherland's cultural undertakings has brought a hundred flowers to seal cutting. Fortunately, hard work and hard pursuit have both lessons of failure and joy of success. Since 1985, my seal cutting works have been published in more than 7,200 newspapers and periodicals in more than 680 countries, covering 3/kloc-0 newspapers and periodicals in various provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. My works, photos, biographies, etc. have been included in hundreds of dictionaries, such as Dictionary of Contemporary Painting and Calligraphy, Dictionary of Contemporary Seal Engraving, Complete Collection of Contemporary Seal Engraving in China, Continued Annals of Anyang County, and Annals of Anyang Daily.
Since the new century, in order to publicize the culture of Yin merchants and improve Anyang's popularity, Liu Yanmei and I have cooperated to complete the long scroll of "Thousand Words and Thousand Seals of Oracle Bone Inscriptions", which was reported by many domestic media such as CCTV and Henan TV. On August 30th, 2004, The Wide Angle of Life column of Anyang TV Station made an in-depth report on the topic "Oracle Bone Inscriptions Love of My Old Brother", and introduced the creation process of this long scroll in detail. In 2005, in order to support Yin Ruins' application for the World Cultural Heritage List, I carved a 10.8-meter-long "Three-character Classic Anyang" to express my infinite affection for my hometown. Recalling these past events, I deeply realized that "success is a piece of cake." Learning seal cutting, although it took me most of my spare time and energy, has brought me rich spiritual life and substantial artistic enjoyment. I often think that this may be because since the reform and opening up, it has not only improved everyone's material.
On the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, my son Yang and my family, Qi Xin, worked together, and after more than six years of careful creation, completed a long seal-cutting scroll of Welcome to the Olympics with a width of 60 cm and a length of 2008 cm. On June 2nd of that year, this long seal-cutting scroll "Welcome to the Olympics" was permanently collected by China Sports Museum, which expressed the true wishes of Chinese people for the Beijing Olympic Games and realized the same wish of our whole family.
My seal cutting works have a wide range of contents, mainly serving the overall situation and the public. From the important events of the party and the country to the lives of ordinary people, wonderful words can be extracted and embodied in the seals of seal cutting works, giving people education and enlightenment. My principle of managing printing is "keep pace with the times and walk with readers." Because most of my seal cutting works are published in newspapers and periodicals for readers to enjoy. "Close to reality, close to life and close to the masses" is the basic idea of running newspapers and periodicals well, and it is also the direction and goal of seal cutting enthusiasts' unremitting efforts.
In August, 2009, my son Yang and I collaborated to create a long seal cutting scroll "Love My China" with a length of 3600 cm and a width of 60 cm. The theme of this work is 60 red lanterns composed of 60 different seal cutting seals, which are connected into a spectacular "lantern" dragon, symbolizing that New China has gone through a glorious course of 60 years. The whole volume * * * is stamped14,000 pieces, composed of red, blue and black inkpad, and all kinds of words or patterns are like a silent "song of a thousand seals", praising the great achievements made by the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China. We used the small seals of "blessing" and "longevity" to form a written document, on which we wrote three heartfelt words that we most wanted to say to our motherland. First, warmly celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). Second, without the production party, there would be no new China. Third, motherland, we love you forever!
I grew up with the great motherland and lived and worked in Anyang, Henan. We should love Nan and Anyang as much as we love our motherland. Because loving one's hometown is the same as loving one's motherland. 2009 is also the 60th anniversary of Anyang's liberation. We are very proud and excited. For this reason, in the long-scroll seal cutting of Love My China, we use the two small seals of "Ji" and "Xiang" to form a map of Henan and Anyang, indicating the location of Anyang. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the National Day, I wish Henan and Anyang a better tomorrow!
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Anyang Daily and Sunset Red both reported on the topic of "The Song of a Million Prints" and distributed news pictures. Henan TV Station and Anyang TV Station successively carried out propaganda on news channels, expressing the best wishes of the sons and daughters of the Central Plains for the 60th birthday of New China.
From the early 1980s to now, I have managed to print more than 65,438+00,000 square meters, and there are more than 2,000 lithographs in my home. My friends nicknamed me "millionaire, Wanyin". Knife and stone are the soul of seal cutting. I named the place where I managed printing "Yicaozhai", and I became the owner of Yicaozhai. In fact, there is no decent studio, just the balcony on the south side of my house. I compare myself to an unknown mountain grass, living and growing tenaciously in the wind and rain. The beauty of seal life and the pleasure of carving spirit have become an important part of my life.
It's interesting to take a photo. Dreams in the sea are full of fun. In the long process of "dialogue" with words and "communication" with seals, I was lucky to get three "gains". First, diligence brings interest and enriches spare time. Second, busyness brings happiness and cultivates mind and temperament. Third, optimism brings health and enhances physical fitness. I love writing, and I meditate and cultivate myself. I like seal cutting. It makes me healthy and happy. I think this may be the real reason for my endless life, writing and carving. Then move on, in the journey of life, "take photos and print the sea to find dreams."
Where is the "truth"? "Truth" exists in every moment of daily life. Looking for a dream in the sea, where is the "dream"? "Dream" is in the spiritual world where years are like songs. Portrait, dream, my yearning, my expectation. "Writing" and "engraving" are two common things, just like "rivers, lakes and seas", which hold up my "boat of life" and sing my "song of passionate life"!