Sanxiang Metropolis Daily, January 14 (text/photo/video All-media reporter Hu Rui) The Spring Festival is approaching, and Xu Guozhang, a calligrapher and painter in Changsha, has created a picture of a hundred tigers and collected a total of 17 ways of writing "tiger" characters of various ethnic groups to congratulate the New Year of the Tiger. On January 14, a reporter from Sanxiang Metropolis Daily walked into Xu Guozhang's creative studio and saw his masterpieces of calligraphy and painting.
On January 14, in the office building of the "Three Bears Ice and Snow Kingdom" in Changsha's Tianxin District, the reporter found Xu Guozhang's creative studio. Pushing the door in, the aroma of books in the room came to the face, and the tables on the walls were full of various calligraphy and paintings, some framed, and some that had just come out of the oven and the ink had not yet dried.
"This is the picture of a hundred tigers written recently, a hundred different tiger characters." Xu Guozhang pointed to a pair of works on the wall to introduce, since 2013, he has traveled all over the country to search for the culture of the zodiac, which lasted nearly four years to create three zodiac calligraphy and painting grand view, these three books bring together the cultural elements of the zodiac of various ethnic groups from ancient times to the present, "The hundred tiger pictures of the hundred forms of tiger characters in front of him are derived from this." ”
"This word is the tiger character of the Yi people." Xu Guozhang stopped in front of a painting that resembled the English word "HI". Through the visit, he learned that 24 of the 56 ethnic groups in China have their own scripts, and he also collected and sorted out the tiger writing methods of 17 ethnic groups. "That's the Russian tiger character, and there's the tiger character of the Mongolian, aquatic and other ethnic groups over there."
"As the New Year approaches, I wish the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country great luck in the Year of the Tiger, and the tiger is full of might and might, like a tiger adding wings." Xu Guozhang said that he hopes to carry forward traditional Chinese culture through calligraphy and painting and celebrate the year of the tiger.