"The zodiac is the first, not the rats.". This ordering of the zodiac has caused people to think deeply. In the field of art, "good" and "bad", "beneficial insects" and "pests" are difficult to argue about right and wrong with such simple concepts. Although rats steal food, destroy things, and infect diseases, people still choose it as the head of the zodiac, and its legendary reasons can be listed in more than 60 kinds.
Folklore in the flood era, the rat boldly bites through the celestial body, the clear qi rises, the turbid qi sinks, the heavens and the earth are divided into two, and the darkness is ended in the human world, and there is light; in the cave dwelling era, people use the fertile rat as a totem to express their desire for the tribal multitude and strong prosperity, and now the rat has also made great sacrifices for human health in the field of medical experiments.
Zhou Weizhi, honorary chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles
Wen Huaisha, a master of traditional Chinese studies, a writer and a poet
In the animal kingdom, rats surpassed dragons and tigers with the spirit of willingness to use brains, information spirits, speed and "dare to be the first", and won the first place, sitting on the first chair of the zodiac.
Poet, writer, translator, and children's writer Bing Xin
Liu Shaotang, scholar, former member of the National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and former chairman of the China Writers Association
The conception of the rat print is mainly to highlight the significance of the rat bite and the spirit of daring to be the first. Most of the printing stones are based on the cosmic environment as the background, and the celestial flow clouds are used as the background, outlining the atmosphere of breaking chaos. The stone rat is no longer a thief's eyebrows and small eyes, but exaggerates the auditory and visual organs, magnifies the proportional relationship between the head and the whole body, and strives to create the image of a clever and clever mouse. Its ugly and long tail is beautified, or curled, or upturned, or covered, or changed, seeping into the form of many squirrels, exaggerating its fluffy and beautiful long tail, giving people a sense of beauty. In order to reflect the agility and cleverness of the mouse, most of the shapes use dynamics, and the many changes of the clouds set off the dynamics of the shaw rats. The border of the seal is stripped and broken, striving for nature, melting into the shape, implying the spiritual realm of rat bites the sky.
Performing artist Lee Ming-kai
Zhou Wei, honorary chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, asked the question
By promoting the strengths and avoiding the shorts, with red lining the white, the printing surface pursues a flexible melodic beauty. Xiao Rat is sometimes full of red, sometimes full of white, sometimes thick lines outlined, in the unpredictable background of the flowing clouds to do their best, its one move and one style, one move and one static, one smile and one smile, all have the "meaning" of people. Some of the spirit embodied in the rat is also not possessed or deficient by humans. For humans, the shaw rat is also an indispensable spiritual compensation. During the creation period, the semi-anthropomorphic rats in the Eight Mountains and Qi Baishi' pen, the Mickey Mouse in the cartoon, and the rats in Aesop's Fables all had a great enlightenment for both of us.
Xiong Boqi, a national first-class artist, a director of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, and a director of the Xiling Printing Society
Qi Gong, master of traditional Chinese studies and former director of the Central Museum of Culture and History
"Enlightening others" means that we will get enlightenment from the phenomena of "daring to be a beast and suppress the crowd.". In real life, there are many "rats eat elephants" phenomenon. A person should not be discouraged by weakness, but must strive for self-improvement, self-reliance, self-confidence, and courage to move forward. Countless benevolent people have gradually developed and grown under the inspiration of this spirit.
Ding Maolu, a member of the Chinese Book Association
Chen Guanying (1942~2004): A native of Gangu, Gansu, a calligrapher and painter, a golden stone seal carver, and the chairman of the Tianshui Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature. He is the executive director of the China Fuxi Culture Research Association, the director of the China Du Fu Research Association, the member of the Chinese Folk Writers Association, the member of the Chinese Arts and Crafts Artists Society, the member of the Folk Art Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society, the director of the China Han and Tang Poetry Calligraphy and Painting Research Institute, the member of the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Association, the director of the Gansu Provincial Artists Association, the director of the Gansu Provincial Arts and Crafts Association, and the member of the Gansu Provincial Calligraphers Association.
In February 1998, Chen Guanying and Zhang Weiping won the Dunhuang Literary and Art Award issued by the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and the Gansu Provincial Government
Zhang Weiping (1942~): A native of Gangu, Gansu, he was a painter and seal engraver. He is a member of the Chinese Folk Writers Association, a member of the Folk Arts and Crafts Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society, a member of the China Paper-cutting Society, a member of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association, a member of the Gansu Provincial Artists Association, a vice president of the Gansu Provincial Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, a member of the Gansu Provincial Government awarded "Outstanding Expert of Gansu Province" (1998), a member of the Gansu Provincial Calligraphers Association, and the honorary chairman of the Tianshui Artists Association.
In April 1998, Chen Guanying (center) was interviewed by Sun Quan, editor and director of CCTV's "News Network" (first from the left)
Published a set of 12 copies of "12 Zodiac Hundred Carved Pictures" (Haitian Publishing House), "Zodiac Calligraphy and Painting Art" wall calendar (Shaanxi People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1994), Chairman Mao Memorial Hall "Hundred Apes Offering Rui" Picture Collection (1993), National Library of China (2001), Beijing Lu Xun Museum (2006), Lao She Memorial Hall (2006) collection of "Zodiac Hundred Carvings" series of books; 12 Zodiac Hundred Carvings won the "Excellent Works Award" (1989) in the National Folk Art Exhibition of the Ministry of Culture, He won the "Finalist Award" (1993) in the first Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Honor Competition held by the Fine Arts Research Society of the China Academy of Arts and the Beijing Dadu Art Center, the "Dunhuang Literature and Art Award" (1998) awarded by the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, the "Five Ones Project" Award for the Construction of Spiritual Civilization in Tianshui City (2001), the "Engraved Stone Calligraphy and Painting Art Exhibition" recommended by the Gansu Academy of Calligraphy and Painting in Paris in 2000, and the "Chinese Seal, Zodiac Soul" carved stone calligraphy and painting art exhibition was held in Beijing in 2006. In 2006, he held the "Chinese Seal, Zodiac Soul" carved stone calligraphy and painting art report exhibition in Tianshui, the hometown of Xi Huang, and since 2003, the Zodiac Seal has continuously included the "New Year" series of books published by the People's Fine Arts Publishing House.
Editor's Profile: Wang Xiaojun (Gansu Gangu) Member of China Collectors Association, Member of China Collectors Association Poker Collection Committee, Vice President and Deputy Secretary-General of National Poker Paper Committee, Vice President of Red Culture Professional Committee of Gansu Provincial Collection Association, Chairman of Gansu Poker Collection Club, Senior Consultant of Lanzhou Boyi Poker Salon, Outstanding Poker Collector of China, Director of Gansu Fangyuan Poker Collection Of China Excellent Poker Collection, Director of Red Culture Museum of Gansu Red Tibetan Society, Chairman of the 10th China Poker Collection Culture Expo.