On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the great Communist Party of China, as a descendant of Mr. Wu Changshuo, I would like to write about the great importance that the Party attaches to Mr. Changshuo's artistic inheritance and development, in order to express infinite gratitude to the Party.
Wu Changshuo sealed the seal of "Strong Bones"
Mr. Wu Changshuo is a generation of masters in the history of the development of modern Chinese calligraphy and painting art, who inherits the past and opens up the future, and he is the inheritor of ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy art and the pioneer of modern Chinese painting art. Wu Changshuo has a broad heart of "a cultivator from the field", is humble and eager to learn, overcomes the hardships on the road to study, reads thousands of books, travels thousands of miles, makes thousands of friends, studies diligently and diligently, is good at artistic creation, dares to break the old and innovate, so that he can integrate the "four absolutes" of poetry, books, paintings and printing, bringing a new look to the art of modern Chinese calligraphy and painting. His educational achievements are also Tao Li Tianxia, and under his educational guidance and artistic influence, he has successively trained a number of outstanding disciples such as Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Chen Banding, Pan Tianshou, Liu Haisu, Wang Geyi, Mei Lanfang, Sha Menghai, Xun Huisheng, etc., and has become a "five perfect people" who are respected at home and abroad for collecting poems, paintings, paintings, printing and education.
Mr. Wu Changshuo actively supported the Communist Party. In 1925, the Communist Party of China launched a workers' movement in Shanghai, on May 30, the "May Thirtieth" massacre that shocked China and foreign countries occurred, Shanghai american college students went to Wu Changshuo's home to collect donations, although he was old and ill, he immediately embraced the illness and wrote a long poem "May Thirtieth Sacrifice" overnight, angrily condemning the bloody atrocities of the colonists, calling for "there is a chasm in the painting world", and taking the lead in actively supporting the workers' movement. Under his leadership, Kang Youwei, Zhang Taiyan, Zeng Xi, etc. all provided charity works.
Wu Changshuo wrote poems in support of the May Thirtieth Workers' Movement
Mr. Wu Changshuo loved the country and the people, and when the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1894, he threw himself into the pen at the age of fifty and went out to Shanhaiguan to resist the Japanese invasion and defend the country.
In the autumn of 1919, flash floods broke out in the five provinces of Yu'e, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and countless victims, and he and Wang Yiting cooperated in the "Map of displaced people" to sell disaster relief. Mr. Pudong has a deep affection for Pudong, he founded Pudong Hospital (now Dongfang Hospital), solved the difficulties of the people of Pudong to seek medical treatment, created charity sales many times, and collected funds for medical treatment, reflecting the magnanimity of an artist, the people-oriented, boundless dedication of love, mr. Love and Help the People deeds are rich.
Since 1957, Zhejiang Province and Shanghai Municipality have successively established the Wu Changshuo Memorial Room of Hangzhou Xiling Printing Society, the Anji Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall, the Yuhang Chaoshan Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall and the Shanghai Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall, and in recent years, the former residence of Wu Changshuo in Yanwu Town, Anji County, and the former residence (showroom) of Wu Changshuo in Jiqingli, Jing'an District, Shanghai have been restored.
Mr. Wu Changshuo's deeds of loving the party and the country influenced and educated the Wu family, and his third son, Wu Dongmai (my grandfather), had a conservative and rigorous personality, was cautious and cautious, and was humble and humble at every turn. However, in the face of great difficulties, he was able to stand up for righteousness, never consider personal safety, and when the revolutionary wave swept in, he showed extraordinary courage. During his tenure as principal of Chang myung Arts College, he tried several times to rescue underground party members, and his student Qiu Yingjie was Liao Chengzhi's right-hand man. Qiu Yingjie was betrayed by the adulterer and was arrested and imprisoned. Relying on Wu Changshuo's social prestige, Mr. Wu Dongmai came to the rescue twice, and also actively supported students to establish party branches in schools to protect underground party organizations in their own special capacity. After the founding of New China, he closely followed the party's love for the party, actively responded to the party's call, turned private into public interest, and donated precious works of art to the Shanghai Museum, Zhejiang Museum, and Anji Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall countless times, which was commended by the party and the government, Mayor Chen Yi hired him as a librarian of the Shanghai Municipal Museum of Culture and History, and the Shanghai Municipal Government appointed him as an advisor to the Shanghai Museum and a painter of the Shanghai Chinese Academy of Painting, and his life was warmly cared for and cared for by the party and the government.
Wu Changshuo (middle, holding his young grandson Wu Changye) and his son Wu Dongmai and his wife and granddaughter took a group photo
My father, Wu Changye, inherited the glorious traditions of his predecessors, diligently pursued art, and actively worked for the party. He has a special love for Pudong, in 1990 Pudong reform and opening up began, the government attaches importance to the development of Wu Changshuo art, in 1994 Shanghai Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall was established in Pudong, he was very happy, mobilized the Wu family to give full support, he put Mr. Wu Changshuo's first poetry collection "Red Papaya Pavilion Chucao" and precious calligraphy and paintings, Wu Changshuo's own furniture and precious family collection donated to the Pudong New District Government, and also donated the family collection Wu Changshuo's self-engraved Tian Huang Seal Twelve Squares and Wu Changshuo calligraphy and painting seal works to the country, and wrote many articles on Wu Changshuo's art. He was hired as a librarian at the Shanghai Municipal Museum of Culture and History, and in 2020, the Anji County Party Committee and the county government hosted an exhibition of calligraphy and paintings to commemorate the centenary of Mr. Wu Changye's birthday.
Shanghai Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall (Shanghai Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit)
We deeply remember the party's emphasis on Wu Changshuo's art and its care for the descendants of the Wu clan, and nourish our hearts bit by bit. Over the past 100 years, the Wu family has worked with the party with one heart, closely following the goal guided by the party, and remembering General Secretary Xi Jinping's July 1st speech: "Not to live up to the times, not to live up to Shaohua, and to live up to the ardent expectations of the party and the people." Humbly study the feats of the older generation in loving the party and the country and the people, take the spirit of Wu's predecessors in loving the party, the country, and the art as a model and driving force, never forget the original intention, and forge ahead courageously.
In the Spring Festival this year, to congratulate the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Shanghai held a special art exhibition "Wu Changshuo and Shanghai" at the China Art Palace, which was a complete success for more than 150,000 visitors in the three months. Mr. Wu Changshuo's cultural self-consciousness, cultural self-confidence, and cultural self-improvement spirit have influenced future generations.
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