A piece of drawing paper
A box of watercolor pens
A wooden strip "ruler" without a scale
That's all he paints
1,000 feet to the ground, boiling wine, weaving, herding sheep, plowing the ground...... The paintings showing the traditional architecture of the Lisu people, the grand occasion of the "Kuoshi" festival, and the daily happy life are vividly depicted on the paper under the depiction of watercolor pens.
Today, let's open the painting collection of the old man Ke Sifu, a resident of the harmonious community of Daliandi Street, Lushui City, and awaken the urban and rural memories exclusive to Lushui.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, when the reporter arrived at the harmonious community, Ke Sifu was shuttling through the community with a broom and shovel, carefully cleaning, and telling the children not to pick flowers and fruits in the green area at will. "Grandpa Ke Sifu is a civilized etiquette guide in our harmonious community, and it has become his daily routine to clean up regularly." Yang Liju, project director of Lushui Kangde Social Work Service Center, told reporters.
"Wait for me, I'll come over when I'm done." Seeing our arrival, Ke Sifu smiled and greeted us in his native Mandarin. After a while, he finished his work and guided us to his house to see the collection of paintings.
Walking into Kesifu's house, the clean and tidy environment is eye-catching, not only are flowers scattered in front of the background wall, but also hang a photo of him and his family.
After beckoning the reporter to take a seat, Ke Sifu went to the room and took out his painting utensils and a stack of recent new works, and introduced to the reporter with a grin: "This is the Qingqingluo Group of Yabiluo Village, Gudeng Township, our hometown, and I finished painting this painting in 4 hours, which is also my favorite painting." ”
After reading the collection of paintings, the reporter was amazed by the rural life written by Ke Sifu. Even though the proportions of the characters in his works are not harmonious, the lines are not smooth, and the color contrast is not strong, the picture is very realistic. In addition to being amazed, Ke Sifu has already begun to paint a new painting.
As the colored pens and "wooden rulers" in Ke Sifu's hands fell on the paper, the shape of a three-story hut with unique Lisu characteristics was revealed. After selecting the left and right in the colored pen box, a colorful still life building is completed. Just by looking at the color, it can be seen that Ke Sifu is a person with a rich heart and a very happy life.
Ke Sifu is 79 years old and moved to Harmony Community from Qingqing Luo Group in 2019, he has a total of 5 children, and his youngest son Wu Huacai lives with him. Kesifu started painting in 2024 and has painted more than 100 pictures so far. Regarding his father's painting every day, Wu Huacai is not only very supportive, but also often shares his experience of appreciating paintings with his father.
"Watching my dad draw makes me happy. Dad was quite obsessed with drawing, I don't know when he fell asleep, and it was often day and night. Wu Huacai said that his father's paintings have very good memories of childhood, and now he lives very happily after moving to the harmonious community, looking at the pictures of his former hometown and farming, and cherishes the current city life even more.
Ms. Yang said that Mr. Ke's drawing skills were discovered during a chance visit, when he was drawing on cardboard. Because Kesifu's paintings not only show the new achievements made in poverty alleviation, the new changes brought about by the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and the new look of becoming rich and well-off, but also express Kesifu's gratitude to the Communist Party, the general secretary and the yearning for a better life, they relied on the China Rural Revitalization Entrepreneur Support Program and the Lushui Civil Affairs Bureau Community Social Organization Cultivation Project, and collected and sorted out more than 50 paintings of Kesifu and bound them into a collection of paintings of rural watchmen.
"Although these paintings are not beautiful, the story behind each work is worth savoring. For example, the traditional wedding banquet of the Lisu people, the thousand-foot floor-to-ceiling house, the boiling wine, and the weaving of cloth will be less and less in the future. Yang Liju said that looking at these works, it is actually a reflection of Kesifu's happy life.
As Ke Sifu paints more and more, the Lushui Kangde Social Work Service Center will continue to collect and organize his paintings and circulate them to more community residents, so that the village watchman's paintings can be integrated into a "time capsule" for everyone to treasure.
"In the future, we will continue to sort out the story of Ke Sifu and give each painting a name. At the same time, with the support of the Lushui Civil Affairs Bureau, we have set up a cultural learning center in the harmonious community to spread national culture to the community through traditional art forms such as dance, painting, and storytelling, so as to pass on these valuable cultural assets to the next generation. Yang Liju is full of hope for the future.
The painting skills discovered by chance not only made Ke Sifu's later life more colorful, but also made him stand on the podium of the "Elderly Study Class" and become a sparkling "painter". "As long as I can draw, I will continue to draw, and I will use the watercolor pen in my hand to draw my own picture of life." Ke Sifu said firmly.
Lushui financial media reporter Deng Zhengqi Yu Bohua