Source: People's Daily client
【"Special Spirit, Special Responsibility"——59 Stories of Shanghai Anti-epidemic Series】
The antigen test box, an essential self-test tool for fighting the epidemic, is also the most familiar "family poke" homework for the people of Shanghai at present.
This small rectangular box has become the most familiar "little partner" of Shanghai citizens? Almost every family has a large number of free antigen testing kits, "one poke", "two pokes" and "three or four pokes" every day, depending on the requirements of their respective communities.
A widely spread passage is: someone was lucky enough to snap up live crayfish, and did not hesitate to give the crayfish an antigen test first...
This spring, which shanghainese are particularly bad about, the small antigen box, has become a little guy that people have to be familiar with and especially want to wave away.
In the process of waiting for the test bar of the test box to gradually appear, "from the initial heartbeat to the current insensitivity, but it will be relieved to see the family brushing together 'elected squad leader'." Chen Ming sighed.
Chen Ming is the executive director of the Shanghai Xiangshan Painting Institute of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and in his view, the small antigen box carries the anti-epidemic history of Shanghai in the Spring of Renyin, and carries the special emotions and expectations of Shanghai citizens in the fight against the virus
On the morning of April 28, he issued an invitation to the painters: In order not to forget the special "lockdown" life in Shanghai, the massive antigen box is discarded when it is used up, it is better to turn decay into magic, transform into a work of art to "paint", vent the stasis of emotions, lightly go to the battlefield to soothe the physical and mental trauma, and finally sublimate rationality, becoming a "lesson from the past" in the future of the city.
Mao Guolun "Antigen box has "painting" said"
In response, artists have participated in the activity of "antigen box has 'painting'". In just two days, around the antigen box, an element symbol with a special context, the whimsical idea, "brain hole opened", and created different forms of antigen box art works.
At 10 o'clock on May 1, the WeChat cloud exhibition of "Antigen Box Has a Painting" was launched online, and the audience laughed heartily, and the most commented messages were: "Loss shanghai painters think of it"...
Huang Azhong, "In the Same Boat"
Huang Azhong created "In the Same Boat", writing: The antigen is like a boat, and the long wind and waves will sometimes hang directly on the clouds and sails to the sea.
Li Lei, "Notes of Spring""
Li Lei created "Notes of Spring", a multicolored antigen box arrangement and combination, like a special string of notes.
Chen Ming, "Pressure "Scatters" Greatly"
Chen Ming created "Pressure "Scattering" Greatly, scattered antigen boxes, constructed into a special mountain.
Xu Mingsong's "Anti-epidemic Calendar: Sun and Moon Ying"
Du Yongping's "Battle of the Throats"
One of Wan Fu's "Keeping a Safe Distance"
Mao Xiaoyu "Everything for Children"
Hu Wei "Partner"
One of Xu Qinghua's "Antigen Detection - Nervous Diagram"
Xu Mingsong's "Anti-epidemic Calendar: Sun and Moon Yingqi", Du Yongping's "Battle for the Throat", Wan Fu's "Keep a Safe Distance", Mao Xiaoyu's "Everything for Children", Hu Wei's "Life" and "Companion", Xu Qinghua's "Antigen Detection - Anxiety Map"...
Works by Yang Binghui, picture from "Medical Science Popularization and Literary and Artistic Creation"
It's not just artists, the event has received a multi-faceted response. For example, Yang Binghui, professor of internal medicine and doctoral supervisor of Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, found the antigen detection box used recently, and used a fountain pen on the back to paint the landscape in white to respond to the meaning of "jiangshan and jiao". He wrote long and short sentences: the virus is a demon, people wear masks, fight the epidemic together, and return me to the country.
Many parents also encourage children to create antigen box art.
"The antigen box artwork will become a symbol of a special historical event." Chen Ming said that he hopes that the "performance art" of artists turning waste into treasure can bring some thinking to the public and lead all sectors of society to spread the feelings of home and country and the spirit of Shanghai culture.
"Shanghainese, no matter how difficult, always carry a hint of humor and a few strands of stubbornness," a media person commented. Those 5 million people who poured into the online live broadcast room on the eve of the full closure and wielded green leafy vegetables to frantically brush the screen; those who simply painted, photographed and exhibited onions at home every day after cooking at home; those who used antigen boxes to turn waste into treasure and cleverly narrated their feelings about fighting the epidemic... They have thrown themselves into this arduous anti-epidemic journey with a sense of truth.
In Chen Ming's view, using humor to convey optimism and self-confidence is an important part of Shanghai's humanistic spirit. No matter what kind of difficulties are faced, as long as this spirit is still there, Shanghai will still be the most beautiful Shanghai, and the devil will still be "reborn from the epidemic"...
(The pictures in this article are provided by the Shanghai Xiangshan Painting Institute of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee unless they are marked)