Can you believe that an old man with gray hair would marry a beautiful black woman.
In 2011, Yang Yan, a 53-year-old master of Chinese painting, spent 40 million yuan to marry a 24-year-old African beauty.
After the two got married, they not only appeared on TV to do shows, but also gave birth to a mixed-race child.
But after 7 years of marriage, Yang Yan abandoned his African wife and mixed-race baby, and chose to go to Zhongnanshan to retire and become a monk.
Yang Yan used to love his black wife very much, why did he choose to become a monk after marriage?
Why was he obsessed with marrying an African woman?
Master of Chinese painting
Yang Yan was born in Qinghai in 1958, and since he was 6 years old, he has studied Chinese painting with his uncle, but at that time he did not expect that he would become a master of Chinese painting in the future.
When Yang Yan was 20 years old, he met the first noble person in his life, and this person was Huatuo.
Hua Tuo was very famous in the art world at that time, and was even a national first-class artist, and was later hired as the director of the Landscape Research Institute of the Jiangsu Academy of Chinese Painting.
And Huatuo's former teacher was the famous Huang Yongyu.
Therefore, under the guidance of Hua Tuo, Yang Yan's painting level gradually improved.
But for Yang Yan, he still wanted to find a more skilled teacher, so under the introduction of a friend, he went to Beidaihe.
Here, he studied under Li Keran and began to study landscape painting.
You must know that Li Keran was 80 years old at the time, and he was a leading figure in the Chinese painting world.
Especially in his later years, Li Keran's painting work became more spicy.
Therefore, Yang Yan worshipped Li Keran as a teacher, it can be said that he picked up a treasure, and under the guidance of Li Keran, he completed his work "Daning River Range Rover Map".
This work shocked the art world as soon as it was published, and successfully made him famous, and later he was called the contemporary "Zhang Daqian" and was interviewed by various media.
But in 1989, Li Keran died, although he only guided Yang Yan for two years, but two years improved Yang Yan's painting skills by several grades.
In his later artistic career, Yang Yan overcame obstacles in the Chinese painting world, tried to paint in a variety of ways, and was also good at splashing ink, and his paintings were called "Oriental Myths".
At the same time, in order to improve his knowledge, Yang Yan also traveled all over the country, traveling all over China and more than 50 countries around the world.
As he himself said, from glaciers to mountains, from the Loess Plateau to the Gobi Desert, they are all his lovers.
But although his career has advanced by leaps and bounds, Yang Yan's love has not blossomed until a meeting with a friend.
Beautiful African woman
Yang Yan once said on the show that the reason why he wanted to find an African woman was due to an exchange between him and his friends.
Once, Yang Yan saw a wood carving at a friend's house, the image of the wood carving was a black beauty with coiled hair, and when he saw this sculpture for the first time, Yang Yan's soul was struck.
1. Information source: Tianjin Satellite TV, the link has been attached at the end of the article
He felt that this woman was so beautiful, and he wanted to marry such an African beauty in the future.
So he took out his calligraphy and painting and wanted to exchange this wood carving with his friend, but his friend refused.
After that, Yang Yan tried a lot of effort, but his friend still didn't let go, so Yang Yan decided to go to Africa himself.
Of course, Yang Yan also had the idea of going to Africa, that is, he wanted to observe the living conditions of human beings, especially how people in developing countries live.
On top of that, he also wants to think about how to better protect the planet.
Because he has lived in the city for a long time, he wants to get close to nature and experience the art and culture of other countries.
So in 2011, Yang Yan began his own journey to Africa.
As soon as he arrived in Africa, he saw the dark skin and strong body of the black man, and he felt the strong vitality of the African people.
He then travelled to Sierra Leone to participate in local celebrations.
It was also during this event that Yang Yan met his beloved.
Through a friend's introduction, Yang Yan met Ida, an African girl who is in her third year of college.
Aida was born in 1987, when he was only 24 years old, but Yang Yan was deeply attracted by Aida at the first sight of him.
He felt that this was the African wife he was looking for.
So after a few days of acquaintance, the two fell in love, and even soon entered the palace of marriage.
2. Information source: China Jiangsu Net, the link has been attached at the end of the article
In Sierra Leone, Yang Yan held a wedding for Aida in accordance with local customs, but everything came too suddenly, and he didn't even prepare the ring.
So when they got married, they even borrowed the ring.
After getting married, Yang Yan decided to return to China with Ida.
However, although Ida was born into a large family and her father was also the president of the university, before that, her impression of China was only "Jackie Chan", and she didn't understand anything else.
But under Yang Yan's persuasion, she decided to follow her husband to China, and Yang Yan is also ready to hold another grand wedding for her beloved girl after returning to China.
Beloved
In October 2011, when Aida was 5 months pregnant, Yang Yan held a grand Chinese wedding for her in Beijing.
In fact, before this, they had already held a sea wedding in Yantai.
The wedding in Beijing is another surprise carefully prepared by Yang Yan, the wedding venue is selected in the Kangxi Palace, and the wedding form adopts the classical "Fengying ceremony".
And this form of wedding, in ancient times, could only be used when the emperor was married, and it was the etiquette for the emperor to marry the queen into the palace.
According to the record of "Red File of the Wedding Ceremony", Emperor Guangxu used the "Fengying Ceremony" when he got married, and it cost 550 taels of gold to make the "Queen's Treasure" alone.
Although Yang Yan is not a "nobleman", the wedding he prepared is no less than Guangxu, on the wedding day, there were more than 100 people in the honor guard alone, and Aida sat in a gold-topped sedan chair carried by 16 people, wearing a red Hanfu.
There were not only a variety of performances, but also celebrities from all walks of life who came to watch the ceremony and congratulate them.
The whole wedding finally cost a full 40 million yuan, which shows Yang Yan's love for this African wife.
The reason why Yang Yan has so much money is mainly because his works are extremely valuable, and one of the sets of "Huangshan Fu" was auctioned at a high price of 66 million yuan in 2014.
So the two not only have a good relationship, but also have a solid material foundation, after marriage, Aida also gave birth to a mixed-race child, and the two also appeared on TV together to explain the scriptures to some transnational lovers who have encountered problems.
But just 7 years after the two got married, Yang Yan Yang Yan was just 60 years old.
He chose to be ordained a monk in the Pure Industry Temple of Zhongnan Mountain, with the Dharma name "Dajue", and since then he has become a monk who often accompanies the ancient Buddha of the green light.
4. The source of the information, Yang Yan's ordination video, the link has been attached at the end of the article
As for why Yang Yan became a monk, he did not give an explanation, but since then he has faded out of people's field of vision and devoted himself to practicing meditation.
One is a famous Chinese painter, the other is an African beauty, and the two meet, fall in love, and get married halfway across the world.
The two have been together for 7 years, supporting each other, and although they have lived a wonderful life, they eventually parted ways.
This is in line with the old saying: "People don't get together for a long time, and they all follow fate." ”
Information sources:
1. Tianjin Satellite TV: "Transnational Love Special: A Master of Chinese Painting Falls in Love with a Black Girl"
https://v.qq.com/x/cover/mzc002003ljb17t.html?sf=uri&url_from=share
2. China Jiangsu Net: "Chinese Painter and "African Bride" Cooperate <春华秋实图>to Debut at the China-Africa Folk Forum
http://focus.cnhubei.com/news/xwzx/201207/t2139687.shtml
3. China Times News Network: "A 53-year-old painter falls in love with a 24-year-old African girl and smashes 170 million to marry!
https://www.chinatimes.com/hottopic/20210303004747-260809?continueFlag=2a28f141294d8bd0dbf5a5accfb3cde5
4. "Record of the Ordination Ceremony of Yang Yan, a Famous Landscape Painter of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Painting"
https://weibo.com/1955953207/4243332873800210?sourceType=weixin&from=10DB095010&wm=20005_0002&featurecode=newtitle&s_channel=4&s_trans=6360573008_4243332873800210
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