On that day, someone asked me, what impressed you the most about Old Man Qi Baishi?
This question is a bit strange, I am neither a close person of the old man Shiraishi, nor a professional researcher of the old man Shiraishi, just an ordinary lover of calligraphy and painting, I can never answer this kind of question.
But the questioner is Qi Baishi's great-granddaughter Qi Yanqin's three sisters, seeing that they are very sincere, in order not to be elegant, I blurted out that Qi Baishi has done something he likes in his life, and he has done it to the extreme!
The three sisters applauded in unison!
I am a "Qi fan", although there is no old man's piece of paper, but his liking degree considers himself a "hardcore" fan. I remember that year in the Mao Zedong Academy of Literature and Literature "Mao Zedong and Literature and Art" exhibition, in the "Wentan Bosom Friend" column, the painter selected the old man Baishi, and with Qi Baishi in 1952 presented Mao Zedong "Plum Blossom Tea Set Picture", even if it is a printed picture, I often can't put it down, every experience, there is always a sense of complacency.
The old man of Baishi knows that the chairman is happy with the plum, and the Ling Han and the snow of the love plum, are not afraid of wind and frost, and have the heroic spirit of leading the way in the world and the world, and have the character of being leisurely and victorious, and the fragrance of tea is far away. A branch of cold plum, two tea cups, the artistic conception contained in it is profound, the rhyme is far away, there are brave people, in order to talk and laugh between the life, create the realm. Mao Zedong is such a brave and Confucian genius who runs through life, and Qi Baishi is well versed in his eloquence and strategy, and Taishan collapses in front of him without losing his color. Twist three or two times lightly and slowly, between the impassing, the subtle words and righteousness are contained in the danqing.
A year later, in order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the publication of Comrade Mao Zedong's "Speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art", the Central Literature Research Office and the Ministry of Culture moved "Mao Zedong and Literature and Art" to the Museum of the Chinese Revolution for exhibition. What is impressive about this exhibition is that Qi Baishi presented Chairman Mao's "Plum Blossom Tea Set", which is exhibited in kind, in addition to the protection of the glass window, there are two armed police soldiers, guarding with guns, which shows that it is extremely precious.
I stopped in front of this painting for a long time, and sighed that the two giants of Xiangtan have a spirit in the center of art exchange, and they have found the sound in the encounter in life.
After a long period of contemplation, I finally understood that the highest level of artistic cultivation is not the competition of skills, composition, and layout, but the sublimation of the realm of life and the competition of cultural cultivation. The so-called superhuman thing of the master is the taste of the spirit and the pattern in the chest.
For decades, there has always been a suspense in my heart, Mr. Qi Baishi boasted that "poetry first, printing second, calligraphy second, painting second". Is this a self-deprecation on the part of Mr., or is it some kind of cover-up? But this kind of self-positioning of Mr. at least shows the importance of culture to the cultivation of art, and all art without the support of culture will not be high and will not go far.
Wang Wei, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, although he was known as "Poetry Buddha" in contemporary and later generations, was actually an outstanding painter who was famous for a while, and his name was covered by the name of his poetry because of his popularity. His theory of "painting in poetry and poetry in painting" is a theoretical summary of his personal practice, which has created a new aesthetic realm of poetry creation and art creation, which is the context of Chinese aesthetics that has been inherited to this day.
It is with this kind of suspense in mind that I once again embarked on the "road of pursuing Qi Baishi's art".
Located in Xiangtan County, Baishipu Xingdoutang's former residence of Qi Baishi, has been visited many times, remember the first visit, General Tie put the door, friends looked for a long time, only to see an old farmer coming, he shook the rope to open the door, the room is empty, the cobwebs are dense, decay and cold. It is said that the keeper of the house is a distant relative of the old man Shiraishi, and the life and deeds of Shiraishi are unknown.
Today's Xingtang old house, although it still retains the face of the old history, has been renovated by the relevant departments, the surrounding environment and interior furnishings, has been renewed, and has been announced as the sixth batch of national cultural relics protection units.
A visit is actually a fieldwork in a sense. In the past two days, in the walking of the mountains and rivers of Baishi Paving and Middle Road Paving, I always feel that Mr. Baishi's soul wanders between Xiaoxia Mountain and Longshan, let me walk all the way, analyze doubts all the way, and sigh inexplicably all the way!
Like any spring mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, the green of Xiaoxia Mountain is intoxicating, and the tension of life is vigorous, which is naturally the background color of the painter.
Qi Baishi naturally has an indissoluble bond with Xiaoxia Mountain.
In 1900, Qi Baishi, who was nearly middle-aged, moved out of the old house of the Qi family, at this time he had two sons and two daughters, and felt that the old house was cramped, and because he painted for a salt merchant in Jiangxi once, he actually got a remuneration of 320 taels, so he used this honorarium to buy a new house, named "borrowing the mountain Yinguan".
The name "Borrowing Mountain Art Museum" instead of "Borrowing Mountain Painting Museum" was because Mr. Shiraishi was obsessed with writing lyrics and reciting poetry during this time, and he was almost obsessed.
A life of ups and downs often leads to a wonderful life. In the eyes of the world, Shiraishi is not a carpenter, but this man is not condescending to the rank of rough people. was actually recommended by someone to worship under the door of Wang Minyun, a famous man in Xiangtan. Interestingly, the same disciple of Wang Minyun actually has Zhang Zhongyang, who was born as a blacksmith, Zeng Zhaoji, who was born as a coppersmith, and Bai Carpenter, who is known as the "Three Craftsmen of the Wangmen" in history.
In the 30th year of Guangxu, Wang Minyun recruited three disciples to climb the height to appreciate the chrysanthemum, and during the banquet, he chanted for the head of the teacher, "The earth spirit wins the river, the stars gather and the autumn period", and then ordered the disciples to continue. However, the three craftsmen of copper, iron, and wood coveted each other, and there was no way to say right. When it was, Wang Minyun looked at him with a smile, but he didn't look right, and raised his glass to drink to hide his embarrassment, which was regarded as saving face for his disciples.
Although the matter passed without a word, the stimulation of Qi Shiraishi was extremely strong. When he returned, he removed the words in the "Borrowing Mountain Yinguan" in the book house to show his shame as a poet.
Today, under the guidance of friends in Xiangtan, looking for the ruins of borrowing the mountain pavilion, people go to the empty things, even the ruins and broken walls can not be found, just a little foundation of the year, vaguely recognizable, friends informed, after the shame of Baishi Chongyang, more in the poetry of the struggle, although the mountain pavilion has not been restored "borrowing the mountain pavilion", but the poetic progress is an indisputable fact. In his subsequent paintings, he repeatedly marked the painting at the seal to show his admiration for poetry. This is the lifelong dream of this Danqing giant!
From Xiaoxia Mountain to Wulong Mountain, Qi Baishi's trajectory of life and art is becoming clearer and clearer.
Wulong Mountain and Xiaoxia Mountain echo each other from afar, the mountain is deep and the forest is beautiful, the crane shadow is surrounded by clouds, the Dajie Temple is hidden in the hinterland of the mountain, and the name is important for a while. I met Master Wei Jing in the "Longshan Poetry Society", because of the edification of poetry, the Master revealed the literary atmosphere in Buddhism and Zen, and told Qi Baishi that Qi Baishi corrected the "Seven Sons of Longshan" in Dajie Temple, founded the "Longshan Poetry Society", and served as the president. Although the "Seven Sons of Longshan" cannot be compared with the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", they are also elegant and elegant in singing, and they are also elegant gatherings of talented people in the south of the Yangtze River.
In the "Longshan Poetry Society", I wandered in the ripples, advocating the feelings, spontaneously born, at the invitation of the master, I wrote the words "not too low to return" to express the meaning of reverence!
At this point, I completely understood the root of Mr. Shiraishi's self-proclaimed "poetry first"!
I also understood the path that a carpenter should take to become a master craftsman.
When people admired him as a world cultural celebrity, I felt the importance of culture to artists.
A rainy night at the end of spring