Chen Chiping's appreciation of literary creation
Ah Niu
(Chen Chiping's short story)
When I was a child, I hated my parents for calling me "Ah Niu", an indecent nickname. At that time, I had a hard time, so I had to ask my parents tactfully: Everyone else is called "Xiaolong" and "Xiaohu". Then why do you have to call me "ox"? When I think of the cow head and horse noodles in the temple, my heart really doesn't feel good! My parents replied bluntly, "You were too naughty when you were a child. That's why the teachers in the dormitory of the new business jointly nicknamed you "Ah Niu".
My parents and elders didn't know that I had this shadow in my heart when I was a child, and they all shouted "Ah Niu" in public places. For example, when I shouted at the gate, "Ah Niu, bring my younger brothers and sisters home for dinner!" When I was an adolescent, when I heard it, I wanted to dig a hole, get into it, and hide.
It wasn't until I was reading Takenaka that one day I finally mustered up the courage to express my heart to my parents, who were very surprised but didn't say a word. From then on, they only called me "Pingping" or "Boss", and never called me "Ah Niu". Even if my father sometimes forgot and called me by my name, my mother would quickly hint to him with her eyes that he must not. Later, when I went to college, only the older elders didn't know about it, and they still called me "Ah Niu" and "Ah Niu". But my parents must not have called me that anymore.
As I got older, the more I longed for my parents to call me "Ah Niu" again. But I couldn't say it anymore, so I asked them to call me "Ah Niu" again. Later, when I was with my older elders such as aunts, uncles, aunts, grandfathers, and grandmothers, I heard them call me "Ah Niu", and I felt like I was back in the world again.
My parents have been dead for years. If someone calls me "Ah Niu" again, I'm very happy, it must be an elder who watched me grow up or a playmate from my childhood.
When I grew up, I learned that cattle are animals that are highly respected by farmers, cattle are a symbol of hard work and simplicity, cattle are hard-working creatures, and cattle are good friends of human beings. When I was a child, I really didn't understand my parents' intentions, and when I grew up, I regretted my youthful frivolity very much.
Now that I'm old and have to entertain myself, I drew a few paintings to show me as a child. I incarnated as a child, hoping that my parents would hug me again, I incarnated as a cow, hoping that my parents would call me "a cow" again, but the past is like smoke, and the time is not with me.
About the Author:
Chen Chiping: Born in 1953, his ancestral home is Xianyou, Fujian. He is good at acrylic painting, and also works in seal script and cursive script, especially cursive script. His grandfather, Chen Kaiquan, was an artist who graduated from the Chinese painting group of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts (the predecessor of Nanjing University of the Arts) and was a protégé of Liu Haisu. His father, Chen Zuru, was a calligrapher and learned calligraphy from his family since he was a child. Chen Chiping's paintings are bold and passionate, full of dynamic beauty.
His works have been published in newspapers such as "China Culture Daily", "People's Representative Daily", "People's Political Consultative Conference Daily", "China Reform Daily", "China Calligraphy and Painting Newspaper", "Collection Express", as well as "Cultural Monthly", "Art Market", "Reader", "Chinese Talent", "Office Business", "China Economy and Trade", "Painting World", "Chinese Art", "China Collection", "Chinese", "People of the Times", "Popular Literature and Art" and other journals, and have been reported by Xinhuanet, China.com, Sohu.com and other media.
In January 2023, "Selected Acrylic Paintings of Chen Chiping" was published by Beijing Arts and Crafts Publishing House, and in June of the same year, her works participated in the "Salary Inheritance: National Calligraphy and Painting Masters Invitational Exhibition" sponsored by the China Women Painters Association and the Modern Gongbi Painting Institute, and was exhibited at Yanhuang Art Museum (Beijing).
In September 2023, "Collection of Famous Artists of the New Era/Edited by Chen Chiping" was published by Beijing Unity Publishing House.