Xiao Mengrui: Touch the pulse of history and feel the cultural relics wind god

The author has loved rong baozhai rubbings, Xi'an forest of steles rubbings, and has also seriously studied the rubbings collected by Wu Dayi, as well as the rubbings he made, however, when the rubbings made by Xiao Mengrui came into view, they instantly attracted the author's attention, the texture of the deep texture, the charm of the black and white glow, and the simple and elegant wind god, all of which inspired the author's love from the bottom of his heart, tasting, touching, lingering, endless aftertaste, as if touching the dusty traces of ancient cultural relics. As a result, the author also naturally joined Xiao Mengrui's fan group.

Xiao Mengrui likes painting since childhood, when he was a teenager, introduced by the father of the painter, he worshiped the famous painter Pan Junwu as a teacher, in the teachings of the teacher's ear, drawing, color, copying, he worked hard, with a lot of affection, unique talent accompanied by diligent study and hard work, soon, Xiao Mengrui came to the fore, "the public corridor is full of his own works", no doubt, recognized and praised has become the driving force for Xiao Mengrui to work hard silently, and also laid a solid foundation for painting.

During the school period, Xiao Mengrui became the object of envy of his classmates because of his dashing painting skills and skillful artistic expression, after graduating from school, he was assigned to work in a central enterprise, while conscientious and conscientious, while diligently copying, deeply understanding the ancient law, occasionally, also participated in some social exhibitions and display activities, but who participated, will win the honor, let the experts, scholars side-eyed, in the eyes of everyone, he is a painter with solid traditional skills and very ideas.

Part 1: Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty

Part 2: Jingxi Junfeng Map

Most of the artists like to chase the classics of the past, the more in-depth the copy of the ancient law, the freer the penmanship, the longer the invasion time, the more like those artistic relics with vicissitudes and the style of the times. When Xiao Mengrui was learning traditional painting, he liked to buy some antiques with a sense of age, and gradually, collection became a part of his life, of course, collection needs eyesight, but also needs a pure heart, when shaking hands with sages, Xiao Mengrui practiced a pair of fire eyes and golden eyes, observation is meticulous, discerning deep and extremely deep, when the gods will be ancient, he wanders back to the Han and Tang Dynasties.

The trajectory of life is always accompanied by the rapid development of society and roundabouts, from liking painting to working in central enterprises, from copying tradition to falling in love with collection, Xiao Mengrui's life is adjusted with the transformation of social roles, and his attention is also concentrated on single-mindedness because of the gradual expansion of the scope of collection, or concentrated in a certain field, this field, there is the sweat of the predecessors, but it is not perfect, there are the wisdom of the predecessors, but there are shortcomings, imperfections should be worked hard, there are defects that are worth exploring, so Xiao Mengrui hopes to work through his own efforts and talents. To open up new ideas, to achieve a new look, so that imperfect, flawed areas tend to be perfect.

Xiao Mengrui was fascinated by rubbing, and worked for decades.

Traditional rubbings are almost all flat straight expansion methods, mostly concentrated on calligraphy inscriptions, painting inscriptions, or rubbing on a certain side of a cultural relic, if the ancient porcelain, bronze, jade carving and other three-dimensional cultural relics are rubbed, the traditional plane rubbing method is stretched, the object is difficult to present a three-dimensional effect, neither vivid nor complete, let alone the original style. In the long-term collection, research, every day in the face of three-dimensional rubbing, Xiao Mengrui always has a feeling of itching in the boot, not happy, unreal, not comprehensive, especially when comparing with the original, it is found that many rubbings have a large distance from the original, plausible, ambiguous, it seems that the rubbing is not from the original rubbing, but rubbing other objects. How can we develop the true style of the original? Xiao Mengrui began to ponder, try, and practice repeatedly, for a long time, he studied day and night, often sleeping and forgetting to eat, unable to sleep at night, confusion accompanied by hope, sweat accompanied by wisdom, every time there was a place of heart, he would clap his hands and jump, almost obsessed. But where determined perseverance, poured into the painstaking efforts will certainly have a breakthrough, but all the painstaking and lonely, stoic will be able to open up new areas, more than ten years, constantly modifying, constantly adjusting, constantly improving, Xiao Mengrui has made a lot of effort, but also spent a lot of energy and time, he also finally successfully developed the "full-shaped expansion" rubbing process, his results are practical and novel, and have obtained the national new patent ---- "Xiao Mengrui full-shaped expansion".

"Oil Lamp" "Rui Beast Ear Copper Incense Burner" "Dragon Bell" "Buddha's Light Illuminates Copper Incense Burner"

In recent years, Xiao Mengrui shuttled between traditional rubbings and modern rubbings, capturing the wandering artistic fetal breath, trying to find an art form that fits the contemporary aesthetic spirit and has a forward-looking, so he tried to graft his own creativity on the rubbing, tried to integrate into the form of expression of painting, so that the rubbing not only maintained a realistic vision, but also gave people a sense of artistic beauty, so that his Chinese painting was born. Unique is full of the power of aesthetic spirit, a different kind of beauty is entering thousands of households.

Jade, ancient bells, oil lamps, copper ding, porcelain,......, Xiao Mengrui's Chinese paintings have many kinds, rich themes, one by one, one by one, all contain the mysteries of history, all carry the cultural information of the broad origin, exquisite and vast, expounded and subtle, clear, true, vivid, complete, like a systematic project, broad, harmonious, simple, qingmu, cangyu... Constructing an ancient and holy landscape, the sacred and muted weather overflows beyond the shape, and the true appearance of Lushan Mountain is fully displayed in rigor.

Xiao Mengrui's Chinese paintings, in terms of ink rhyme processing, formal beauty, etc., he strictly follows the original cultural relics ontology, and strives to subtly restore the historical relics, but his Chinese paintings are not limited to this, but integrate his emotional and aesthetic pursuits, a little ink, and even a texture condenses his lifelong artistic accomplishment, professional technology and professional spirit, from his Chinese paintings, you can see the wind god of the original cultural relics, and you can enjoy the irreplaceable spiritual senses. Decorative and artistic, ornamental and interesting.

In history, there are many cultural relics, because there is no record, or lost, or damaged, very regrettable, there are also many cultural relics, because of the inheritance of rubbings, to this day, the public can still feel the magic of ancient cultural relics. In recent years, Xiao Mengrui with historical responsibility and mission, based on the jiangxi Nanchang Han Dynasty Hai Xiahou Houguo ruins unearthed precious cultural relics, initiated the establishment of the Jiangxi Hai Xiahou Painting Research Institute, he and his colleagues are committed to the popularization and promotion of cultural relics knowledge, with continuous in-depth research, has begun to show results, many museums are because of their team's superb skills, rigorous attitude, and they reached a consensus on cooperation, many cultural relics will also be through their team's hands, with unique skills presented to the public, Let the public touch the pulse of history without leaving home, and feel the long-term charm.

"Sunset Shadow" "Spring Mountain Retreat Map"

After decades of groping and fighting, Xiao Mengrui's Chinese painting techniques have become more and more skilled, and continue to bloom, but he is not willing to enjoy the fruits of his own success, because he knows that the success of reaching the peak is the cornerstone of the times, so he opened classes to teach, teach techniques, and hope to master the experience and practical experience of decades of exploring Chinese painting by more people, thus forming a situation of a hundred flowers blooming. Today, many students benefit greatly from his guidance.

With the continuous improvement of the aesthetic taste of public art, the public's interest in collection gradually emerged, as one of the "black tigers" in the auction market, rubbings are attracting many collectors to join in, Xiao Mengrui's rubbings chinese paintings are gradually attracting attention, and many of the fine works he created have also become "sought-after goods", because there are cultural and historical values, and also nurture an artist's pursuit of self-reliance.

Collection creation is to settle the soul, breakthrough innovation is to seek a meaning of life, every day in the face of various museums of cultural relics and folk treasures and antiques, Xiao Mengrui often thinks about thousands of miles, at the same time, he is also intoxicated in different forms of Chinese painting creation, pregnant with the future, he is full of strength, full of confidence.

(Text/Cai Jialin)