In China's traditional classical culture, the most elegant is the qinqi calligraphy and painting, and there are very few films on this theme, and there are only a few good films, so today I recommend a very well-made costume movie "Pen in Love".
The 1982 film "Pen in Love" produced by Shangying is a classic and rare calligraphy theme film, with a sweeping literary atmosphere, a kind of freehand classical beauty, the storyline is also solemn and harmonious, and it is truly entertaining and educational, and it is a good movie worth brushing and brushing again.
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"The true meaning of calligraphy is outside of calligraphy". The film uses romantic and realistic techniques to tell the true realm of calligraphy.
Every time I brush "Pen in Love", I will have different feelings every time, but there is only one feeling that has never changed, that is, the literary atmosphere that comes to the face.
Filmed in 1982, Pen in Love won the Foreign Film Award at the Royan International Film Festival in France in 1983. The costumes and props inside are very exquisite, and it is one of the best costume films I have seen.
This film mainly tells the historical story of the ancient Chinese calligrapher Zhao Xuzhi and Wen Juan, the daughter of Qi Taiwei, who fell in love with each other, and under her encouragement, traveled three times to learn calligraphy, guarded against arrogance and impatience, and realized the true meaning of calligraphy from yu Da Niang's sword dance and climbed to the peak of calligraphy art. This is also a rare story of Chinese calligraphy in the history of Chinese cinema.
As a traditional art unique to China, calligraphy is generally only reflected as a background or prop in historical dramas, and there are not many performances in movies, which cannot but be said to be a pity. The movie "Pen in Love" takes calligraphy as the center, unfolds the storyline, and has a noble intention.
The names of the calligrapher Zhao Xuzhi, played by the male protagonist Wang Bozhao in the play, are taken from three famous calligraphers in history: Zhao Mengfu, Zhang Xu, and Wang Xizhi.
And the plot is also full of tributes: Wang Xizhi's father-in-law is a taiwei, and Zhao Xuzhi's father-in-law is also a taiwei; Wang Xizhi disdains taiwei to recruit a son-in-law, and Zhao Xuzhi does not go to the concubine banquet; Wang Xizhi becomes a general of the right army, Zhao Xuzhi becomes a general of the left army; Wang Xizhi loves geese, and Zhao Xuzhi loves geese (and thus meets Miss Qi family).
The whole film takes the art of calligraphy as a clue, the male and female protagonists know each other because of the characters, because of the love of the pen, the film not only describes the true meaning of Zhao Xuzhi's pursuit of calligraphy art, but also humorously shows his true love with Qi Wenjuan.
The script of "Pen in Love" refers to the literature of Wang Xizhi and other calligraphers, and the scenes, costumes, props, speech and demeanor have been guided by professional consultants, which is extremely elaborate.
The background of this story is the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhao Xu's freedom and casualness, extravagant and dashing, the big wedding eve "escape of death" style and Wang Xi's belly east bed allusion is in line with the allusion.
The bamboo forest is hidden, and the sound of springs is magnificent. The story begins on an early morning when Zhao Xuzhi is reclining on the wine bed, and the picture and artistic conception of the whole film are like a stream of high mountain flowing water, clear and cold into the nest of people's hearts, slowly spreading out the infinitely beautiful essence of Classical Chinese in the body...
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"Calligraphy" – never something that can be learned directly. Literacy, literacy, writing, and practicing are a gradual process.
"If you do a good job, you must first use it." Writing and practicing are inseparable from pen, ink, paper, stone and ruler.
"White Dragon Horse" Wang Bozhao plays the male protagonist in the play, born clean and elegant, not only has a bookish atmosphere, but also has a bit of arrogance.
The ancients said that words are like their people, which can be seen from this. In the play, the young calligrapher Zhao Xuzhi is a young talent who loves calligraphy, and his world still has only one piece of paper and one pen.
The story begins one morning when Zhao Xuzhi was reclining on the wine bed, yes, at the threshold of the day, he was drinking. The wine was half drunk, and the man was slightly drunk. The owner of the hotel took the opportunity to present the pen and ink: the word gongzi is unparalleled in Jiangnan, just like the fine wine in my liquor store.
Zhao Xuzhi had no reason not to see that this was a trap, and Zhao Xuzhi had no reason not to know what would happen to Mu Xiu Yulin once it was written. But he didn't care, he was so bold and frank to say his own debauchery: My word is Jiangnan Unmatched.
Such words can only appear in a certain era, "the inside is not ashamed, the outside is not unconventional; the intercourse is not profitable, and the people are not profitable." In the long river of time, there are such a group of untimely people who are detached and comfortable in the clouds and clouds, and are never bound by the world: he is proud and smiling. How can you care about being laughed at when you lose your foot.
The high head is higher than the sky, but it is a good post, do not ask to worship, love is true, sex is also straight, send love to the landscape, cover the liver and bile, is also a good wind bone.
To play such a role well, it is impossible to do without strong acting skills and calligraphy talents.
When filming the play, Wang Bozhao was still a student of the play. In order to practice calligraphy well, Wang Bozhao not only humbly asked the Shanghai calligraphy master Li Tianma and his disciple Zhang Sen for advice, but also asked him to pick up the brush himself and practice hard with one stroke at a time.
One of the more wonderful scenes in the play is that Zhao Xuzhi, after watching Yu Daniang's sword technique, suddenly discovered the similarities between swordplay and calligraphy, thus finding the essence and true meaning of calligraphy, and driven by the passion and impulse of the tide in his heart, rushed to the temple, picked up a brush, and wrote the word flying on the empty wall outside the temple.
The word "flying" written by him in the play also shows his achievements in the field of calligraphy.
This flying word, both strong and powerful, but also flowing and free, like the inner world of the protagonist Zhao Xuzhi, a young talent, suddenly calmed down.
Zhao Xuzhi, who suddenly found calligraphy inspiration from Yu Daniang's sword technique, was no longer the frivolous teenager of three years ago, and three years of hard practice had increased his calligraphy skills, and his strength was the manifestation of his skills, and he was full of his desire and admiration for Miss Wenjuan.
"I do not sigh without the calligraphy of the ancients, and the ancients sigh without my calligraphy today."
Zhao Xuzhi thought that Jiangnan was unparalleled at the beginning, and took the initiative to take down the banner at the end. It is precisely because he realized that there is no end to learning the sea, there are people outside the sky, and there are people outside the sky, and learning is endless.
The first year of travel was forced, and then gradually understood the lack of understanding, humble learning, visited famous teachers and famous mountains and rivers, and finally realized the true meaning of calligraphy as its own, with some inspirational flavor.
And Zhao Xuzhi's concept of love in the play is also quite interesting: at first, Zhao Xuzhi presented himself as a literati and a scholar, and the imperial court invited him to come out as an official several times, but he did not go. Later, the teacher said that the Taiwei Mansion would not summon a son-in-law of the cloth, and he immediately decided to write to the official. What a contrast!
You must know that when he did not know that Wen Juan was talented and had no her in his heart, but was selected as the son-in-law of Qi Fu, he resolutely ran away from marriage. Later, after seeing Wen Juancai's admiration, he tried every means to "please" and wanted to turn back. Knowing that Wen Juan did not like conceited people, he immediately tried to put down his body, travel around modestly, and improve his calligraphy skills. It can be seen that his attitude towards love, originally a life of debauchery and love of freedom and calligraphy, but he is also willing to change for the women he cares about.
Wang Bozhao was also favored by director Yang Jie through this film to star in the little white dragon in "Journey to the West".
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"Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, you don't even know how to write Zhao Xuzhi's, what calligraphy do you talk about, or practice yours."
Zhao Jing is the beauty in the play: goose egg face, willow leaf eyebrows, white and red, smile is a slight smile, take the sleeves, and half cover your face. Absolute beauty, beauty in nature, beauty in that kind of Chinese classical temperament.
Wen Juan's hairstyle is made of a frightened bun, and the hair plate is rolled up like a startled bird to spread its wings to flatter Wen Juan's dashing. The line is like the spring breeze of the willow, the quiet is like the green bamboo window, dignified and beautiful like the woman in the painting.
One hand, one foot, one look, one smile. Timid, solemn and elegant, Zhao Jing wrote well in the play, and she can also play the fence and play the guqin.
That's not acting, that's really going to be. In order to play this role, she had to practice calligraphy for half an hour to an hour every day, and after the filming of this scene, she also insisted on practicing Xiao Kai for a period of time. In addition, because the footage of the piano in the film needs to be filmed by herself, she also learned a lot of guqin knowledge, and her fingering is completely accurate when shooting.
She put Qi Wenjuan beautiful and intelligent, gentle and virtuous, unswerving in love, and interpreted to the fullest, Qi Wenjuan is dignified and beautiful like the woman in the painting, so that the audience can truly understand everyone's style.
What impressed me the most was Wen Juan's wisdom-filled concept of love, I love you not only to be with you, but also to make you a better you, it is really a show of wisdom, well-intentioned ah! If you have such a wife, why should your husband ask for it?
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Calligraphy has a soul, so the pen becomes a channel for thought, without which water cannot flow freely. Ink is the color in romantic realism, and without color, it is a pool of silence. Calligraphy and painting have the same origin, which is the reason.
In this film, there are three pairs of CPs, namely the three flowers wenjuan, yujuan and xiaojuan in qi province, each with both talents and looks, the big miss Wenjuan and Zhao Xu are in love, and Yujuan and Huan shu Gongzilang are in love with concubines. Xiao Juan and Zhao Xuzhi's younger brother eventually formed a bond.
01, Wen Juan and Zhao Xuzhi
One day, Zhao Xuzhi triumphantly wrote down the "Jiangnan Peerless" wine banner for the hotel owner. Wen Juan, the eldest daughter of Tai Wei Qi Shen, passed by this place and saw Zhao Xu's style and talent, and could not help but feel admiration.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tai Wei invited all the famous talents of the city to the palace, called Guan Lantern Appreciation, which was actually Wen Juan's choice of son-in-law.
Asahi was late, and when he saw the real handwriting of Zhong Xuan in the hall, he was fascinated and used his finger as a pen to study on the ground. After Wen Juan saw it, she admired it even more, and Qi Shen was also quite appreciative, so she chose Zhao as her son-in-law.
Xu Zhi did not know that Wen Juan was both talented and did not want to agree, and after being persuaded by his friend Xu Anmin, he temporarily stayed in Qi Fu to study books. Qi Shen and his wife quietly prepare for the marriage, but are informed by Xuzhi and flee on the day of their marriage.
One day, Xu Zhi met Wen Juan outside, and Wen Juan was outstanding in appearance and proficient in calligraphy, and was deeply impressed, and when he learned that she was Wen Juan, he regretted it.
After Xu Zhi was appointed as a general of the Zuo Army, he went to the door again to propose marriage, and was confronted by the protector general Heng Shu, the son of Princess Nanling Chang, who went to Qi Province to propose marriage. The two competed in calligraphy in the hall, and did not fall behind, and Wen Juan chose the best son-in-law. Unexpectedly, the calligraphy of the two is generally the same, and Wen Juan is also difficult to stay, and agrees to compete again after a year.
Asahi decided to travel, and finally saw Yu Da Niang dancing the sword in the East Sea, and was greatly enlightened, waving cursive writing, and the dragon flew and phoenix danced. In the end, lovers eventually become dependents.
In the past, the content of such old movies was really good, the character image was also beautiful, the heroine was really talented and complete, the attitude towards feelings was praised, and the male protagonist grew up step by step by arrogance, so it was really interesting to get along.
The film praises the beauty of love, but also warns the world that we must know how to restrain the mentality of conceit and pride, and only by immersing ourselves in learning can we finally achieve great success.
02, Yu Juan and Huan Shu Gongzi
The Tang monk Chi Chongrui in "Journey to the West" plays Huan Shu Gongzi in the play, and "Pen in Love" is Chi Chongrui's film and television debut, and the costume play is such a beautiful prince.
In the play, Chi Chongrui's first appearance was when the protector general Heng Shutong, the son of princess Nanling Chang, proposed to the Qi Mansion, and also tried calligraphy with Zhao Xuzhi in the hall, but the calligraphy of the two was generally the same, and Wen Juan was also difficult to stay, and agreed to compete again a year later.
During this year, Qi Taiwei's second daughter Yujuan secretly fell in love with Huan Shu, and An Min designed for the two of them to meet at Mount Tai.
The two see each other and hate each other late, and Huan Shu and Yu Juan, who dressed as a man, exchange swords and form a life-and-death friendship.
Later, Xu Zhi and Huan Shu tried calligraphy again in Qi Province, and Xu Zhi's pen walked the dragon and snake, and the seat was shocked. Suddenly, the eldest princess arrived, intent on sheltering her son.
An Min made a plan, and Huan Shu learned that Taishan had befriended his brother Yu Juan, and would rather die than abandon the oath. Under the persuasion of An Min, the eldest princess finally changed her mind and married the three couples.
03, Xiao Juan and Zhao Xuzhi's younger brother Haozhi
Because the eldest brother Zhao Xuzhi escaped on the day of his big wedding, at this time, the guest Yingmen, Qi Shen, with the help of An Min, had to change to Asahi's brother Haozhi and the third daughter Xiaojuan, who were engaged to lovers.
The plot of the story is tortuous and interesting, each of the three sisters has distinct characteristics, and their respective marriages are coincidental, Xuzhi and Wenjuan, Huanshu and Yujuan, Haozhi and the three daughters Xiaojuan, which perfectly interprets the good story of lovers eventually becoming dependents.
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With words, there are words, words are connected into sentences, and sentences are connected into chapters. Thick accumulation of hair, big waves of sand.
"The way of culture and martial arts, one piece at a time". If the practitioner can comprehend the "graded stage" from it, the true meaning of martial arts is in front of him.
A good movie is a textbook that benefits people.
The costumes, props and speech and demeanor in this movie are strictly in accordance with historical facts, full of classical charm, unique charm of Chinese culture, through the three daughters of Taiwei to find Xu, showing the traditional Chinese calligraphy, calligraphy and painting, poetry, sword law, the charm of mountains and rivers, can be described as all-encompassing, but also unique to the brilliant light of our traditional Chinese culture, the unique charm of calligraphy art!
After this movie, not only the male protagonist Wang Bozhao learned calligraphy and fell in love with calligraphy, but the female protagonist Zhao Jing's interest in calligraphy and painting also stemmed from the foundation laid during the filming of this film, and he devoted a lot of free time to painting on weekdays, accumulated a lot of masterpieces in a few years, and later opened a personal exhibition and was adopted as a disciple by Mr. Chen Peiqiu, a master of Chinese chinese painting and more than ninety years old, which was really beneficial for life.
The feeling of being dashing and flowing in the film is like a fresh landscape in the vulgar powder, and the literary style is rich and comes to the face.
Of course, there are also slot points, such as Huan Shu is a martial general, Zhao Xuzhi's calligraphy has been famous in Jiangnan, and the first time he tried calligraphy was comparable, but the flaws did not hide Yu. Most of the talented love stories are too romantic and idealistic, and I especially like this kind of romance.
This movie is made of Wei Jin's style.
The male and female protagonists of this movie are really the perfect appearance of love, Wen Juan looks at Zhao Xuzhi's talent and morality, but does not like his arrogance and conceit, she did not give up or choose to be patient, but found a way to help him get rid of this problem. After Zhao Xuzhi learned of Wen Juan's intentions, he also voluntarily postponed the marriage date for one year, went out to hone, forged ahead, and learned to be humble. In the end, it was a good ending.
This is the Wei Jin demeanor and ancient ideal love in my heart! I love you not only to be with you, but to make you a better person.
Finally, Zhao Xuzhi visited the famous mountains and rivers and visited famous teachers and friends. In the end, Zhao Xuzhi was reborn and became a school of his own in the calligraphy world, and concluded a happy marriage with Wen Juan.
The experience of the male protagonist also tells us a very simple truth, that is, "full of losses, humble benefits." "This practice of calligraphy is the same as being a human being, complacency makes people complacent and stagnant; modesty can make people progress and continue to gain."
And the best assist of An Min Gongzi! Who wouldn't want a friend like that!
This film can really make people savor, the behavior and deeds of the people in the play, the temperament and interest, the ancient style and elegant rhyme revealed, is the real Chinese style, the overall is sophisticated, only sophisticated can go out of China. I hope that in the future, there will be good directors and good screenwriters for everyone to re-recognize and appreciate the elegant art of ancient Chinese history!
As an old movie from the 80s, Douban scored 8.5. In the history category, it is a rare high score. It is a rare costume masterpiece.
This kind of physically and mentally pleasing movie has not been seen for a long time, the beautiful scenery of the handsome man is good, the bamboo forest and the curved water are simply not too elegant, the soundtrack is full of Chinese style, there are no bad people in the whole film, there is no conspiracy, and the plot is also as smooth as the flow of clouds and water. Nor has calligraphy become a prop for love stories.
Without further ado, I'll brush up on the movie again.
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