"The most beautiful labor and the brilliance of the art garden" Mr. Chen Shiyong's calligraphy root carving exhibition is underway
The world is useful, and the courage to think about it.
On the occasion of the 74th Chinese Labor Day and the 134th International Labor Day, the exhibition of Mr. Chen Shiyong's calligraphy root carving works will be officially launched on April 29, 2024 in the exhibition hall on the second floor of the Fufeng County Cultural Center, with a duration of 5 days and an end on May 3.
A total of 100 pieces of calligraphy and root carving works were exhibited this time, including 60 calligraphy works of three feet to six feet of Kai, line, subordinate and seal, 20 small Kai albums and 20 root carving works.
The event was hosted by the Fufeng County Culture and Tourism Bureau, undertaken by the Fufeng County Cultural Center, the Fufeng County Library, and the Fufeng County Calligraphers Association, and co-organized by the Fufeng County University for the Elderly.
Zhang Bingli, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Fufeng County Culture and Tourism Bureau, Yang Ping, member of the Party Group and Director of the County Library, Huai Xiaogang, Director of the County Cultural Center, Zhai Gongyin, Vice Chairman of the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Chairman of the County Calligraphy Association, and Zhang Wenru, President of the County University for the Elderly, visited the exhibition hall and congratulated Mr. Chen Shiyong. The county financial media center appoints reporters to follow up and report, and plans to conduct special interviews. Other online media have reported on the exhibition. On the opening day, more than 100 people braved the rain to visit the exhibition and learn.
Mr. Chen Shiyong was born in 1946, high school education, enlisted in the army in 1963, served in the 3rd Battalion and 9th Company of the 3O6th Regiment of the Artillery of the 55th Division of the Army, and was discharged from the army in 1970. In 1972, in response to the call of the state, he went abroad to help build the Tanzan Railway for two years, and returned to his original unit in 1974. In 1979, he was transferred back to Fufeng County Supply and Marketing Association as a driver, and retired in 2OO6. In 2010, under the encouragement of Mr. Chen Xinglong, an old teacher in Wujing, he studied calligraphy, and then went to the county university for the elderly, joined the county calligraphy association and the elderly calligraphy and painting society, and began to devote himself to calligraphy and root carving art.
Mr. Chen Shiyong, with his sincere love and dedication, very pious and serious attitude, perseverance and the spirit of excellence, has created a large number of calligraphy works, and created individual masterpieces, not to mention that the elderly dare not reach, even the young people are daunted. The old have learned, the old have done, the old have fun, and the couplets of weddings and funerals written with a brush are also a manifestation of labor dedication. As long as the world is useful, the courage to think, the life is happy. With his sonorous style as a soldier and 57 years of long party experience, Mr. Chen has written a series of sincere and upright Chinese characters and ethnic calligraphy, serving the community and neighbors. Mr. Chen's dedication to art is awe-inspiring, and his works are even more shocking and applauded!
Mr. Chen's own and his works exude a sense of righteousness, harmony and elegance, giving people a sense of orthodoxy, cordiality and gentleness. Mr. Chen can cherish and bundle up the hard work, happy investment, and fruitful harvest to give everyone a revelation, a kind of fascination, and a motivation.
(Correspondent: Zhou Atom Editor: Han Xue Review: Xu Yaping)