Looking at the | may wish to learn from Sister Zhao of Yangzhou

Text | Sands people

Yangzhou Zhao Weihong could not have dreamed that he had become an Internet celebrity. The 55-year-old sister works at a clean vegetable stall in The Shita Vegetable Farm, and when she is free from business, she holds up her easel and paints several oil paintings, colorful colors, clear layers, and bright lines, expressing her views on art and love for life. Whether it is a scene depiction or a portrayal of life, there is really a look. She sometimes tutors the children around her to learn to draw for free, and her life is full and happy, which adds a lot of cultural flavor to the fireworks-filled vegetable market.

Sister Zhao was named "Vegetable Farm Painter" by the media. In the minds of ordinary people, painters either immerse themselves in a well-equipped studio or enjoy themselves in the tranquil nature, how can a noisy vegetable market support an easel and carry out elegant artistic creation? This combination of painters and vegetable farms is distinctive and particularly eye-catching.

This kind of life of selling vegetables and painting day after day, Sister Zhao did not deliberately do it, nor did she intend to attract people's attention. Curious citizens took her paintings into short videos, widely disseminated in new media, the local media found this news clue, naturally not to be left behind, tracking the report, so that Zhao Dajie is a household name in Yangzhou, and then broadcast by the CCTV news channel, suddenly making the "vegetable farm painter" famous.

On Saturday, at the Renfengli Cultural and Creative Market in Yangzhou's historical and cultural district, Wenhe Street displayed her paintings in public spaces, and Sister Zhao became a news figure again. Some foreign tourists in addition to visiting, sighed: "In the end is a famous historical and cultural city, the oil painting of the big sister who sells vegetables can paint so decently, it is amazing!" "Expanding the cultural influence of Yangzhou and enhancing the image of Yangzhou city, the "vegetable farm painter" has invisibly made a big free advertisement for Yangzhou, which is worthy of praise!

For Sister Zhao's amateur paintings, everyone admires them from the bottom of their hearts. For its painting level, professionals have different views, which is perfectly normal - there is no child skill trained from childhood, halfway out of the family, just by accompanying his son to learn to paint this skill, want to paint a professional level of work, it is definitely difficult. To engage in art, talent and diligence are indispensable. To be able to become everyone and leave an immortal author, after all, there are very few corners, and most people are struggling to walk on the road of art. So far, Sister Zhao has painted for personal interests and hobbies, not seeking to reach, not seeking to realize, purely adjusting after life.

According to the mentality of many people now, a woman who sells vegetables is good to live a good life, so why bother to toss the art of painting that is difficult to realize? This confusion, which is not understood by some people, is also the superiority of the "vegetable market painter". What is life for? There are many people who pursue fame and profit, but many also lose the joy of life in the process. In my opinion, Sister Zhao sells vegetables for life, while painting is to enjoy life, so that the original plain life is full of fun. In fact, life is hard, and it is not easy to work hard. Living a good life is not only three meals a day, but also a full and happy pursuit. Singing aloud, dancing in the square, playing the piano and singing, etc., a hobby can make people's lives more interesting and more valuable. Her paintings are not for selling money, but for artistic pursuits, for the fullness of her heart, for the abundance of life. Hobbies that do not have utilitarian colors often make the process more enjoyable, the art more pure, and the behavior more lovely.

"Vegetable market painters" are not professional painters, and their attitude and artistic pursuit of "selling vegetables for life, painting and enjoying life" are worth learning from cultural people. Not talking about conditions and style, this is a rare and valuable quality of Sister Zhao. The vegetable stall is her studio, because of the ugliness of simplicity, go with the flow, sell vegetables when busy, paint when idle, go with the flow, as long as there is a pursuit in the heart, any difficulties will be overcome, and the difficulties of life will improve the art of painting. Regardless of fame and fortune, there is no doubt that there is a good medicine for taking a bitter mouth. It is not wrong to pursue success and excellence in life, but it is impossible to extricate yourself from it, often losing fame and fortune, which makes people sigh. On the contrary, let go of fame and fortune just for the pursuit, even if it will not succeed, it will not be entangled in inexplicable troubles. You see Sister Zhao selling vegetables when she is busy, idle to paint, comfortable, accidentally attracted media attention, and her deeds do not go away. In contrast, some people deliberately do it but backfire and laugh generously. Don't complain about the fact that people have responsibilities. Selling vegetables is her source of livelihood, and she will not complain that "painting has no studio, selling vegetables affects her creation", or "society has not provided her with creative guarantees". She relies on selling vegetables to make herself live a very dignified life, leisurely swinging to make her life very tasteful, teaching the children around her to draw very rhythmically, everything is inadvertently, so that ordinary life and artistic pursuits are combined naturally and elegantly.

The popularity of "vegetable market painters" expresses people's views on culture and reflects society's expectations for cultural people. Life is culture, and culture is not only the white snow of Yangchun in the corner of the studio, but also the poetry in ordinary fireworks. This is true cultural self-confidence and cultural self-improvement. Those who aspire to prosper culture may wish to take a look at this demonstration lesson from the "Vegetable Farm Painter". (The author is a special researcher of the Suzhong Development Research Institute of Yangzhou University).