The marriage of Yang Zhenning, who has just turned 100 years old, and Weng Fan, who is more than 40 years old, proves that love can cross the age gap, and the love between the painter Yang Yan and his African wife tells us that age and national boundaries are not a problem.
Yang Yan is a famous master of Chinese painting, well-known at home and abroad, not only has his career succeeded, but his love life is also very exciting.
Yang Yanning, whose real name is Yang Yanning, is a famous contemporary Chinese painter in the mainland, born in 1958 in Xining City, Qinghai Province, when he was a child, he copied the "Mustard Garden Painting Notation" under the enlightenment of his uncle, and has since fallen in love with painting.
In 1978, at the age of 20, Yang Yan studied under Mr. Hua Tuo and began to formally study Chinese painting.
After that, he also studied under Huang Guan, Li Keyan and other masters of calligraphy and painting, with the guidance of famous teachers and talent and hard work, Yang Yan grew rapidly, splashing ink, long scrolls, landscapes, flowers, birds, characters and so on.
In addition to painting, he also has high achievements in the theory of calligraphy and painting, and has published more than a dozen personal works and won many awards.
His paintings have been favored by collectors at home and abroad, among which the long volume of "Undersea Series" is also collected by the China Academy of Chinese Painting, and in the painting world, he enjoys the reputation of "contemporary Zhang Daqian", which shows his high status.
Yang Yan has been immersed in painting for decades, and his achievements are not low, but he has also delayed his marriage because of this, and he has not started a family since he was almost 50 years old, and the people around him are anxious, but there is no way.
Perhaps by fate, the marriage that belonged to him came soon after.
Artists like Yang Yan, after becoming famous, will travel the world, one is to relax, the other is to find inspiration for creation.
Once Yang Yan was invited to Sierra Leone, Africa, because of the language barrier, the local government arranged for him to understand the Chinese guide, her name is Ada, is a black female college student.
The first sight of Ada made Yang Yan have an inexplicable sense of intimacy, in the subsequent contact, Ada's enthusiasm, youthful vitality, and professionalism made Yang Yan very appreciative, and in the dark, he felt that his true destiny was Ada.
Yang Yan was moved, wanted to confess to Aida, but felt that it was not appropriate, after all, Ada was only in his 20s at the time, the age difference was too large, but he was not willing to miss it like this, in order not to let life leave regrets, Yang Yan plucked up the courage to confess, and the result was surprising.
Yang Yan is a well-known painter, Ada has great admiration for him, has always treated him as a predecessor, for this sudden show of love makes her feel helpless, but also very happy.
After consulting the family, Ada agreed to be with Yang Yan, and the two who formally established the relationship got closer, and gradually felt that they were the right people, so it didn't take long for them to get married.
The news that Yang Yan wants to marry an African girl spread to China, which immediately caused a huge discussion, everyone was not optimistic, some people said that he was "an old cow eating tender grass", and some people felt that the huge cultural differences between different countries were not easy to obtain happiness.
But who is Yang Yan? The great artist, who can be measured by ordinary people's thinking, so he took all these criticisms as a side note, took Ada back to China and played a marriage certificate, and also held a grand Chinese wedding.
At the wedding scene, Ada wore a traditional Chinese bridal costume, very festive, in order to please his wife, Yang Yan did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to charter a plane from Africa to airlift a large number of local fresh ingredients to entertain Ada's mother's family.
According to reports at the time, the wedding cost nearly 40 million yuan, and the big painter was really generous, but with Yang Yan's fame, this bit of family foundation was just a piece of cake.
After marriage, the two often participated in various activities together, dog food was sprinkled happily, Ada also learned Chinese painting under the influence of her husband, and then held a personal exhibition, and lived a very happy life.
The next year, they had the crystallization of love.
Yang Yan, who has a son in his old age, is naturally very happy and loves his wife even more.
Seeing that they were living a bit happily, and the previous opposition gradually dissipated, yang Yan had thought that life would go on like this, but Yang Yan made a surprising decision.
Perhaps it was years of artistic creation that allowed Yang Yan to reach a state of detachment, and in 2018, he decided to let go of everything and become a monk.
This heavy news surprised everyone, Yang Yan's achievements and living conditions at that time were the envy of countless people, why did he insist on becoming a monk?
Yang Yan really did this, and soon accepted the high monk to shave him and make the temple his home.
When others asked why he chose to become a monk when the love career was double harvested, Yang Yan said calmly: "Just for wisdom."
Although it is only a simple sentence, it leaves too much imagination for others, and there are many criticisms, but there are also blessings, which are no longer important, and the famous painter in the world has become a monk with the legal name of "Shi Da jue".
His African wife, on the other hand, was not heard from after he left home, and no one knew where she and her children had gone and how life was like.
Once such a happy family, but now they are running their own things, how vigorous it was at the beginning, and how lonely and regretful it was in the end.
But marriage or life, their own path has to go their own way, wrong or right is not important, just go with the flow.
"Shi Da Jue" Yang Yan and his works
Perhaps, Yang Yan pursues the perfection of the spiritual world, and the decisions he makes are incomprehensible to many people. Happiness or pain, liberation or wisdom, perhaps Yang Yan at this moment has a deep understanding.