Qi Baishi
Mr. Qi Lao, who is famous at home and abroad, has left us with many precious treasures in his long and brilliant artistic career.
Today, even a three-year-old child found on the street knows that Xu Beihong is good at drawing horse statues, and Qi Baishi is good at making shrimp statues.
But in addition to being well known for his superb painting skills, Qi Baishi also has a well-known thing.
Qi Baishi married a total of three wives in his life and gave birth to 13 children.
And what is even more ironic is that when Qi Baishi was eighty or ninety years old, he even thought of finding a young woman as a partner.
As a well-known master of Chinese painting, Qi Baishi naturally does not lack the company of his confidant.
His three wives, the nurse secretary around him, and so on, are all well known to our descendants.
However, among the many women beside Qi Baishi, there was one person who was very special.
Because she has never established a partnership with Qi Baishi, she is the most important woman Qi Baishi has met in her life, Xin Fengxia.
New Fengxia
His relationship with her was even the closest, but it was also the most controversial for posterity. After Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia formed a righteous father and daughter, the relationship between the two was not as simple as the "father-daughter" relationship.
Qi Baishi likes to cultivate and learn later, so many of his disciples have now become one of the top art masters in China, but most of them are male disciples.
Qi Baishi also accepted female disciples, but most of them were social celebrities, of which the "Eight Great Disciples" were the most famous.
And Xin Fengxia was one of Qi Baishi's "Eight Great Disciples" at that time.
Xin Fengxia was an excellent critic performer, and at that time, she was a figure who could be called a "famous character".
In addition to spending most of her time studying opera, Xin Fengxia was also obsessed with the art of painting, and at one point she was fascinated.
Of course, it is precisely because of Xin Fengxia's love of painting that the two later met and formed a deep friendship.
Later, once, Xin Fengxia and her husband Wu Guangzu wanted to hold a meeting to respect the elderly, and in the name of the husband and wife, they invited the elders of the literary and art circles in Beijing at that time to come to their homes.
Xin Fengxia and Wu Zuguang
After hearing her husband's thoughts, Xin Fengxia asked her husband if she could invite Qi Baishi to participate in the "Respect for the Elderly Meeting".
Wu Zuguang, who loved his wife, naturally knew that his wife's intention was to take this opportunity to get to know Qi Baishi, so that after that, she could ask him about painting.
After receiving Wu Zuguang's affirmative reply, Xin Fengxia was very happy, because she had always admired Qi Baishi very much.
Xin Fengxia was a "famous horn", so before this, Qi Baishi was already familiar with her name, and when he learned that the couple wanted to invite themselves to the meeting, he gladly agreed to the invitation.
On the day of the banquet, Mr. Qi Baishi, accompanied by his secretary Wood Xuan, walked into the compound where the "Respect for the Elderly Meeting" was held, and seeing the appearance of Qi Baishi, Wu Zuguang and Xin Fengxia hurriedly put down their hands and went to greet Mr. Qi Baishi.
Qi Baishi painting
But I never thought that it was such a small greeting etiquette that even happened a "small episode" that made people cry and laugh.
When Qi Baishi saw Wu Zuguang and Xin Fengxia who had come to greet him, all his attention was drawn to the young and beautiful Xin Fengxia.
Not only that, Elder Qi also directly stepped forward to grab Xin Fengxia's hand, and his eyes never moved away from Xin Fengxia's body.
At this point, Xin Fengxia was overwhelmed by Qi Baishi's sudden move, and she didn't even know what to say.
Looking at Elder Qi's strange behavior, the secretary Who had been following him, Wood Xuan, quickly stepped forward to qi Baishi and said:
"You always watch what other people do?"
After hearing Wood Xuan's slightly reproachful words, Elder Qi immediately felt unhappy, so he turned his head to Wood Xuan and said:
"I'm so old! Why can't I look at her? She was born good-looking. ”
Seeing Qi Baishi throwing a tantrum at Wood Xuan, Xin Fengxia could understand why she had said that the old man's temper was very strange before.
Qi Baishi flower and bird painting
Later, some people speculated that Qi Baishi's temper was mostly caused by his great fame and great ability, but in fact, this was not the case.
When Qi Baishi was young, he had a conflict with a wealthy employer and scolded him for insulting Sven.
It turned out that at that time, Qi Baishi was not as good as he is now, he was a well-known painting master, and when he was young, he was just an unknown little craftsman.
Once, a large family asked him to paint a painting of the middle hall, and the bid was very high, but there was a requirement, that is, the rich man hoped that after the painting was completed, the name of the white stone could not be dropped at the end of the painting.
Qi Baishi freehand painting
This made Qi Baishi feel insulted, so he resolutely put away all his tools and turned around and left the rich man's house.
Qi Baishi was a man of true temperament, so even when he was still a nobody, he did not succumb to power.
And for this, Xin Fengxia naturally knew that if qi Baishi was so angry again, today's banquet would be smashed.
So she hurried over to Old Mr. Qi Baishi and said to him:
"You see, you see, I'm an actor, I'm not afraid of people watching."
Xin Fengxia is a woman who really knows the general situation, and after her words, she "dragged" Out Qi Baishi, who was originally in an embarrassing situation.
For Qi Baishi's "seemingly disrespectful" behavior, in fact, it is not strange to most people.
Why? First of all, most of the guests here have known each other before, and even if they have not known each other, they have heard of it.
Secondly, when Xin Fengxia was young, she also had the appearance of a closed moon and a shy flower, that is, most people would be attracted by her appearance after watching it.
Even Premier Zhou Enlai said that "if you don't drink tea for three days, you can't help but look at her", so it can be seen that Mr. Qi's behavior seems to be reasonable.
Therefore, Qi Baishi's behavior can be understood.
Of course, For this, Xin Fengxia's husband Wu Zuguang naturally knew it, so he also quickly said to Qi Baishi: "You see, you see." ”
Suddenly, the guests in the hall laughed for it, and seeing this situation, Qi Baishi, who had been tense his face, also stretched his brows and laughed.
Things have developed like this, and Huang Miaozi and Yu Feng, who have always had a very good relationship with The New Fengxia couple, also stepped forward to play the round.
Yu Feng and Yellow Seedlings
Yu Feng leaned over to Qi Baishi and said:
"The teacher likes Fengxia, so why not take her as a dry daughter?"
Hearing Yu Feng's suggestion, Qi Baishi was naturally very willing, because he had liked this child since he met Xin Fengxia.
On the other hand, Xin Fengxia, although she does not see its waves on the surface, she can guess that her heart is also extremely happy, being the dry daughter of her most admired person, not only can she close the distance with Qi Baishi, but also get his guidance, so that her painting skills can go further.
Therefore, Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia naturally became "father and daughter".
In the cheers of the crowd, Qi Baishi's interest also rose, and he immediately said that he would invite guests to officially recognize his daughter, and also set the location in the Quyi Restaurant, which was more famous at that time.
Wu Zuguang and Xin Fengxia attach great importance to the "father-daughter" friendship with the old gentleman, and they went to Qi Baishi's residence the day after the banquet and visited Qi Baishi.
Xin Fengxia received Qi Baishi's "eager hospitality" at the Qi family. The two of them watched as the old gentleman magically took out boxes of pastries and snacks from the old cabinet.
Qi Baishi was like a kind elder, constantly urging Wu Zuguang and Xin Fengxia to eat snacks.
Although he did not find that these pastries were spoiled because of his "treasures" and long-term inability to eat them.
Qi Baishi seems to have always had this "miserly" habit, like these pastries and snacks, he usually will not easily show people.
And when his favorite New Fengxia appeared at home, he was eager to give her these precious things to enjoy.
A group photo of Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia and others
In addition, Qi Baishi also made a painting for the husband and wife on the spot, called "Maple Leaf Autumn Cicada Diagram".
This painting has also been regarded as a treasure by Xin Fengxia and kept by Haosheng.
Qi Baishi's regard for Xin Fengxia is his own, and in the eyes of outsiders, this is a manifestation of a father to his own children.
But many times, Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia did not look like a father and daughter.
Qi Baishi raised twelve children in his lifetime, but none of them were like Xin Fengxia.
Like many children of celebrities, Qi Baishi's children seem to have lived in the shadow of Qi Baishi all their lives.
They also had the opportunity to inherit and carry forward everything about Qi Baishi, but in the end they did not reach the height that Qi Baishi had reached.
But until he met Xin Fengxia, Qi Baishi saw something different from his children in her body.
Hindered by the father's authority and other reasons, Qi Baishi appeared as a "strict father" when he got along with his children.
But Xin Fengxia is different, although she and Qi Baishi formed a "father-daughter relationship", but for Qi Baishi, she is more like a friend.
He taught her to paint, always in affirmative and gentle manners. Because in the process of getting along with Xin Fengxia, Qi Baishi could feel what his children could not bring to him.
That's the joy of being friends together.
Once, When Xin Fengxia went to qi Baishi's home to visit him, Qi Baishi was very happy to see that xin Fengxia had come.
He took out his usual paintings from the cabinet one by one, and also adjusted various colors.
"Starting today, I'm going to officially teach you my painting skills."
Hearing this, Xin Fengxia did not dare to slacken off, but this time she had to let herself paint, and it was inevitable that it would be difficult to write.
She looked at Qi Baishi with embarrassment, but Qi Baishi still looked at Xin Fengxia with a smile, "You just need to paint boldly." ”
Maple Leaf Autumn Cicada Diagram
After receiving Qi Baishi's encouragement, Xin Fengxia stopped prevaricating and began to draw with her pen.
Xin Fengxia quickly left her "paintings" on the drawing paper, and she looked at her own flower-like and grass-like painting slightly bitterly.
Qi Baishi did not care about this, he smiled and told Xin Fengxia that the painting was good, and comforted her not to be nervous to paint in front of him.
Xin Fengxia looked at her "four unlikes", and then looked at Qi Baishi, and also laughed loudly, and the previous nervousness was swept away.
During the teaching period, Qi Baishi never regarded Xin Fengxia as his righteous daughter or disciple, and showed a harsh attitude towards her, on the contrary, what Xin Fengxia felt from him was often comfortable and relaxed.
He was like his friends, spending a pleasant time together.
Qi Baishi was very willing to talk to Xin Fengxia about digging his heart out.
He once said to Xin Fengxia: "Engaging in art is to express yourself, just like I paint, you sing opera, the reason is the same, talk about backbone, talk about courage, talk about justice." ”
They became close friends who talked about everything, because in Xinfengxia's place, Qi Baishi often did not have any scruples.
In addition, Xin Fengxia often invited Qi Baishi to the theater to watch her own drama performances.
Once, accompanied by Wu Zuguang and others, Qi Baishi went to the theater to see the new Fengxia's performance of "Xianglin Sister-in-law", and when he saw the tragic fate of Xianglin Sister-in-law, Qi Baishi wept bitterly, and he cried and said to Wood next to him: "Fengxia is too bitter, I want to give her money." ”
In this regard, Wood Xuan could only quietly coax Qi Baishi and tell him that it was just acting.
After the play dispersed that day, Qi Baishi went backstage according to his habits, and when he saw Xin Fengxia, it was even more difficult to suppress the sadness in his heart, and he cried emotionally.
After seeing that Qi Baishi had lost all his hats because of excessive sadness, Xin Fengxia made a temporary "hat" with a wind turban of her own.
After watching Qi Baishi put it on, he was still like a child, and when he couldn't stop the tears, everyone around him couldn't help but laugh.
Qi Baishi completely integrated himself into the play performed by Xin Fengxia, which was the greatest respect for the performers on the stage and the best respect for Xin Fengxia.
Qi Baishi understands drama, of course, he understands more than drama, in fact, it is Xin Fengxia.
Just like the Boyazi period, there is no "father-daughter" relationship, no worldly prejudice, and some are just new Fengxia on the stage and Qi Baishi on the stage.
Qi Baishi and his paintings
Qi Baishi vividly embodied all his love for Xin Fengxia, and every detail of this revealed more than just the care of an elder for his descendants.
There is also a deep friendship for old friends who have made friends who have forgotten their years, and they cherish each other and support each other.
Until now, we've had all sorts of speculations about their relationship. But everything we do today is just speculation, because we can't actually grasp whether there is a real friendship between them or not.
However, the relationship between Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia really should not be only "father and daughter", because the two of them are more like confidants.
Qi Baishi painting and Xin Fengxia singing opera, although not the same door, are all artistic categories. She admired his paintings, he watched her plays, and they admired and respected each other.
Qi Baishi's life has never been short of red faces, but someone like Xin Fengxia, who respects and understands each other, he only recognizes this person.