Recently, I saw the team name inscribed by the famous calligrapher and painter Mr. Du Benji for the "China Alpine Ski Team" and the "Fierce Tiger Descending the Mountain", and the wonderful scenes of the Beijing Winter Olympics came to mind.
The success of the Beijing Winter Olympics at a time when the global epidemic is raging is the pride of all Chinese at home and abroad. Behind the stage and behind the scenes of the Beijing Winter Olympics, there are many heroes who have won glory for the country, and the famous calligrapher and painter Mr. Du Benji is also one of the behind-the-scenes heroes.
Mr. Du Benji wrote the team name for the Chinese alpine ski team
Master Du Benji is known as the "Olympic calligrapher", and I know that his name began in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The general director of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games is Mr. Zhang Yimou, the opening ceremony of that year was beautiful, and soon after the opening ceremony, chinese beauties held aloft the guidance board and led the participating teams from 204 countries and regions to enter, which was suddenly stunning. On the guide board, the names of Chinese from 204 countries and regions written by Master Du Benji shine brightly, so that the eyes of 5 billion people around the world focus on Chinese calligraphy art at the same time, feel the charm of Chinese culture, and become the highest level and largest grand display of Chinese calligraphy in the world. While admiring the wisdom and courage of director Zhang Yimou, I also remembered the name of Mr. Du Benji.
Mr. Du Benji and his wife Cui Yifan
Later, it was learned that Mr. Du Benji was not familiar with director Zhang Yimou, and his works were blindly selected. In order to ensure fairness and justice, the Olympic director team hid all the calligraphers' names and only let director Zhang Yimou see the works. It is said that director Zhang Yimou was not satisfied with many works after watching them, and when he saw Mr. Du Benji's works, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a smile finally appeared on his face, saying to the staff, "It is it (him)."
That's how Mr. Du Benji got involved with the Olympics. He was lucky, but that luck was sustained by strength. The Olympic Games are a competitive competition, the extreme display field of human "strength", highlighting the beauty of "strength", and Mr. Du Benji's calligraphy, magnificent and powerful paper back, is highly consistent with the Olympic spirit.
Mr. Du Benji spoke at the "World Harmony Global Tour" ceremony
Mr. Du Benji is a re-disciple of Xu Beihong, a collection of poems, calligraphy and painting, and is an all-round artist. Chinese literati painting pays attention to the four masterpieces of "poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing", and the predecessor artists Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi have done it, but it is difficult to say how many artists can achieve it today. Mr. Du Benji is proficient in "poetry, calligraphy and painting", or a master of embedded couplets, purple sand and porcelain experts, and is undoubtedly the leader in today's art world.
Professor Qiu Yi visited Mr. Du Benji's studio
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Mr. Tomotoki's house and ask for advice and exchange. Mr. Du Benji's wife, Cui Yifan, has a deep cultural heritage, treats people warmly and sincerely, and is a good reputation for help. Their home and studio, the artistic atmosphere is rich, and the variety of artworks is dazzling, which is eye-opening.
Liu Shuangping (right) and Mr. Du Benji (left)
During the conversation, we also learned many stories of Mr. Du Benji: he not only wrote a guide card for the Beijing Olympic Games, but also wrote "One World, One Dream"; the "Olympic Declaration" written in Chinese calligraphy at the invitation of the then President of the International Olympic Committee, Rogge, was widely collected by the International Olympic Committee and many international organizations; the "Shen Seven" flew into the sky, carrying his "Harmony under Heaven" and many other calligraphy and painting works; his painting "Yellow River Hukou Waterfall" was included in the language textbooks of middle school students His art museum is located in the Communication University of China, the museum displays a lot of his large-scale calligraphy and painting masterpieces, which are very popular and praised; the film and television crew competes to find him to write the title of the film, such as "The Granary of the World", "Return", "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", "Ip Man 3", "All Is Good", "Falling Flowers", etc., the film and television dramas with the title of the film and television are very popular; he has held calligraphy and painting exhibitions around the world many times, and his artistic footprints have spread all over the world, making great contributions to Chinese culture in the world; he is enthusiastic about public welfare, and has written all the guide card manuscripts for the Beijing Olympic Games. Donated free of charge to the national permanent collection; he is low-key, indifferent to fame and fortune, hard-working, and works tirelessly before painting every day...
Liu Shuangping visited Mr. Du Benji's calligraphy and painting art exhibition
The Beijing Winter Olympics left a good name, and Beijing became the only "city of the two Olympic Games" in the world. Master Du Benji was also fortunate to become a "double Austrian calligrapher". As a proud son of the Mongolian ethnic group, although he is too old, he still has a thousand ambitions, continuous innovation, and a variety of fine products. This is the fine tradition of Chinese artists of all generations! (Author: Liu Shuangping, well-known cultural scholar)