Recently, in the "Waving Spring Street" on Kuaizi Road in Chancheng District, Foshan, Guangdong Province, calligraphy lovers did not hesitate to splash ink, including a calligraphy enthusiast's bilingual Spring Post in Chinese and English, which attracted many people to watch. His name is Fang Yishen, and he is 72 years old. He told Nandu reporters that after retirement, he reported english and calligraphy training classes, and after "completing his studies", he set up a stall on "Wachun Street" to write bilingual spring posts for the neighbors.
The Spring Festival is approaching, the festive atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger, dozens of spring stalls are waiting here, the old people pick up the brush, and the scene of the stroke of the pen has become the festive decoration of this old street. In a small open space under the arcade, there is a stall called "Fuxing Waving Spring" that is quite conspicuous. The owner of this stall, Fang Yi, also wrote not ordinary spring posts – many of which are also available in English.
Guangdong people call spring posts "waving spring", and Fang Yishen, 72 years old this year, will go to "Waving Spring Street" every time before the Spring Festival to write spring posts for the neighbors, and live a nine-to-five life during this time, a habit that has been 10 years.
Fang Yishen told Nandu reporters that after retirement, he signed up for the English class and calligraphy class in the community. Later, at the suggestion of his calligraphy teacher, he decided to go to the street to write spring posts before the Spring Festival every year, and in 2015, he began to write bilingual spring posts in Chinese and English.
Red paper and black ink, one horizontal and one skimming, a spring post is completed. There is an endless stream of people who come to find English spring posts. Fang Yishen's attitude was very modest, "Whether it is a big old and distant guest or a local guest, as long as you ask me to write, I will be satisfied." ”
According to the different sizes, the price of spring posts is also different, Fang Yishen most often sells is the side length of 25 cm spring posts, each price of 18 yuan, "the year of the tiger" and "every year there is more than enough" is the most written. Part of it was also added with the English phrase "Good luck in the year of the Tiger."
In addition to locals, there are also foreigners to Visit Fang Yishen's booth, fang Yishen told Nandu reporters that they will communicate in English, "after learning English, you have to speak, and you must practice to make progress." ”
Fang Yishen is still in high demand this year's spring posts, he said, since New Year's Day, there are old customers began to book spring posts, and some young people will specifically ask him to write "Lu Du Shu" (meaning to do everything is good) and other popular words on the Internet, which makes him feel particularly novel. "Wait until the fifteenth day of the waxing moon, there will be more guests who come to buy spring posts."
He told the Nandu reporter that not only the guests who came to his booth, but also many young people who came to "punch the clock" took the video and photo of the Chinese and British Spring Post below, "There are more people taking pictures than buying." ”
Written by: Intern Zhang Chunchun Nandu reporter Huang Xiaoyin