Since ancient celebrities love landscapes, Teacher Bao Xianlun's love for Fuchun landscapes has a long history, and this time he finally made a deep expression in his own way.
In order to prepare for the "Water Sending Mountains to Welcome" calligraphy exhibition, Teacher Bao has been busy for more than a year. He went to the Fuchun River many times to collect wind, inspected the local Xindeng, Dongtu and other places, toured Beishan, dengfuyunling, visited Dongziguan, looked for the former sages and monuments, felt the Fuchun landscape, also consulted literature, deepened his understanding of the history and culture of Fuyang, and then selected classic poems about Fuyang, and created "Luo Yin" (360cmX1260cm), "Yang Weizhen" (248cmX1090cm), "Chao Supplement" (240cmX1100cm) and so on embodying the "charm of Fuyang" The oversized inscription of the cliff-like work.
The creation of oversized works requires a large area, and Mr. Bao used the basement of the Zhejiang Art Museum to successfully complete the creation with the help of the working team. Creating large and large-scale works, he also needs a better body to do protection, and the 66-year-old began to exercise early and do physical reserves, including high-intensity bending movements. In addition, Mr. Bao and the curatorial team have also visited the venue many times to study and set up the exhibition, and from the perspective of effect, whether it is the exhibition or the work itself, it is very harmonious with the space created by the architect Wang Shu.
On November 27, 2021, Teacher Bao's calligraphy exhibition "Water Sending Mountains to Welcome" was held as scheduled at the Gongwang Art Museum in Fuyang, Hangzhou.
In this exhibition, Mr. Bao selected five pieces (groups) of fine works to present to Gongwang Art Museum: "Yu Dafu" (138cmX35cmX4), "Mengjiao" (178cmX97cm), "Meng Haoran" (178cmX97cm), "Poetry Parting Ways" (136cmX34cmX2) and "Shi You" (178cmX70cm) as the museum's permanent collection.
Not arranging the opening ceremony, not sending invitations, and not specifically inviting leaders to visit the exhibition were set when Teacher Bao decided to hold this exhibition. On the afternoon of the opening, a donation ceremony and academic lectures were held in the largest exhibition hall. At the donation ceremony, the Fuyang Publicity Department and the art museum expressed their high respect and heartfelt thanks to Mr. Bao's fine donation. Xia Fen, member of the Standing Committee of the Fuyang District CPC Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, said in his thank-you speech at the donation ceremony. Today, less than 3 months after the end of the Provincial Party Committee Cultural Work Conference, Mr. Bao Xianlun praised the Fuchun landscape with a unique calligraphy form, and donated 5 pieces (groups) of calligraphy works he carefully created to the Gongwang Art Museum free of charge. This is a portrayal of his unremitting spirit of pursuing the peak of art, and it is also his selfless dedication to paying attention to the grassroots, loving Fuyang, and improving the humanistic qualities of citizens. ”
After the brief donation ceremony, Mr. Bao gave an academic lecture entitled "Calligraphy: Technique + Culture + Character". He shared the practices and experiences of his works from three dimensions: technique, culture and character. He said that the study and practice of calligraphy is a lifelong cultivation, in short, including the elements of technique tempering, cultural accumulation, and character cultivation. He also took this exhibition as an example, and gave a vivid and detailed explanation from the determination of the theme of "water sending mountains to welcome", as well as the verification of text content and the selection of texts, and how to do in-depth and thorough regional cultural excavation.
More than 500 people, including Liu He, He Difei, Hu Xiaohan, Dai Jiamiao, Wang Yihua, Huang Shouyao, Xu Hongliu and other people from the cultural and artistic calligraphy circles of Zhejiang Province, as well as calligraphy workers and enthusiasts from Fuyang and Tonglu, visited the exhibition and listened to the lectures. Afterwards, it was learned that there were also calligraphy insiders and enthusiasts from other places who rushed to listen to the lecture on the same day, including government leaders of the provincial government and individual prefecture-level cities, who quietly sat on the listening table in their personal capacity.
The calligraphy exhibition "Water Sending Mountains to Welcome" is the first solo calligraphy exhibition since the opening of Gongwang Art Museum, and it is also the largest and highest grade. A total of 120 calligraphy works (groups) are exhibited, of which 90 were created in 2021, with rich content and diverse forms, covering couplets, naves, banners, albums, hand scrolls, bucket squares, ceramics, etc. The creation of works with few words such as couplets and horizontal phi is Bao Shi's strength, and multi-word works such as mortise and mortise structure, word bite, loose and casual, and in and out.
Professor Bao Xianlun is the deputy director of the Lishu Committee of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, the honorary chairman of the Zhejiang Calligraphers Association, the librarian of the Zhejiang Provincial Research Museum of Literature and History, a professor of Zhejiang University, and a researcher of the China Academy of Arts. His lishu is mainly based on the Qin Dynasty and the Warring States, with the thick seal structure of the simple calligraphy as the direction of pursuit, playing with the golden stone meaning of the Moya Stele Zhiding Nai. His works are in the ancient and into the paper into the pottery, masculine, high ancient, open atmosphere with humanistic atmosphere, with the characteristics of "the most ancient, the most stylish", the works in the exhibition hall also wrote an irreplaceable contemporary and new height.
Because of epidemic prevention, avoid getting together, and later rushed to the scene to visit, there are many. Zhang Xi, former secretary general of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and secretary of the Zhejiang University Cpc Committee, and Sun Wenyou, former vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial COMMITTEE of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Friends of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Society of the Zhejiang Provincial CPPCC Committee, took advantage of the gap and went with their companions.
Teacher Bao accompanied them to see the exhibition and said: In 2020, I wore a mask to participate in the "big article" exhibition in Shanghai, thinking that it was a unique phenomenon, but I did not expect to wear a mask a year later to see the "Water Sending Mountains" exhibition. Chu Ziyu, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and Yang Jianwu, director of the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, took advantage of the weekend break to meet up.
Professor Bai Qianshen, dean of the School of Arts and Archaeology of Zhejiang University, went.
Professor Wang Ting worked in the College of Communication for more than 20 years before retiring, serving as the dean of the College of Literature, the producer of many literary and art films, and has a deep friendship with leaders and colleagues.
The farthest to see the exhibition may be a group of friends such as Li Qing and Lin Xie in Guangdong.
Because of the epidemic prevention, calligraphy friends and calligraphy lovers from other provinces are inconvenient to visit the scene, and there are some regrets. Fortunately, in the information age, there is a developed media industry, the integration of media, self-media together to make up, newspaper television, public headlines, video number vibrato together, better to make up for this problem. On November 4, Zhejiang Television Used 2 Minutes to Preview Teacher Bao's Exhibition News, which was the first external publicity information of the mainstream media. After that, many exhibition information spread to the society. For example, the "Calligraphy Online Official Website" published the famous scholar and calligrapher Liu Zhengcheng's article "The Stylistic Value of Bao Xianlun Calligraphy", which analyzed the historical status of Bao Xianlun's calligraphy in the form of a pronoun and introduced the exhibition; the Phoenix Calligraphy and Painting Network released the exhibition news, detailing the works of the exhibition, and published the preface of Hu Xiaohan, vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Book Association. The gorgeous prefaces of the two industry masters complement each other perfectly, leading to the exhibition being widely concerned.
After Mr. Bao's lecture, the official media such as Zhejiang Fine Arts Daily, Hangzhou Daily, and Fuyang Literature and Art reported the opening of the exhibition in a large way at the first time, and then professional newspapers such as China Calligraphy Daily and Calligraphy Newspaper also followed up the report. Zhejiang TV Station's Miaomo China Heart Column, Zhejiang News Group's relevant media, etc. produced special publicity and introductions to Mr. Bao under the background of the "Water Sending Mountains to Welcome" exhibition. Self-media has become the group with the largest number of participants, and the longest sustainability of publicity and exhibition news may be "Mushiju", who continues to do video articles, posting nearly 20 videos (times) on media such as "Headlines" and "Video Number", with traffic exceeding 100,000 people. Phoenix Calligraphy and Painting Network also constantly pushes exhibition news... From some of the guides before the opening to the end of January 9, the audience of the "Water Sending Mountains" exhibition can be counted to more than 1 million people. The exhibition is already flooding.
During the exhibition, Teacher Bao sighed a very philosophical sentence: before the opening is calligraphy, after the opening is life. Indeed, the exhibition is a platform for exchanges between friends and family, friends and family can get together to relive the past, feel the way life comes from, and it is very warm. Brothers and sisters in Shanghai, classmates in primary and secondary schools, and former neighbors came to visit friends, and university teachers in Shanghai came, and they not only watched the calligraphy exhibition, but also toured the landscape of Fuyang. On the road of life, love and affection are the most important.
Old students, old colleagues, family friends, and relatives in Shaoxing came. More than 30 years ago, Shen Wei, Li Xinyang, Jin Xiaoping, Zhou Fang, Liu Yuanyong, Wang Zhen, the old students of Shaoxing Normal College and Chang Calligraphy Society, came early, He Guomen, a student of Xinchang, came early; many local teachers and college graduates also quietly came... On the banks of the beautiful Fuchun River, Teacher Bao and Teacher Wang drank small wine with them, talked about the past, and couldn't help themselves. That kind of picture is easy to remind people of Ouyang Xiu's drinking and happiness, and there is nothing happier than this.
At 3:10 p.m. on the 27th, only 10 minutes after the end of Mr. Bao's lecture, Mr. Hemu used his deep affection and clever pen to publish a high-quality commentary article "I cherish the ancients, and the water sends the mountains to welcome", which is the first report of this exhibition. Mr. He Mu's real name is He Linhui, the article everyone, and Teacher Bao have the same work experience, as a university teacher, as a government leader, they seem to be heroes and pity each other. Mr. Cai Shunong of Zhejiang Fine Arts Daily spent a lot of effort to write "Water Sending Mountains to Meet the Pen Song and Ink Dance", and the article analyzed the depth of Bao Li and made people heartbroken. In the past 2 months, there are about 20 people like Liu Zhengcheng, Hu Xiaohan, He Linhui, and Cai Shunong who write articles with deep affection, which are not listed here. For everyone's concern, support and help, Bao Shi also expressed his gratitude in many ways.
"The water sends the mountains into Fuchun, and the river is picturesque and sunny in the evening." This is the most meaningful sentence of the song Fuchun, people and landscapes, guests and hosts forget each other. Teacher Liu Zhengcheng said in the preface: "Water Sends Mountains to Welcome" exhibition is a gorgeous turnaround of Bao Xianlun's work retirement and creative refinement, that is, the elegant choice and deepening of his Qin Li new body creation in environmental display and aesthetic function.
Teacher Bao's "Water Sending Mountains to Welcome" calligraphy exhibition has come to a perfect end, the exhibition has left a poetic and elegant memory for the land of Fuchun, and the Gongwang Art Museum will surely add a historical memory of the sunset.
Liu Yuanyong on January 10, 2022 at Mushiju in Qiantang
Editor: The editorial department of Yiwu.com