Jimu news reporter Ye Wenbo
Intern Zhou Shaoxian Zeng Ni
On February 16, Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Jimu News reporter came to the home of Liu Yun's old man in the textile community of Yangyuan Street, and the strong ink fragrance came to his nose, only to see that the old man's home was neatly arranged with brushes and paints, and the living room and corridor were hung with Chinese paintings created by Liu Lao in recent years. The latest work is a map of China, from the outline of lines to the rendering of colors, all reflect the skills and emotions of the elderly.
Liu Yun, an 81-year-old retired from Wuye, is a 52-year-old party member. This proud painting is placed in the middle of the living room, and as soon as you enter the house, you will be greeted. Elder Liu told Jimu News that the map of China, called "Long Live the Motherland," was a painting that took him a whole year to complete. He proudly said: "Our motherland is very beautiful, the mountains and rivers are magnificent, whether it is historical architecture or modern history, it is worth recording with my paintbrush." ”
The reporter approached and looked at it in detail, and Liu Lao pointed to the landmarks in the painting with great interest: "This is the Mogao Grottoes representing Dunhuang in Gansu Province, showing the vast economic, cultural, scientific and technological life scenes of the Middle Ages; this is Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall representing Beijing, China, which symbolize the great Chinese nation; this is the Three Gorges Dam of the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei Province, and the significance of this dam is far more than a project, and it is the pride of the Chinese nation..." In addition, the three famous buildings of Confucius, Qu Yuan Temple, and Jiangnan, the Memorial Hall of the Xinhai Revolution, the Memorial Tower of the August 1st Nanchang Uprising, The Zunyi Meeting Site, the Yan'an Pagoda and the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower are all presented in the painting.
For a retired elderly person, the creative process is not so easy. Liu Lao's eyesight is actually not good, but painting requires a long time to use his eyes, and he is scaling down the original map, and the process of drawing is very delicate and very trivial. He said: "I often hold a magnifying glass, a painting is a few hours, painting is like a human officer, this perseverance is the most precious asset in my life." ”
Speaking of his association with painting, Liu Lao still remembers it vividly. "Interest is the best teacher, I remember when I was in elementary school, I drew a train in class and got a hundred points, and it was from then on that I became very interested in drawing. Later, he was admitted to a technical school and entered the state-owned enterprise Wuye, where he worked for decades, traveling all over the country on business to appreciate the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, but he did not have time to practice well until he retired. According to Liu Lao, he really began to immerse himself in self-study of Chinese painting, which was a few years ago. He added: "Now it's convenient to do anything, whatever I want to draw, I can search for pictures on the Internet. ”
In addition to this powerful map of China, Liu Lao also painted many other works. "Three Towns of Wuhan" is a large-scale Chinese painting that Liu Lao completed for the first time in 2019 in a year, and famous landmarks in Wuhan such as the Yellow Crane Tower, Hanyang Arsenal, and Wuhan Greenland Center are all displayed in the painting. During the anti-epidemic period in 2020, the old man also focused on the land of Jingchu, drawing elements such as Wang Zhaojun of Zigui, Gulongzhong of Xiangyang, and General County of Hong'an into a "Great Map of Jingchu", with clever ink and using humanistic history to tell the profound cultural heritage of Hubei.
"I paint out of interest, whether it is painting my family's new house, or using a paintbrush to record the motherland's standing up, getting better, and getting stronger, it is all a personal intention." Although he has entered the year of the Cane Dynasty, the old man Liu Yun is still in good spirits and enthusiastic.
The Jimu News reporter learned that now, the elderly Liu Yun is often invited by the textile community and other units to teach young people their painting skills and give party lessons and party history. Elder Liu said that he is over eighty years old and can still contribute to society and exert his residual heat, which is very gratifying.