In the history of Chinese painting, Qi Baishi is a thunderous name.
His paintings are sold in the tens of millions at auction.
The old man experienced 4 marriages in his life:
The original wife Chen Chunjun, the second wife Hu Baozhu, the third wife named Xia Wenzhu, and finally accompanied the old man named Wood Xuan.
In 1876, when Qi Baishi was 12 years old, he officially married a child adopted daughter-in-law after a worship ceremony, which was his original wife Chen Chunjun. At the age of 19, Qi Baishi and Chen Chunjun officially lived together for 38 years. Qi Baishi and Chen Chunjun raised 5 children.
In 1921, the 57-year-old Qi Baishi decided to move his family to Beijing for the development of his own artistic career, because he still had real estate in his hometown in Hunan, so Chen Chunjun's hometown did not follow Qi Baishi into Beijing. In order to have someone to take care of Qi Baishi, the virtuous Chen Chunjun found a "deputy room" named Hu Baozhu for him to take care of his life in Beijing, and lived for 23 years. Until Qi Baishi was 80 years old, the original wife Chen Chunjun died, and the next year Qi Baishi decided to make Hu Baozhu the "successor room", and also held a grand "Fuzheng Ceremony", and Hu Baozhu became Qi Baishi's second wife.
This year, Hu Baozhu was only 39 years old.
After Qi Baishi moved to Beijing, he and Hu Baozhu had 8 children. At the age of 78, Mrs. Hu Baozhu's fourth child, Liang Mo, was born, and Qi Baishi thought that this was the last child, the so-called name was Liang Mo, but who thought, at the age of 83, Hu Baozhu was pregnant again. Hu Shi, who had been practicing the annals for the elderly, could not help but sigh at the vitality of the old man Qi Baishi. Unfortunately, Hu Baozhu died of difficult childbirth at the age of 42.
Two years after Hu Baozhu's death, the 84-year-old Baishi was still unwilling to be lonely and wanted to find another wife. Someone introduced Xia Wenzhu, the head nurse of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and the old man was very satisfied after seeing it and wanted to marry Xia Wenzhu, but because of the strong opposition of his children, the old man of Baishi gave up. He only left Xia Wenzhu in the name of "head nurse" and became a "nominal" lady.
At that time, Xia Wenzhu was 44 years old, and when he came to the Qi family, he was tall and tall, and his face was good, so the old man Baishi liked it very much. Gradually, Xia Wenzhu saw that he was favored, and he couldn't help but be a little arrogant, and the paintings of the old man of Baishi, according to Xia Wenzhu's requirements, were owned by Xia Wenzhu according to the money of each foot, and although the children of the Qi family saw it in their eyes, it was not easy to say anything. Once, Xia Wenzhu had an awkward fight with the old man of Baishi and simply gambled back to his mother's house. Old Man Baishi could not, so he had to ask his child Qi Liangpi to accompany him to Xia Wenzhu's house, when Xia Wenzhu's mother was younger than Qi Baishi, after seeing Xia Baishi, Qi Baishi knelt down and begged: "Please let Wenzhu come back to me." It can be seen that Qi Baishi's feelings for Xia Wenzhu are very deep. After 7 years in the Qi family, about 1951, Xia Wenzhu once again had an awkward fight with Qi Baishi and ran away from home, this time Xia Wenzhu did not return, and after tossing and turning, Qi Baishi had to give up.
After Xia Wenzhu left, someone introduced Qi Baishi to a lady named Wood Xuan. Originally from Wujin, Jiangsu Province, Wood Xuan's father used to work in Hunan and had some friendship with the Qi Baishi family. Ms. Wu's literary cultivation is very good, so Qi Baishi hired her as a secretary and gave her a nickname, called Wu Ying. Whether Ms. Wu is like Xia Wenzhu, a "nominal" lady, or whether she is only cared for in the name of a secretary, it is unknown. But in the life of the old man Qi Baishi in his later years, the one who accompanied him for a long time was Ms. Wood Xuan.
When Qi Baishi was about 90 years old, Ms. Woodxuan died. At this time, the old man is still "old and not old", and still intends to find a lady to accompany him. Later, someone introduced him to a 44-year-old woman, and Qi Baishi was not satisfied after seeing it, saying: "It's too old." "He probably forgot he was in his 50s! Later, someone introduced him to a 22-year-old lady, and Qi Baishi was so satisfied that he even wanted to get married and do a happy event! Then it didn't work out. On September 16, 1957, the 93-year-old Shiraishi died.
There is a question here: Why is the vitality of the old man Qi Baishi so vigorous?
I think there are only 3 reasons.
First: The old man Qi Baishi has a young heart
The image of the old man of Shiraishi is a large beard, like an ancient bearded guest. But man's heart is not old, his heart is young. Once, the actor Xin Fengxia went to visit the old man, and Qi Baishi welcomed Xin Fengxia very much, and even looked at her face and froze. Ms. Woodhouse felt that this was not good, so she advised the old man of Baishi: "You always watch what people do?" Old Man Shiraishi's face suddenly turned red and he said, "She looks good!" Xin Fengxia smiled: "I am an actor, and I am not afraid of being looked at." Qi Baishi turned his face to the side in embarrassment.
Second: The old man Qi Baishi is diligent in his hands and feet and is good at using his brain
The old man Qi Baishi is said to have painted thousands of paintings in his lifetime, and he set painting goals for himself every day and completed the task before resting. Once the old man of Shiraishi fell ill and did not paint for several days. Therefore, after he recovered from his illness, he painted several paintings in one day, and his family let him rest, but the old man Shiraishi said: "The missing paintings must be made up, and you can't call a day's work to idle." "Every day, with painstaking thinking and painting, the hands and brain of the old man Shiraishi are always in motion, so even at the age of 90, they still have the same vigorous vitality as young people."
Third: The old man of Shiraishi achieved financial freedom very early
Qi Baishi is a grandmaster-level figure in the painting world. Very early on, not to mention the paintings of the contemporary old man of Shiraishi, the auction was often calculated at tens of millions of yuan, that is, at that time, the paintings of the old man of Shiraishi were also expensive. This allowed him to gain financial freedom early on and become a "rich man". It is said that the old man of Shiraishi, who loves money, stored his money at home, and later the manager of the People's Bank of China learned about it and made a special visit to let him store the money in the bank. The old man of Shiraishi was not at first assured, but after hearing that there was still interest, he deposited the money in the bank.
There is a young heart, always curious about the natural scenery of the outside world, good at using the brain, very early to achieve financial freedom, do not have to worry about the family's eating and drinking Lasa, there is no doubt that the health and longevity of the elderly Shiraishi has played a vital role!