On April 14, the annual World Quantum Day, Lang Lang, as the United Nations Messenger of Peace, creatively conveyed a feeling of learning quantum theory with music, and used his strength to "show off" the wonderful connection between art and science.
As Lang Lang said, "Science and art stem from the great imagination of life, each of us can have a scientific spirit, the important thing is to try, to feel, to challenge, to explore the unknown process." ”
It is true that both science and art are derived from life, but they are inextricably linked. In the case of art, the vision of art is broad, and art often brings more brilliant creativity and imagination to science, which is deeply reflected in Mr. Cheng Shilao, the first generation of Aircraft Designers in China.
Mr. Cheng shilao is China's first generation of aircraft designers, in his more than 40 years of career, he has participated in and been responsible for the overall design of many different types of aircraft, such as the first jet aircraft in China that we are familiar with, such as the "J-1", the jet large transport aircraft "Y-10", the C919 airliner and so on.
In addition to loving his space career, this intelligent scientist also has a high pursuit of art. As long as he has free time, he will play his beloved violin, although he practices in "amateur" time, but Cheng Lao's playing level is not amateur at all.
Elder Cheng once said in the program "Let's Talk": "When he stepped into Tsinghua Garden, he walked into two halls, one is the hall of aviation, and the other is the hall of literature and art. ”
Since high school, Cheng Lao has loved the violin, and after being admitted to the Department of Aeronautical Engineering of Tsinghua University, without affecting the study of this major, he took the initiative to learn with the Viennese violinist Pavalovsky and continued his personal musical journey. His intense interest and hard work led him to become the principal violinist of the school orchestra in his sophomore year, and one of the "three conductors" of Tsinghua at that time in his junior year, and also served as the leader of the orchestra.
Many people are amazed that It is a great thing that Cheng Lao can integrate music art and science. After all, most people feel a little difficult in just one art discipline, especially the repeated stages of practicing the piano are often boring, not to mention that Cheng Lao is both disciplines.
However, in Cheng Lao's view, learning art has never been a burden on learning science, on the contrary, art can be extended to various fields, which will greatly inspire and help different fields in thinking. He once said: "The cultivation of music and other arts is to develop the right brain, to actively develop the right brain, to play the importance of the right brain, to help people working in different fields." ”
Interesting souls must be multifaceted, just like scientists who love music are not only one person. "Post-80s" Tsinghua Choir, presumably everyone is very familiar, last year, this choir with a song "Teenager" hit the whole network, so that countless netizens were moved by them, coincidentally, Mr. Cheng from time to time is also a member of the choir, and is the oldest one.
This choir can be described as a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, including the designers of the first generation of new China's large aircraft like Cheng Lao, zhang Lixing, a scientist who has been "hidden" for half a lifetime for the nuclear test base, and Liu Xila, a professor at a well-known university. These singers come from the Tsinghua University Shanghai Alumni Art Troupe, and the average age is 75 years old, which is affectionately known as the "post-80s" Tsinghua Choir by netizens.
They have struggled all their lives for the causes of the motherland and have always loved music. After retirement, the heart of pursuing art makes them still full of youthful vitality, continues to sing the music they loved when they were young, enriches their later life, and infects more young people with an optimistic attitude.
After reading the story of the older generation of scientists pursuing art, it seems that they also better understand the "double reduction" policy introduced by the state. The original intention of such education is to let children get overall and comprehensive development from an early age, in order to prevent "only fraction theory", so that children have more time to contact art, experience life, and develop their own interests while learning book knowledge.
There is no conflict between studying science and studying art, and the relationship between art and science is inherently complementary, which has been verified in the practice of the older generation of scientists. At the same time, learning art can better develop people's right brain, and stimulate the development of left brain, promote the overall coordination of the brain, and make people smarter and more active. Therefore, those who still think that learning art is a delay in learning and "not doing the right thing", they should change their thinking, may wish to actively guide their children to release their potential, and be a happy baby who both learns science and loves art!