Tujia is one of the ancient ethnic groups in China, advocating the white tiger, the origin of the ethnic group is related to the Ba people, with a population of more than 8 million, distributed in the Wuling Mountains at the junction of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and Chongqing.
During the agrarian revolution, he supported the Red Second Front Army and the Red Army's Long March, and participated heroically in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in the new era, the ethnic group has been greatly developed, and the Phoenix Ancient City and Zhangjiajie in Xiangxi, Enshi and Yichang Wufeng in Hubei, Youyang in Chongqing and Yanhe County in Guizhou have all emerged as well-known tourist resorts.
The oil painting "Tujia Wax Moon" reflects the new atmosphere of today's life of the Tujia people by showing the scene of the Tujia people playing glutinous rice cakes during the New Year.
Wang Guozheng, born on August 25, 1944 in Shenmu City, Shaanxi Province, graduated from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in 1969 with a bachelor's degree, researcher, national first-class artist, member of the Chinese Artists Association, member of the China Folk Literature and Art Association, member of the China Folklore Society, graduate tutor of fine arts of the Chinese Academy of Arts, president of the Shaanxi American-Chinese Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute, artistic director of the Midwest Cultural Exchange Center, winner of the 1999 Chinese government's highest award for social and cultural affairs, and the winner of the Most Influential Person Award in Shaanxi Province.