Chinese Herald News (Reporter Zhang Shi) The exhibition of calligraphy works by Wang Zhongming and Wang Xining Tokyo jointly organized by the Lake Society Painting Association and the Chinese Cultural Center in Tokyo was grandly opened at the Chinese Cultural Center in Tokyo on January 22.
Wang Zhongming is a famous Chinese calligrapher, the 45th generation grandson of Wang Lun, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty and a friend of Li Bai, a native of Yixian County, Huangshan, Anhui Province, a researcher of Hui culture, a consultant of the Hushe Painting Association, a master of the national rite art of the "Kyrgyz Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Business and Cultural Forum" of the Belt and Road "Shanghai Cooperation Organization", the writer of "Wang Zhongming Xingkai" of the Founder Font of Peking University, the compiler of calligraphy teaching textbooks for primary and secondary school students published by the China Young Society, and the specially appointed calligrapher and painter of the Cultural Market Development Center of the Ministry of Culture. He is a member of the Chinese Culture and Art Development Promotion Association, and is good at a variety of calligraphy such as Kaixing, grass and seals, and also focuses on calligraphy theory.
Speech: From top to bottom: Wang Zhongming, Wang Xining, Gao Xiaofei, Seno Shimizu
Wang Zhongming's regular script is based on Ouyang Xunkaishu, and also repairs Yan, Liu, Zhao, and far refers to the upright and beautiful Zhongqian Xiaokai, and absorbs the strengths of all families, and becomes the style of their own regular script, and is proficient in calligraphy, cursive, cursive, seal, official script, thin gold body, oracle bone inscription and other calligraphy, this exhibition, set Wang Zhongming calligraphy art is the culmination.
Wang Xining, the granddaughter of Wang Zhongming, is only 16 years old and a first-year high school student, but she has shown extraordinary talent in the art of calligraphy. Influenced by the calligrapher grandfather Wang Zhongming since childhood, he began to learn calligraphy at the age of five and has a strong interest in calligraphy and art. In 2014, in the first grade of primary school, he won the first prize of the first Lucheng Ancient Rhyme Cup of primary and secondary schools in Tongzhou District, Beijing, China, in 2020, he won the Excellence Award in the painting category of the 25th National Primary and Secondary School Students' Painting and Calligraphy Competition, and in 2023, he passed the 10th grade of the National Social Art Level Examination for Calligraphy, and is now studying in No. 109 Middle School, a key middle school in Beijing, China.
Speech: From top to bottom, from left to right: Tetsuji Nagata, Wang Xianen, Masasumi Imamura, Luo Yuquan.
In July 2023, the "Forbidden in the Rod" Wang Zhongming's calligraphy exhibition will be launched in the main hall of Pudu Temple in the Forbidden City in Beijing, marking the official launch of Wang Zhongming's global tour. Wang Zhongming and his granddaughter Wang Xining held an exhibition in Tokyo, which is an important part of Wang Zhongming's global tour. "The Book of Rites: The Royal System" cloud: "Seventy rods in the country." The exhibition is a look back at the works of the famous calligrapher Wang Zhongming at the age of 70 in recent years, with a total of more than 500 works, including more than 170 long scrolls and albums, covering almost all calligraphy styles, and the Tokyo exhibition exhibited more than 100 carefully created works by Wang Zhongming and 4 calligraphy works of different styles by Wang Xining.
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Wang Zhongming said in his speech: From July 8 to 10, 2023, I held a special exhibition of calligraphy in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, with a total of more than 500 works, including more than 170 long scrolls and albums.
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Under the influence of his father, Wang Zhongming began to write with a brush at the age of 8. At first, he practiced writing with a pen, put a wine cup in the tiger's mouth, held a small chicken egg in the palm of his hand, and added a nail string at the upper end of the pen tube to 8 copper coins, and hung his elbow in a standing posture.
Wang Zhongming, Wang Xining
Wang Zhongming said in his speech: I learned calligraphy under the finger of my father, who held a whip in my hand, and accompanied by "that string of copper coins" and "that wine glass", which inspired my calligraphy from tangible to intangible, from physical to ideological.
Wang Xi condensed in front of his work
He also said: "Calligraphy and painting are high, the first thing is the character" of Chinese calligraphy is wonderful, from which he realized that "practicing the pen is more training the heart, and the shape is more mosaic", and "the book must have spirit, qi, bone, flesh, and blood, and the five are one, not for the book". It is also concluded that the ultimate goal of the soul of calligraphy is to serve the society and the public. So, this is also the biggest motivation for calligraphy to accompany me all my life.
Sent works
Wang Zhongming's calligraphy has been well received by colleagues in the calligraphy industry. It has been highly praised by Liu Xiaoqing, Zou Dezhong, Xu Botao, Ouyang Zhongshi and other famous contemporary calligraphers.
Wang Xining, a young calligrapher and granddaughter of Wang Zhongming, delivered a speech in Chinese and English at the opening ceremony, saying that I am very honored to be here today, this is the first time I have exhibited with my grandfather as a calligrapher, and the second time I have made my work public. This exhibition is both an opportunity and a challenge for me, and my original intention is to spread the charm of traditional Chinese culture and culture, and I also hope that the guests here today can feel the unique power of Chinese calligraphy, as the ancients said: "Words are the voice of the heart, and books are the painting of the heart" (Yang Xiong).
Sent works
Seno Shimizu, chairman of the Japan-China Association, delivered a speech in Chinese, congratulating Wang Zhongming and his granddaughter Wang Xining on their joint appearance at the exhibition.
Luo Yuquan, Director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Tokyo, pointed out in his speech: Mr. Wang Zhongming has been committed to various public welfare activities for a long time, and has insisted on using pen and ink to convey the charm of Chinese literary classics all year round, which is admirable. Wang Zhongming's works are hung all over the country, and the plaque at the entrance of "Hongcun", one of the world cultural heritage sites, located 11 kilometers northeast of Yixian County in southern Anhui Province, is also by Wang Zhongming, and this calligraphy exhibition is the first calligraphy exhibition hosted by the Chinese Cultural Center in Tokyo in 2024, hoping to promote cultural exchanges between China and Japan and deepen mutual understanding between the people of the two countries through calligraphy.
Tetsuji Nagata, executive director of the Japan-China Friendship Association, Masasumi Imamura, representative of the World Chinese Association, Gao Xiaofei, president of the All Japan Chinese Calligraphers Association, and Wang Xianen, chairman of the Chinese Scholars Association in Japan, also delivered congratulatory speeches at the opening ceremony.
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At the opening ceremony, a ceremony was also held to present the calligraphy works created by Wang Zhongming to the representatives of the Japan-China Association, the Japan-China Friendship Association, the All Japan Chinese Calligraphers Association, the All Japan Chinese Women Calligraphers Association, and the Tokyo Chinese Cultural Center, which provided strong support and assistance for the smooth opening of the exhibition.
Wang Zhongming's work
The All Japan Chinese Calligraphers Association specially appointed Wang Zhongming as a consultant, and Gao Xiaofei, the president, issued a letter of appointment to Wang Zhongming. At the event site, two participating calligraphers also held interactive and exchange activities with Japanese calligraphers and Chinese calligraphers present, and held a performance by the participating calligraphers.