2013-01-11

■Zhang Hongping, Yu Xianghua and Song Yajuan

At the root of the imperial city, he is the 10th generation descendant of Kangxi; in Jiazhou City, he He is a "foreigner"; in the art world, he carves, draws, writes, and photographs, and is unique. The water of Zhugong River is not as clear as it was a few years ago. The only thing that remains unchanged is the large lush green bamboo forest nearby and the clear and crisp bird song coming from the Zizi Mountain. This is a very secluded corner of Leshan City. In the past 10 years, Aixinjueluo Demao, a descendant of the Qing royal family, had moved his "nest" four times before finally choosing this place. Ten years is enough to change the mood of many people, let alone a person who abandoned the prosperous life in the capital and came to Leshan City for love. The story took place in 1996, when Demao was 48 years old and his son was 9 years old. Regarding "running away", his friends teased him: "Is your brain flooded?" He said: "I was just hit by the door." That "door" is called love. The protagonists of this love drama without an ending are De Mao and a Leshan girl. They connect the two cities of Beijing and Leshan. In the early 1990s, Demao, who had been divorced for a long time, lived alone with his son. By chance, I met a girl from Leshan who came to Beijing to study. Over the past few years, Hongyan has been sending letters to each other, and their relationship has "heated up." In March 1996, Demao decided to go to Leshan to pursue love. Before leaving, he made a special trip to visit his cousin, the famous art master Qi Gong. De Mao and Qi Gong have a special relationship and both love art. Three of Qi Gong's seals were carved by his cousin De Mao. Qi Gong was very worried when he heard that De Mao, who was in his forties, was going to travel far away. On the day before leaving, in front of the train station platform, a good friend seeing him off held his head and asked, "Was there no water in your head?" He replied blankly: "No water, he was just hit by the door." After bidding farewell to the capital, he Never looked back. "I don't dare to look back, I'm afraid that I will change my path in an instant." Four years after arriving in Leshan, Demao, who had traveled far away, finally returned to Beijing and realized the pain of his sister when she left without saying goodbye. My sister once searched for him all over the streets and searched all the places where my brother loved to go. Finally, someone couldn't bear to tell her: "Your brother went to Sichuan." Four years later, when she saw her brother suddenly bumping into her eyes, he became darker, thinner, and even had more white hair on his head, and her sister felt distressed for a long time. Not a word. Demao finally had a chance to talk in front of his sister. During his four years in Leshan, what Demao felt most deeply was nostalgia. One night, Demao was walking along Binjiang Road in Leshan, and people passed by one after another. Leisure and happiness were written on the faces of different people. A little boy of seven or eight years old ran over, grabbing his clothes and making fun. The child ran away, and despair suddenly crept into his heart. When I got home, I spread out the paper and my emotions spread freely. After a sleepless night, more than 180 pages of letters were piled on the desk. Then I ran to the post office like a trot, sending my deep nostalgia to Beijing and to my sister. The strange love between De Mao and the Leshan girl finally came to an end due to various reasons. However, De Mao, who is open-minded by nature, has an indissoluble bond with the spiritual city of Leshan. After returning to Beijing for a few days during the Spring Festival, my son asked: "When are you going home?" He was surprised: "Which home are you going to? Aren't you at home now?" In Leshan City, Demao changed to 4 places, Zhanggongqiao and Yutang. Street, Niuda Bridge and now Zhugong River. In his memory, the most unforgettable years were in the elementary school residential building in Ushibashi Bridge. It was a three-story old building, and he and his son lived on the ground floor. The house was in disrepair and the door was deformed and the gap was an inch wide. At night, mice seem to be in a deserted land, and the story of Demao and his son getting up in the middle of the night to catch mice also happens day after day. When he first arrived in Leshan, he had no friends, so a friend he had just met provided him with housing. Later, he made many friends, including artists, state officials, and shoe polishers and tricycle masters. When he was stolen on the street and couldn't do anything, some friends would generously donate money; when he suddenly fell ill and was in danger, several Leshan friends took him to the hospital and saved him from life-threatening danger. Once, a Leshan painter came to Demao's home in Zhugong River. The house without a mistress was full of mess, and the painter with a paintbrush in his hand hurriedly arranged for him to wash his clothes. This incident made Demao quite emotional. He felt that the most difficult thing to let go of was the strong human touch of the small town in Sichuan. Now, Demao's son is 19 years old and accustomed to life in Leshan. One year when he returned to Beijing during the Spring Festival, his son, who had not stayed for a few days, suddenly asked his father: "How long has it been since we went home?" De Mao asked his son in surprise: "Go home? Which home? Isn't this home?" Someone asked: "What? Is it cross-legged beef?" He hurriedly ran to study, and then replied: "I am short, so I have to raise the stool a little higher." De Mao has a lot of ink in his belly. In addition to being famous for his seal cutting and calligraphy, he is still a standard." Kanye", as long as he is around, this place will definitely not be deserted. He learned to sing Sichuan Opera and enthusiastically studied the local culture of Leshan. "Kanye" told the locals that the origin of "Box Street" is related to "a group of outsiders carrying boxes selling combs there in the past." Many old Leshan people were also shocked; he also studied the famous street in Suji Town, Leshan Stilted Beef, said: "Why are the stools used by diners higher than the table? It turns out that the people here are not tall, so we have to raise the stools higher." De Mao traveled to the remote towns of Leshan, where his series of paintings were produced . His "Nostalgia of Sichuan" series shows the beauty of Min'an from many aspects. He painted the graceful and ethereal scenery of Jiazhou with the grandeur of a Beijing-style painter.

After living in Leshan for a long time, he invited his relatives and friends from Beijing. Seeing Demao's comfort, everyone's worries disappeared without a trace. Today, Demao is a busy man, and his calligraphy, painting, and seal cutting are collected by many people. Recently, he has become obsessed with photography again. Whenever he has free time, he puts on his camera bag and runs around. At a university in Sichuan, Demao brought 18 graduate students to teach and research Qing history. He also presides over the work of the Leshan Painting and Calligraphy Collection Association. No one asked De Mao where he would go in the future. For him, going south 10 years ago may have destined him to be destined to Shushan and Shushui in this life. [Background] Aixinjueluo Demao, the 10th generation descendant of Kangxi. Born in Beijing in 1948. In 1982, he graduated from the Chinese painting graduate class of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is a full-time painter at the Institute of Fine Arts of the China Academy of Art, a national first-class artist, and holds a Master of Arts, a Master of Fine Arts, and a PhD in history. He is good at calligraphy, painting, engraving, and also loves music and photography. His calligraphy, painting and seal cutting works have been exhibited many times in Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Canada and other countries. He has won the gold medal in the "National Masters Cup Invitational Competition of Famous Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Artists" from the Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Artists Association. Aixinjueluo Demao: A Beijing-based painter who lived in Leshan Leshan Daily/Wei Yixiong In 1996, a Beijing painter came to Leshan City because he fell in love with a Leshan girl. Although the relationship ended quickly, he never left. He said: "The charm of Leshan's beautiful mountains and rivers, profound cultural accumulation, and the right popularity are irresistible temptations." So far, he has lived happily in his apartment on the bank of Zhugong River for 10 years. His name is Aixinjueluo Demao. This descendant of the royal family of the Qing Dynasty was born in Beijing in 1948. He graduated from the Chinese painting graduate class of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1982. He is a full-time painter at the Institute of Fine Arts of the China Academy of Arts and a national first-class artist. He is good at calligraphy, painting, and stone and stone seal carving. Love music. This is an elegant man who likes to be deviant and express his unique personality in artistic exploration. His calligraphy is mainly running script, thick horizontally and thin vertically, unrestrained and unrestrained, full of muscles and energy. "Biography of Chinese Contemporary Literary and Art Talents" commented: "De Mao... devotes himself to the study of decoration, deformation and exaggeration unique to modern calligraphy. The changes in his ink color resemble the melody and rhythm of symphonic music. He strives for innovation, is ambitious and has the courage to practice. , I work outside of writing and go my own way." In terms of painting, landscapes, flowers and birds, and figures are used simultaneously, especially the ethereal inspiration of famous mountains and rivers in his paintings is the most contagious. His inscriptions, stone and seal carvings, ancient knife skills, powerful dots and strokes, thick and simple, have made more than 20,000 seals for domestic and foreign people in the past 30 years. His works have been exhibited many times in Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Canada and other countries, and he has also held personal exhibitions in Beijing, Yinchuan, Shijiazhuang, Chengdu and other places. Many fine products are collected by Beijing Zhongnanhai, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and foreign friends. In 1995, he won the gold medal at the "National Masters Cup Invitational Competition of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Masters" organized by the Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Artists Association. Although Mr. Demao has traveled to most of the famous mountains and rivers in the motherland, he has a special liking for Leshan and Leshan. In recent years, his footprints have reached every corner of Jiazhou. The majestic Leshan Giant Buddha, the Immortal Mountain of Emei with unique scenery, the yellow kudzu trees at Wutong Bridge, the Grand Canyon of Xiba, the ancient town in Mabian, the customs of the Yi people in Emei, the Dadu River that flows for thousands of miles, the calm and steady water of the Minjiang River... are all here He was mesmerized. He often carried a picture folder on his back, traveled across mountains and rivers, and sketched in inaccessible places. The sea of ??clouds and mist, bamboo fences, exotic flowers and plants, ancient trees and rocks, withered vines and moss, and the simple and honest folk customs of the mountainous countryside all triggered his inspiration and intrigued him. An uncontrollable creative impulse. His series of paintings "Love in Jiazhou, Shu Township" show the beauty of Min'an land from many aspects. Many of them unearth unexpected and touching sentiments from ordinary scenery, expressing his infinite deep love for the hot land of Leshan. . Mr. Demao especially likes to make friends with Leshan people. The guests in his "Zilezhai" studio include literati, government cadres, employees of enterprises and institutions, shoeshines and tricycles who came to ask for paintings, and he also warmly received them. He told the author that there were two unforgettable things that made him have special feelings for the people of Leshan. First, when he first arrived in Leshan, he was unfamiliar with the place and had no friends. A friend from Leshan whom he had just met enthusiastically provided him with a house. A few days later, he was stolen on the street, penniless and unable to do anything, so this friend generously supported him. Second, he suffered a sudden illness. Several friends from Leshan rushed him to the hospital for rescue and rescued him from life-threatening danger. From then on, he lived in Leshan for a long time. Whenever he had free time, he wandered around the streets and alleys, listened to Sichuan opera and sang, watched "Twenty-Seventy", learned to speak Leshan dialect, and read "Leshan Daily" and "Leshan Evening News" every day. Collect humanistic information about Leshan from various sources. Now, he knows Leshan’s geography, history, cultural relics and anecdotes very well and has become a Leshan expert. Once, Yang Rudai, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who once served as secretary of the Leshan Prefectural Committee, "tested" him face to face: "I heard that you are very familiar with Leshan. Do you know Niukou Erqiao?" After Demao answered the exact location, he added He said: "Leshan people are good at making characters. Adding a mouth to 'er' is the original creation of Leshan people." Then, he said that Zhang Gongqiao was built under the leadership of Zhang Nenglin, an official of the Qing Dynasty, and Dingdong Street was named after Dingdong Well. It got its name, Laoxiaoding, because it was originally called Shenxiao Yuqing Wanshou Palace... Yang Rudai smiled and said: "It is indeed Leshan Tong!" Mr. Demao and people in the Leshan calligraphy and painting circles have enhanced their friendship and integrated into each other through frequent exchanges. In one piece. In May 2004, he was elected as the president of Leshan Painting and Calligraphy Collection Association.

Today, this 57-year-old painter from Beijing is still leisurely splashing ink on the bank of Zhugong River day after day, tirelessly pursuing his artistic realm.

I asked him how long he would stay here? He smiled and replied: "I like Leshan, just stay here!" (End)

(Leshan Daily/Wei Yixiong)