(Tao Kailong) In the Taiping Dynasty, collection has become a popular and elegant, the ancient saying cloud 'prosperous collection', collection not only cultivates sentiments, enhances value and taste, but also a kind of home and country feelings. Recently, the reporter interviewed Mr. Liu Hankai, a well-known social activist, calligraphy and painting collector and art connoisseur in the mainland, on the inheritance of traditional culture and the forward-looking development direction of art collection in the future.
Mr. Liu Hankai had a cordial exchange with Professor Dai Ze, a proud disciple of Master Xu Beihong and a doctoral supervisor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
Mr. Liu Hankai had a cordial exchange with Mr. Ah Lao, a famous figure painter and art educator in mainland China
According to Tao Kailong, former deputy director of the Overseas Network Resource Channel of the People's Daily, Mr. Liu Hankai has loved to collect since childhood, and in the early 1970s, the envelopes sent back by his second brother from the army, the stamps on the letters sent by others, the cigarette boxes that his father smoked, the telegrams of the 1980s and 1990s, the first day covers of the two sessions of the National People's Congress, the invitations of the Great Hall of the People and the Auditorium of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, many domestic dignitaries, generals, ministers, celebrities, political leaders of many countries in the world, and former presidents and premiers of many countries in the world gave books and signed inscriptions. World table tennis champion Qiao Hong's signature racket, the secretary of the hometown municipal party committee, the mayor's New Year's greeting card, etc., have become his collection.
Mr. Liu Hankai said: Although the process of collecting is difficult, it is also very pleasant, often encountering an object that has been owned, lost for decades, and now regained, which can be described as overjoyed, which is also a fate in itself, each collection has a different past years, witnessing and recording a special historical story.
Mr. Liu Hankai said that every antique lover must first go through a learning process, and he himself is no exception.
Mr. Liu Hankai had a cordial exchange with Mr. He Jiaying, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice chairman of the China Artists Association
Mr. Liu Hankai had a cordial exchange with Mr. Dong Chensheng, director of the China Artists Association and a famous figure painter
Really like the art of calligraphy and painting, can be traced back to more than 20 years ago, after Mr. Liu entered Beijing, through Tianjin Li Zong and became acquainted with art, Mr. A Lao, Mr. Dai Ze, Mr. Yao Zhihua, Mr. Dong Chensheng, Mr. Guo Gongda, Mr. Lei Zhengmin, Mr. Wen Huaisha and many other famous artists of the older generation in the mainland, as well as teachers He Jiaying, Wang Xijing, Lin Xiu, Liu Bingsen, Ma Haifang and many other outstanding calligraphers and painters, CCTV famous program host Zhao Zhongxiang, famous historians, Mr. Shi Shuqing, an expert in cultural relics appraisal, Mr. Shan Guoqiang, a researcher of the Palace Museum, Director Chen Runming, etc., as well as many well-known people at home and abroad, have personally visited Mr. Liu Hankai's unit for on-site guidance.
Mr. Liu Hankai often consulted experts and scholars, he said: Only by seeing more can we have a wide range of knowledge, unconsciously improve our ability to appreciate, improve our cultural level, and improve our artistic accomplishment.
The fourth grandson of Empress Dowager Cixi, Mr. Yehrana Genzheng, a famous expert in Qing history, Hou Yi, a famous expert in the appraisal of cultural relics, Rui Dequn, executive vice chairman of the Artists Association of Dongcheng District, Beijing, Zhu Jiasheng, a famous collector in Suzhou, and Mr. Han Baoshan, executive director of the Zhejiang Collectors Association, have all become his mentors and friends in antiques.
Mr. Liu Hankai also took advantage of the opportunity to go out and visit the local antique market. Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and Xuzhou in Jiangsu are the places he often travels to and from, and the antique markets in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong, Anhui, Henan, Hebei, Tianjin, Liaoning, Sichuan and other places have also left his deep footprints.
Mr. Liu Hankai celebrated with famous art educators Professor Yao Zhihua, Professor Chen Mou and Mr. Shi Guoliang
Mr. Liu Hankai is now mainly engaged in the collection of oil paintings, calligraphy and paintings and watercolor paintings at home and abroad. Secondly, he has a special love for red culture, ceramic art, wine culture, and folk culture. He said: Collecting is not an excessive pursuit of fine products, many of the collections he is looking for are folk life objects, the farming culture that is about to disappear, and what he is looking for is childhood memories.
Mr. Liu Hankai's hometown is in the countryside of Jiangsu, when he returned to his hometown and heard that many peasants were demolished, the old furniture and pots and pans in the home were all destroyed and buried, and some furniture was directly used as a fire stick, after he listened, he was very distressed, some old objects are not a thing, but a witness to a certain period of life, a companion of a certain period of time, connected with the past, the past is related to the deceased. Soothe the soul in nostalgia, settle the present and the future.
Now, he entrusted his friends to keep an eye on where the relocation was, and he tried his best to rescue some. In a certain sense, the nostalgia of native China is to guard the culture, soul sustenance and spiritual homeland. Now in his house of more than 1,000 square meters, China's early television sets, hand-cranked telephones, big brothers, Motorola, S4 Siemens, BB machines, sewing machines, Phoenix brand bicycles, Jialing 50, 90, 125 motorcycles, happiness 250 motorcycles, kerosene lamps, flashlights, horse lamps, gasoline lamps, military trumpets, large and small oranges, abacuses, all kinds of red books, basically have been classified, dazzling, dazzling, friends who love traditional culture and red culture in Mr. Liu Hankai's exhibition hall, Often lingering.
Through traveling to many countries and regions in the world, visiting many famous teachers at home and abroad, attending activities held in many countries, and constantly visiting domestic and foreign museums, art galleries, and art galleries, Liu Hankai has increased his experience and deeply felt that the glorious achievements of the Chinese nation's five-thousand-year history and culture are only national and the world'. I believe that in the near future, Mr. Liu Hankai will eventually achieve fruitful results on the road of collection.
For collection, Mr. Liu Hankai's mentality is to entertain himself and share it with friends who love antiques, that is to say, put these items away, play well, hide well, and more importantly, be happy than anything.
As descendants of Yan Huang, we have the responsibility to protect these once glorious objects, because these old folk objects are becoming less and less in the cities and villages, and if they are ignored, they will disappear.
In conclusion, Mr. Liu Hankai said: The concept of collecting and appreciating: we should respect history, respect facts, seek truth from facts, and make our due contributions to carrying forward the traditional culture and folk art of the Chinese nation and the inheritance and protection of Chinese civilization.