On March 11, 2022, the ninth day of the second lunar month of the lunar calendar, Mr. Feng Jicai ushered in his 80th birthday. At noon, he accompanied his 105-year-old mother to eat longevity noodles; in the afternoon, in the Feng Jicai Institute of Literature and Art of Tianjin University, the "big family" he established with his own hands, he shared birthday cakes with all teachers and students, talked about growing responsibilities, and walked into a new spring together. Mr. Feng Jicai's 80th birthday is simple, warm, moving and meaningful.
Born in the spring, Mr. Feng Jicai, who was born in the spring, is in his youth
8:10: Wake up at birth time
This morning (March 11) woke up a little later than usual, at 8:10, exactly when he was born on February 9, 1942! This made him feel very good. The moment he left the mother's body and came to earth, the little baby cried loudly. At this moment 80 years later, he is smiling, and next to him is his wife Gu Tongzhao, who has been hand in hand all his life. They had already agreed to go to see their mother at noon and eat noodles together.
Mr. Feng Jicai and his wife Gu Tongzhao Guo Ying photographed
Mr. Feng has always valued important nodes in life, and likes to live a little "deeply", especially. In his view, everyone has some life nodes to commemorate, such as birthdays, days of admission to college, days of graduation and work, and wedding anniversaries that he particularly values. "I think sometimes people work hard to leave some memories for the future, so I hope to do something at an important juncture to stay."
At the age of 50 and 60, Mr. Feng held a painting exhibition in his hometown of Ningbo, one of which was called "Respect for the Hometown Painting Exhibition", which means to respect his hometown and respect his hometown, which is the birthplace of his life. Mr. Feng's father's family is in Ningbo, and he has been a literati and an official for generations. Her mother was a native of Jining, Shandong, who was the hometown of Mencius and Confucius, and Wu was Shuipo Liangshan. Shandong people are righteous, thick and simple, and there is a masculinity in the culture; Zhejiang people are more delicate and more affectionate, and the two cultures in the family have an influence on him, loving the homeland of the hometown, and the influence of parents on the bones and spirit.
Mr. Feng's first time selling paintings was in his hometown of Ningbo, which has become a beautiful talk. At that time, he saw that the He Bi Jian Ancestral Hall built to commemorate the Tang Dynasty poet He Zhizhang was very dilapidated, but there was no repair cost, so he selected 5 of his favorite paintings from the exhibition, sold them, and donated funds to repair the He Bi Jian Ancestral Hall. "If it is not repaired, it may be demolished, and after repairing it, it will be given to the Ningbo Literary Association, and now it has become a very important cultural and tourism attraction in Ningbo." I did this without any utilitarianism, because I loved it, because it was my hometown thing. ”
12:00: Eat shou noodles with your 105-year-old mother
For the important node of the 80th birthday, Mr. Feng has long planned not to live too ordinary, but to "add something". One is to have a meal with my mother at noon.
"Da Feng is a filial piety" is famous. His ancestral home, Ningbo, pays attention to the culture of filial piety; his mother, Shandong, is particularly filial piety. "Mom is 105 years old. I'm 80 years old and can still visit my mom, which is rare. Having a meal of noodles with my mother, I think it's a special and profound scene. ”
On weekdays, I don't think much about my clothes, but on my birthday, I put on a gray and white striped shirt, a gray cashmere sweater, a gray plaid suit, and a brisk walk and a smile. Visiting his mother, he was always in good shape. Because of the epidemic, once worried about whether the plan to eat noodles with his mother would be affected, the night before his birthday, Mr. Feng specifically asked for confirmation. Extraordinary times, special days, it is not easy to visit my mother, especially precious, and I feel happier.
At 12:00, I came to my mother's house, and the old mother had already packed up and waited. Scrambled eggs, bean sprouts and cucumber shreds and other noodle ingredients are already prepared on the table. Sitting next to my mother, this bowl of lasagna is particularly fragrant.
The 80-year-old son accompanies his 105-year-old mother to eat shou noodles, and the selfie technique is stable
The flowers are rich and the room is fragrant. On the round birthday cake, "Happy 80th Birthday" is prominently filled with joy under the surrounding of eight burning candles.
The mother is full of silver hair, fair skin, and a smile full of love and elegance. The 80-year-old son gently touched his mother's cheek, "It feels like when my mother held herself when I was a child..." He said to his mother: "80 years ago today, you dedicated me to the earth." You've been through so much in your life and have always been by my side and inspired me. I will do more good for the earth, live up to you, and let your devotion shine. Mr. Feng also took a selfie with his mother on his mobile phone to share this blessing with his friends and relatives. This home is the origin of his life.
14:30: Talk to teachers and students young
Another thing to "add a little something" to his eightieth birthday was to hold an event at the Feng Jicai Institute of Literature and Art, which was not for the birthday celebration, but to talk about his birthday and do a little research. "There are a lot of writers who leave their hometown when they grow up, and since I was born, I've basically been in tianjin. I would like to have a discussion, through my relationship with Tianjin, to discuss what kind of relationship is it between intellectuals and his homeland, and the people in his homeland? I think that doing such a discussion may make sense for literature and for writers. ”
A scene of Feng Jicai's Institute of Literature and Art of Tianjin University, photographed by Guo Ying
In the past few days, Mr. Feng has received flowers and other gifts. The day before his birthday, he and the teachers and students of Feng Research Institute communicated for half an hour. The lounge was full of people, and some students were huddled in a chair. Mr. Feng said that he is 80 years old and has a sense of urgency and encourages students to take more responsibility and grow well. His student, Sun Yufang, now a teacher at the Feng Research Institute, said: "Listening to Mr. Feng's speech, that state and spirit is not an 80-year-old man, but a 50-year-old middle-aged man. Mr. Feng also said that fifty days of knowing the Mandate of Heaven is the time to exert strength and the time to do things. He still does. ”
Feng Jicai calligraphy Guo Ying photographed
At 2:30 p.m. on March 11, all the teachers and students of the Feng Jicai Institute of Literature and Art of Tianjin University held a simple and warm birthday party for the beloved "Big Parent" and accompanied him into the 80th spring of his life. Hired as a professor at Tianjin University in 2001, Mr. Feng Jicai "regarded the affairs of Tianda (Tianjin University) as a matter of tianda", from scratch, built Feng Research Institute into a humanistic college that cares about social reality and is highly idealistic, and shoulders the heavy responsibilities of field investigation, academic research and talent training in the tide of the era of rescue and protection of Chinese folk cultural heritage. He moved his life's artistic treasures into the museum of the college, and in every day's words and deeds, he used his own knowledge, thoughts, wisdom and rich life experience to nurture the hearts of students and cultivate talents for the country. He made college his home. This home was his home in his later years.
The "big family" of the Feng Jicai Institute of Literature and Art of Tianjin University celebrated Mr. Feng Jicai's birthday
At the birthday party, Guo Ping, the teacher's representative, said emotionally: "Mr. Feng is like a big bird helping a small bird learn to use its wings, always spreading its wings to lift us, leading us, protecting us, no matter the cold or heat, and without fear of wind and rain." Zhang Hang, a doctoral student representative, felt that the "post-80s" mentor naturally blended "vigorous" and "long-lived"; the master's student representative Yu Guangze read the morality and responsibility of Chinese literati from a teacher of the same age as his grandfather. From the words of young teachers and students, Mr. Feng felt sincere, "Our times and nations need the sincerity and commitment of the younger generation. I'm with you, exchanging fresh ideas, and you're helping me to make me younger. With you, I will always be with the times. ”
Mr. Feng revealed that his old friend Han Meilin painted eighty paintings on the night of March 10, "each painting is a horse", Mr. Feng belongs to the horse, "This is to make me keep moving!" "Painters paint from the impulse and passion of art, and even more from the blessings and love between friends for decades. Old Ji Futuo, determined to be in a thousand miles, drawing horses, is even more understanding between the acquaintances.
At the age of eighty, Mr. Feng Jicai did not have the idea of raising heaven and age. He has just published two new books by writers' publishing houses, Studio One Hole in the Sky and Danube Canyon.
Born in Tianjin, grew up drinking haihe water, and lived in Tianjin all his life, Mr. Feng felt that he should leave footprints for this land that nurtured himself, so he wrote the history of Tianjin, the story of Tianjin, the collective character of Tianjin people, and did countless things to protect and promote Tianjin's culture. This year, he also plans to use his eighty-year-old to host a seminar to explore the responsibility of contemporary intellectuals for the land through his relationship with Tianjin. After his birthday, he will start the preparation of teaching materials for the country's first intangible cultural heritage discipline newly settled in Tianjin University, and formulate a training plan for the first batch of non-heritage master's degree students who will enter the university in September this year, so as to continuously send professional talents for the protection of intangible cultural heritage in the future.
At the age of eighty, he had a new feeling of "still water flowing deeply", "still in the middle of the big river, but sinking down." The goal remains ahead. (Guo Ying)
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