Xi Tsuru (published in the June 1980 issue of Comic Strip)
Based on the [Japanese] Shunji Kinoshita opera of the same name
Adapted by Haili
Painting Chen Yanning
1. There is a beautiful folk tale in Japan: on the shore of the beautiful Crane Lake, a group of cranes fly every night. One of the feathers is white and plump, and the song is gentle and beautiful, which is particularly cute. It is said that it is the embodiment of the girl Atong.
2. One day, something unfortunate happened: Atong fell in the rice field with an arrow.
3. Heping, who is working, sees this scene and is very sympathetic. He gently pulled out a sharp arrow and bandaged the wound... Atong was saved.
4. Atong woke up and was very grateful to this kind young man. She flapped her wings and flew into the sky, then turned back to circle and chirp. You listen! As if to say, "Thank you!" Thank you! ”
5. Ah Tong greeted the sunset and returned to the shore of Xianhe Lake. She stroked her injured leg, and couldn't help but think of the simple, generous and flat: even if she sacrificed everything for herself, she also had to repay the benefactor.
6. One clear night, Atong came to the outside of the house with Ping. At first glance with the swing door, it was a fairy-like girl. The poor and ping heard the girl say that she was willing to be his wife, which was really surprising.
7. The news of his marriage to Pinghe Atong spread, and the villagers came to congratulate him. The old men blessed them; the young men rejoiced for them; the girls smiled and wanted to see the bride.
8. Poor Yo ping lost his father and mother from a young age. He was diligent and hard-working. It was Atong who brought her warmth and happiness. The good life held them together, and the two of them vowed to love each other forever.
9. Ah Tong is skillful, and every day when he goes out to work with Ping, he weaves brocade in the machine room. How beautiful is this brocade weaving! It was as light as a white cloud, as shimmering as a star, as bright as a hundred flowers.
10. Because of the tapestry, Atong is much thinner. Heping said bitterly, "Ah Tong, don't tapestry anymore, I can go up the mountain to cut firewood and sell it." ”
11. One day, With Ping will go to the market to sell firewood. Atong asked him to bring the woven brocade and said that he could sell it in exchange for some grain and oil and salt. With Ping gone, they are really a bit clinging to each other.
12. The radiant, colorful thousand feather brocade immediately attracted people. The brocade was sold, and Ping got a bag full of money, but it made him beautiful.
13, Atong was able to weave a thousand feathers of brocade, and the news spread throughout the nearby villages. When the merchants heard this, they immediately consulted with the broker Lao Yun, who wanted to sell the brocade to the capital, and it was said that a piece of material could sell for a thousand yuan.
14. The deception begins: "Youping, I heard that your wife can weave beautiful brocade, you are really blessed from heaven, but you are going to make a fortune!" If those materials were brought to the capital, a piece of material would be worth a hundred yuan. ”
15. With a flat count of fingers, I can't count a hundred dollars is a few dozen, because he has never seen so much money. Old things and old luck you a word, I a word, said and calm heart.
16. Back with Ping. Atone greeted her happily, gently patted him off the snowflakes, and then put them on the small dining table and brought hot dishes and hot rice.
17. Eat a meal with Pingmei, and then say that there is something to discuss with Atong, but it is not easy to say it directly, let Atong guess for himself. Atong guessed several times and guessed wrong, where did she know that her husband was beginning to change his mind.
18. Hehei Atong could not guess it, and he really said that he wanted her to weave another brocade so that he could sell it at a high price in the capital; he also said that this was the idea of an old thing, and he could make money in the capital... You see, how beautiful he thinks!
19. Atong listened in astonishment, looking in pain as if everything had changed now. Late at night, she decided to settle accounts with the nasty guy of the old thing. Walking, walking, she passed out.
20. After waking up with Ping, he found Atong in the snow. He hurriedly carried her into the house, placed her by the stove, and warmed her hands painfully. This affection makes Ah Tong infinitely attached.
21. In order to repay The Saving Grace of Peace, for the sake of their love, Atong decides to tapest one last time. She once again instructed Youping not to peek when weaving brocade, saying that as long as you peek, their fate will be over.
22. Atong returned to the machine room, grabbed the feathers he had plucked from his body with his mouth, and woven it into the priceless thousand feather brocade.
23. Old things and old transport sneaked to the computer room to see the end, no matter how to block with Ping, they still peeked at the scene of the machine room in the crack of the door.
24. With Ping asks what they see? However, the old things and old fortunes of the black heart did not say anything, just a sly smile on their faces.
25. With Ping can no longer bear it. He forgot Atong's instructions, forgot his oath, and he peeked in: Ah! Why didn't I see Atong?
26. As Ping is wondering, Atong appears in front of him. Atong had exhausted all his feathers, and his weak body was pitifully thin. However, she seems more innocent and cute.
27. Atong said sadly, "You did not keep your oath, and we had to separate." I hope you don't sell these two brocades and let it stay with you forever. "And looking at the brocade, the heart is beautiful, who has the heart to listen to the voice of Atong's farewell."
28. The dawn has dawned in the east, the snowflakes are still fluttering, and Atong has turned into a white crane and flew into the sky. Yohei looked painfully at the distant Yuzuru and said to himself, "What made me lose Atong?" What is it? ”
Famous oil painter and comic strip artist Chen Yanning (1945-)
Chen Yanning
Born in Guangzhou in 1945. Famous oil painter and comic strip artist.
He graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1965. From 1971 to 1985, he worked in the Guangdong Provincial Literary and Art Creation Studio and the Guangdong Academy of Painting. He is a member of the China Artists Association, a standing director of the Guangdong Branch of the Artists Association, and a member of the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Literature and Literature. In 1986, he entered the Art Department of Oklahoma City University in the United States and stayed on to teach. He is one of the most sought after painters in Europe and the United States.
Whether the subject matter of Chen Yanning's works is taken from his hometown of China or the West where he lives abroad, chen Yanning's works open up a vision that truly transcends cultural boundaries and transcends space. Whether in the choice of subject matter, or in the self-conscious lyricism he has when completing the idea of the subject matter, it shows the Chinese technique training he has received. Western audiences often marvel at the precision of his pictures and the ability to draw, and even more admire the exquisite oriental charm that his works penetrate.
"Chen Yanning's art truly transcends culture and history, and contains a cosmic and eternal message. He never accepted the temptation of the impersonal abstract art that had prevailed in his youth, and has always adhered to the humanistic values of his national tradition. Today, realism has been re-embraced by the art world and in many ways has reproduced its enduring charm to art lovers. Chen's realism does not belong to philippe Palfenstein's rough and cold figurative school, nor to the mechanical photographic realism of fashionable painters like Richard Este. His realism carries with it a sensitivity, a sensitivity to the characteristics of the Romantic worldview. And his impeccable treatment of light and perspective, his shocking and imaginative composition, and his insight into the charm of the object he paints, all tell people that this is a solid and perfect aesthetic combination, a horizon that transcends space. (Dennis Weiman)
Chen Yanning's outstanding paintings not only maintain the cultural characteristics of the essence of Chinese art, but also incorporate elements of Western techniques and materials that conform to eastern traditions, and achieve the fusion of Eastern and Western aesthetic traditions. Chen Yanning's art truly transcends culture and history, and contains a cosmic and eternal message. He never accepted the temptation of the impersonal abstract art that had prevailed in his youth, and has always adhered to the humanistic values of his national tradition. Today, realism has been re-embraced by the art world and in many ways has reproduced its enduring charm to art lovers.
In 1982, the comic strip "Laughing Painting" (in cooperation with Lin Yong and others) won the second prize of the Second National Comic Strip Creation Award;
The comic strip "The Song of the Proletariat" (in collaboration with Tang Xiaoming) won the second prize of the Second National Comic Book Award.
The oil painting "New Doctor in a Fishing Port" participated in the 1982 Paris Spring Salon art exhibition and was collected by the National Art Museum of China.
In 1986, the painter Chen Yanning's comic strip "Revenge" (in cooperation with Tang Xiaoming) won the first "Comic Book" Golden Ring Award;
In 1991, the painter Chen Yanning won the Grand Prize of the Portrait Competition organized by the British Artists Association.
In 2006, the painter Chen Yanning's works "Chairman Mao Inspecting the Rural Areas of Guangdong" (oil painting), "Proletarians Of the World Unite" (propaganda poster, in cooperation with Lin Yong, Wu Qizhong and Tang Xiaoming), and "Song of the Proletariat" (comic strip, in cooperation with Tang Xiaoming) won the 50 Years and 50 Classic Works Award of the Guangdong Artists Association.
Yanning Chen has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States. His works are in private collections at the National Art Museum of China, Museums, Art Gallery of Western Australia and the United States, Singapore, Japan and Europe. He has published "Chen Yanning Painting Collection", "Chen Yanning Works Collection", "Chen Yanning Oil Painting Selection" and so on.
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