Preface:
Speaking of Qi Baishi, everyone's first impression is that of a giant in China's modern and modern painting circle, with many representative works, and is a character who entered the textbook.
But it is said that the talent is merry, so does the old man Qi Baishi have any affair?
This is true, about the affair of Qi Baishi's old man, the most well-known and controversial, is the story of him and Xin Fengxia.
In 1952, Qi Baishi, who was in his old age, recognized a new goddaughter, and raised her as a daughter and apprentice, which was simply spoiled.
In this regard, people familiar with Qi Baishi in the outside world have said: "They don't look like a father and daughter"!
The first meeting of the new Fengxia
Time goes back to August 1952, the day when Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia first met.
On this day, Qi Baishi was invited to a banquet. This was originally a "banquet for the elderly", which was intended to bring together respected artists to eat, drink and discuss their experiences together.
At the banquet, Qi Baishi accidentally saw a back with a thousand styles, and his graceful figure seemed to be swaying in the wind like a willow, confusing his mind.
She is Xin Fengxia, who was already well-known in the drama criticism industry at that time and was known as the "queen of drama criticism".
Xin Fengxia's name Qi Baishi has long been heard, but now when I first see it, I feel like I have encountered a clear spring in the mountains, and just looking at it makes people refreshed.
In this way, Qi Baishi kept staring at Xin Fengxia, and on the other hand, Xin Fengxia also noticed something strange, so she walked close and generously let Qi Baishi see.
Who expected that Qi Baishi directly held Xin Fengxia's hand, and then no matter how the nurse next to him persuaded, he refused to let go, causing the people next to him to look sideways.
At this time, Xin Fengxia also relieved Qi Baishi: "It's okay, Qi Lao, you see, I am the least afraid of people singing."
Everyone laughed, the awkward atmosphere was swept away, and everyone took it as a funny thing. Someone simply quipped directly: "Elder Qi, since you like her so much, just accept her as a goddaughter"!
There was another burst of laughter around, but this unintentional word hit Qi Baishi's inner thoughts. So he asked Xin Fengxia by the way: Would you like to be your goddaughter?
Xin Fengxia has admired Qi Baishi for a long time, and she is naturally unwilling to let go of this heavenly opportunity, so she knelt down on the spot and promised to be Qi Baishi's goddaughter.
So at this "respecting the elderly", Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia, who met for the first time, established a "father-daughter relationship".
Xin Fengxia and husband Wu Guangzu
Harmonious father-daughter relationship
After having a "new daughter", Qi Baishi's mood gradually became happy, so that his physical condition was much better. According to the description of the nurse around him, Qi Baishi's happiest thing every day was waiting for Xin Fengxia to come and visit him.
And Xin Fengxia also takes good care of this "godfather". As soon as she had free time, she brought her husband Wu Guangzu to take care of Qi Baishi, talk to him, and watch the old man paint.
Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia get along well, and the most important point is that their personalities are compatible. The older Qi Baishi gets, the more he looks like an old child, and he is very stubborn in doing things for people; And Xin Fengxia, as a drama actor, has a lot of knowledge, and has long lost the twisting of the little girl's family.
So when Qi Baishi was so excited that he planned to teach his painting skills to Xin Fengxia, and let Xin Fengxia casually make a painting to see the basic skills, Xin Fengxia had no cowardice in front of a generation of grandmasters and drew with a pen.
Although Xin Fengxia painted seriously, in Qi Baishi's eyes, her paintings were really casual paintings, and she could only vaguely see that it was a plant, but she couldn't tell whether it was a flower or grass.
However, Xin Fengxia's unpretentious posture caused Qi Baishi to laugh, obviously very happy. This is also the point that Qi Baishi likes about Xin Fengxia the most after the two get acquainted.
Acting boldly and conscientiously, Qi Baishi believes that Xin Fengxia can achieve something in the theater industry, and her quality is also inseparable, and these qualities are also very important in painting.
Since then, Qi Baishi began to seriously teach Xin Fengxia to paint, not joking like before, but treating him as his new disciple, and his requirements became strict.
From this point of view, Qi Baishi really treated Xin Fengxia as his own daughter.
People who are familiar with Qi Baishi know that Qi Baishi loves money, but for Xin Fengxia, he is unexpectedly generous. I remember one day, Xin Fengxia hesitated for a moment on Qi Baishi's autumn cicada map, and Qi Baishi took the initiative to give the painting to Xin Fengxia.
Another time, Qi Baishi will go to see Xin Fengxia's performance, and the performance is Xianglin's sister-in-law. After Qi Baishi saw it, he had mixed tastes in his heart and thought: Xin Fengxia is really too bitter.
So after the performance, Qi Baishi forcibly pulled Xin Fengxia to his home, opened his treasured safe, pointed to the bundle of money inside, and Qi Baishi said: "Take as much as you want, it's too bitter."
Xin Fengxia was crying and laughing, and quickly refused, saying that all this was fake.
Qi Baishi's "special treatment" of Xin Fengxia was naturally spread by others, and outsiders said that Qi Baishi had a beautiful and lovely goddaughter, but it didn't look like a father-daughter relationship.
Some people even swore and said: "Everyone who is familiar with Qi Baishi knows"!
Why do you say that, and what's the inside story?
Qi Baishi's affair
Speaking of Qi Baishi, although he treats Xin Fengxia as his own daughter, he actually has a lot of love history outside, and affair is also widely spread, which is no wonder that rumors are flying outside.
When Qi Baishi was 12 years old, when he was still young, his family found him a 15-year-old child bride and Qi Baishi's first wife, named Chen Chunjun.
Then, in 1919, when Qi Baishi's hometown was troubled, he moved to Beijing, while his wife remained at home with his children. However, at this time, Qi Baishi was 55 years old, and Chen Chunjun was afraid that Qi Baishi would not be taken care of, so he found him an 18-year-old side chamber Hu Baozhu.
In 1940, Chen Chunjun died of illness, Qi Baishi was overwhelmed with grief, and he burst into tears on the spiritual hall and wrote a message of mourning:
Blame the old man with red rope, a husband and wife, why make people part
Ask the black-faced Yan King, Lord I live and die, Hu does not care about my reunion
Then the following year, Qi Baishi helped Hu Baozhu to become his second wife. Since Qi Baishi was fifty-five years old, Hu Baozhu has given birth to a total of 7 children.
In fact, there are 8, Qi Baishi's old man was 83 years old, Hu Baozhu was pregnant again, but because he was too old, he died during childbirth.
Then, Qi Baishi met Xia Wenshu, a nurse who took care of him while he was hospitalized. Although the two are not officially married, Xia Wenshu still accompanies her in the name of caregivers,
It is said that when Qi Baishi was 93 years old, the character of the old child was still making a fuss about getting married. Introduce a 44-year-old girl, don't want a 20-year-old girl.
However, such anecdotes, among which they are true and false, are difficult to distinguish.
epilogue
Regarding the specific relationship between Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia, people from all walks of life have different opinions, but there is no doubt about one thing, that is, Qi Baishi treats Xin Fengxia really well.
And Xin Fengxia, also regarded as Qi Baishi's closed disciple, got a lot of true biographies from Qi Baishi, so in the later special period, Xin Fengxia could not perform on stage and could still paint to make a living.
Xin Fengxia and husband Wu Guangzu
In short, the emotion between Qi Baishi and Xin Fengxia is based on the beauty of Xin Fengxia at first sight, and also establishes Qi Baishi's status in the art world.
The two are happy, and whether it is a beautiful talk or a joke when it is passed out only has to be handed over to posterity to comment.