Every year on Deng Gong's birthday, the day when the whole family has to get together, why is it an exception in this year?
Since the death of Deng Gong in February 1997, the children of the Deng family, organized by their mother Zhuo Lin, will return home to commemorate their father on August 22 every year.
However, in 1999, the eldest daughter Deng Lin took leave with her mother, saying that she would fulfill her father's last wish.
And Zhuo Lin also agreed to her eldest daughter's request after learning the true situation.
What is this last wish?
Hold an art exhibition
Since 1997, every year on August 22, all the children of the Deng family have rushed home on this day to commemorate their father's birthday with their mother.
However, on this day in 1999, Deng Lin, the eldest daughter of the Deng family, did not appear at home.
It turned out that Deng Lin had already asked his mother for leave in advance, saying that he was going to do something, mainly to fulfill his father's last wish.
What other wishes did Duke Deng have that had not been fulfilled at that time?
In fact, until his death, Deng Gong was worried about the return of Hong Kong and Macao, and a few months after Deng Gong's death, Hong Kong successfully returned to the embrace of the motherland.
Macau will also return to China at the end of 1999.
So, Deng Lin decided to take a photo of Deng Gong and go to the land of Macao to have a look, because on Deng Gong's birthday, she happened to hold an exhibition in Macau.
When Zhuo Lin learned of her daughter's idea, she immediately agreed to her request for leave.
Deng Lin set foot on the land of Macao with his father's photo, which can be regarded as his father's last wish.
At the same time, Deng Lin also held a solo exhibition here, she is a first-class painter in the mainland, and her achievements in art are quite high.
Talent for drawing
Deng Lin was the first child of the Deng family and was born during the war years.
In Deng Lin, painting seems to be her innate talent.
At that time, Deng Lin was studying in the primary school for the children of cadres in the army, and he could only go home on weekends, and every time he paid for the journey, his mother Zhuo Lin would give Deng Lin a few more cents.
And Deng Lin will use the money to buy paper-cuts and bookmarks and other painting-related things, and her favorite thing to buy is a small card printed with freehand paintings by Qi Baishi and other great writers.
After Mr. and Mrs. Deng learned of their daughter's interest, they immediately took Deng Lin to find Mr. Wang Shensheng, a famous artist at that time, and officially apprenticed to him.
When he was admitted to university, Deng Lin did not get the admission notice of the official student of CAFA College because of his weak foundation, but became an audit student.
At that time, when Deng Lin was Xi in the central aesthetics, the teachers in charge of teaching were several well-known painters such as Wu Changshuo and Tian Shiguang, and under such conditions, Deng Lin listened to the lectures very hard and Xi, and her painting level was also greatly improved.
However, this life did not last long, and his parents had an accident, and even Deng Lin could not continue to study Xi, so he could only be sent to the army for training.
A low-key life
In February 1973, Deng Gong and his wife returned to normal life, and Deng Lin was also assigned to work at the Beijing Art Academy, but at this time she no longer dared to paint.
Because of the age, Deng Lin knew that her painting style probably did not meet the requirements of the time, and she was afraid that once she started to write, she would cause trouble, so she invited herself to work in the reference room of the art academy.
It was also in this year that Deng Lin not only reunited with his parents and siblings, but also married Wu Jianchang and established his own small family.
After getting married, Deng Lin cherished this hard-won happy life even more, and her painting style also changed a lot.
Even later, Deng Lin has become a professional at the China Research Institute, but she still describes herself as a "stupid person and a stupid painter".
In addition to painting, Deng Lin is also very talented in photography.
As long as the whole family travels together, Deng Lin takes over the photography work, and the family praises her photography level and is the "champion" of the family.
epilogue
In Deng Lin's home, in addition to hanging a few paintings of his pride, there are also two photos that Deng Lin cherishes the most.
One is a close-up of his son taken by Deng Lin, deliberately magnifying his son's innocent and innocent eyes, and the other is taken by his father Deng Xiaoping.
The old man in the photo sits leisurely in a wicker chair, his eyes soft and kind, looking at his favorite child behind the camera.
What else do you know about the story of Deng Gong and his daughter Deng Lin?
- Author: Canghai
- Edit: Canghai
- Resources
- [1] Sun Min. The bumpy life of Deng Xiaoping's eldest daughter Deng Lin [J]. Archives Time and Space (Historical Edition), 2004, (09): 34-36.