Lanzhou 100 years of fine mounting Qingjian Xuan
The founder of the Qingjian Xuan Mounting Room was Li Xinchun (1846-1899), who came to Lanzhou From Shajing to Lanzhou City during the Xianfeng period and entered a framed shop as an apprentice. He was diligent, clever, studious, and won the favor of his master and passed on his mounting skills. After leaving the school, at the end of the Xianfeng Dynasty and the beginning of the Tongzhi Dynasty, he set up his own façade in the south of Daomen Street (the section east of Jinta Lane from Cangmen Lane), with the name of "Lanzhou Daomen Street Li Ji Qingjian Room", written by famous artists (the seals and inscriptions of the cultural revolution do not know the name of the bookkeeper) "specially loaded with ancient and modern celebrity calligraphy and paintings" Hengsi (see picture below), Seiko yin carving, filled in black, the characters are Wei body, vigorous and powerful. For several years, he has learned from many sources with an open mind and made great progress in his skills. Li Xinchun's "Su Mounting" style with Suzhou as its birthplace is well-known as a provincial city for its rigorous craftsmanship, exquisite materials and exquisite color matching. In addition to unveiling ancient and modern celebrity calligraphy and paintings, albums, hand scrolls, and posters, he was also good at mounting the Xishou screen, wrapping and pasting red gold, and making the format; refining the clothes of the people and the umbrella of the people (the clothes and umbrellas that the gentlemen gave to the local officials to commend their political achievements); making gold plaques, And the Chinese characters and Arabic characters were not informal. Due to the excellent quality, fair price, increasing business volume, and gradually abundant savings, he bought 4 shops on the north side of Xicheng Lane in Mafangmen (now Yongchang Road Wudu Road Cross to Zhangye Road Cross Road Section), as a semicolon, and then bought a house in Hengxiangzi (now Wudu Road Post and Telecommunications Hospital) and opened another semicolon. At this point, Li Jiqing Jianxuan's room has developed into three business units in Lanzhou City, which are operated by Li Xinchun and his sons.
Li Xinchun had a second son. The eldest son, Li Zhen (1815-1902), courtesy name Qingqing, was born and intersected with Jingyuan Fan Zhenxu during the township examination, and died young. Fan Yinzhi was friendly with Li And wrote two prefaces for his family, the second son Li Milling (1901-1971), the character Ciqing, learned the art of mounting from his father since childhood, was diligent and studious, willing to use his brain, and did his best to pass on the family tradition. Later, he turned to many teachers and painstakingly explored, and mastered two unique skills: one is to turn gold into liquids, write and paint, and also recover the gold powder on the calligraphy and paintings; the other is to be good at exposing the old calligraphy and paintings, and can repair the damaged parts according to the thickness and dryness of the paper and ink color, so as to reach the point of seamlessness; and can also break into fragments of ancient calligraphy and paintings, connect, stitch, frame into a whole, leaving no trace. As a result, Deng Long, Fan Zhenxu, Mu Shaotang, Pei Jianzhun, Deng Baoshan, Shui Zi, Lu Dachang, Yu Fanggao, Han Liancheng, Ren Qian, Jiang Yuntai, Zhou Xiang, and other cultural and military and political circles often came to the Qingjian Room to frame calligraphy and paintings, and became friends with Li Milling. Deng Long, Fan Zhenxu, Cai Shaotang, Pei Jianzhun, Shui Zi and other calligraphers and painters often gave works to Li Milling.
Lu Dachang and Zi Songling, who were the commanders of Gansu East Road in the Eighth Theater during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, set up a mansion along the Yellow River in Wujiayuan, Lanzhou, and opened a garden. There are many celebrity calligraphy and paintings in the past, and in addition to playing, he loves to paint horses, celebrity calligraphy paintings and study works are framed by Li Milling, and some dilapidated old calligraphy and paintings are framed as new, and the two become Jinlan brothers. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Daqian went to Dunhuang to inspect the murals of the Mogao Caves, and twice stationed himself in the Lu Dachang Garden of Wujiayuan, where he identified famous calligraphy and paintings for Lu, wrote inscriptions to verify the text, and taught Lu to write and paint. Zhang Daqian socialized a lot in Lanzhou, and the calligraphy and paintings made by important officials of all parties were framed by Li Milling through Lu Dachang's recommendation.
In the summer of 1943, Zhang Daqian returned to Lanzhou after copying the murals in Dunhuang and asked Li Milling to frame them. Among them, 13 are copied from mogao grottoes, 8 are from Yulin grottoes, and the largest one is copied from mogao grottoes 137th cave "Wei Mo Jie change when Wuzhou hangs arch", which is 1 zhang high and 1 zhang 9 feet wide; there are many paintings such as "Statue of Khotanese Kings in the Five Dynasties", as well as 31 new works of ladies, landscapes and flowers. Li Milling was carefully framed and deeply praised by Zhang Daqian. The framed painting was exhibited in the Lanzhou Sanqingtuan Auditorium from August 14 to 23, with great success. The Central News Agency, the Northwest Daily, and the Xinhua Daily published news and commentaries, highly praising Zhang Daqian's contribution to Dunhuang art, causing a sensation in the rear area. Zhang Daqian was very grateful for Li Milling's efforts, so he inscribed a plaque "Qingjian Room" to reward him. Li milling is a brick carving, embedded in the face of the Mafang door mounting shop, and the business is even more popular. Zhang Daqian also made more than 20 calligraphy and painting works for Li Milling and his son, including green landscapes and colored ink lotuses, most of which were scattered. To this day, the author has three allegories: one is a couplet of xingshu, known as "Bisha carrying poetry and grass under the dress, and fishing boats in the green algae pond", the upper paragraph is "Ciqing Ren Brother Zhengzhi", and the lower paragraph is "Zhang Daqian of the Shu people in the early summer of the Noonday (1942)", the calligraphy is vigorous and flowing, and it is magnificent and beautiful. The second painting is a character, the author with a strong and smooth line, outlining a hermit who stands on the side of the staff, a few strokes, both forms and gods, a noble man is about to come out, entitled "Walking alone in the autumn mountains, turning back to the people far away". The third painting is "Bird Stone Diagram", which is Zhang Daqian's trip to Qingjianxuan to see Li Milling's paintings, improvised at the request of Li Shengyue, the son of Li Milling: on the screen, a piece of Cui Song's boulder top, perched on a bird of deep contemplation, washed with a pen, combined with movement and stillness, although it is a work of entertainment, but its profound skills are complete, quite attractive. It was entitled "Song Qiao (Li Shengyue Zigzag) Ren Brother Zhengzhi, Da Qian Zhang Ye".
Li Milling had two sons: the eldest son, Li Shengyue (1925-1988), the character Songqiao, and the second son, Li Shengdai (1929-1996), the character Hailong; both engaged in the mounting industry, skilled, Li Shengyue was able to stand alone when he was seventeen or eighteen years old. At that time, Fan Zhenxu was hired as a teacher by Ma Buqing, the commander of the Fifth Cavalry Army stationed in Wuwei, to identify celebrity calligraphy and paintings, Fan Zhenxu recommended Li Milling to frame the calligraphy and painting for Ma Buqing, and Li Milling handed over the Lanzhou Qingjian Xuan Mounting Room to Li Shengyue to operate, and took Li Shengdai to Wuwei, and Ma Buqing supported Li Milling for 200 yuan per month. Li Shengdai 30 yuan, all silver yuan. Ma collects many Calligraphy and paintings from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, some of which are seriously damaged, and have been carefully framed by Li Milling and have a new look. Li Shengdai acted as a helper, and Fan Zhenxu put the inscription of the examination text outside the heart of the painting (which shows the virtue of Fan Lao's humble words. On the other hand, some calligraphers and painters today have inscribed incomprehensible words on the hearts of ancient calligraphy and paintings, which can highlight fan lao's Yide even more). Subsequently, Ma Buqing went to Xining as deputy commander of the Fortieth Group Army, and Li Milling and Li Shengdai followed him to Xining to frame calligraphy and paintings. Later, Ma Buqing was ostracized by his brother Ma Bufang, was stripped of military power, and returned to Linxia. Li Milling and Li Shengdai were also hired to frame calligraphy and painting in Linxia, and Li Shengdai not only framed with his father and improved his skill level, but also learned acupuncture and massage techniques from Ma Buqing's staff, and had a considerable level.
In the late 1940s, Li Milling sold all the land, real estate and real estate in the city in Shajingyi. He also privately engraved Li Shengyue's name seal and sold Shengyue's real estate. 12 boxes of ancient calligraphy and paintings collected by generations were transported to the Linxia exhibition, and all of them were sold after the exhibition. On the eve of liberation, Ma Buqing wanted to take Li Milling to flee to Hong Kong, and Li Milling said: "I have a small family, and besides, Lu Dachang has not yet fled, why should I escape?" Suiliu Lanzhou. Lee milling is a gambler, betting heavily, but often losing. Losing 1,000 silver yuan at a time, Li Shengyue went to his home to get it, and Shengyue wrapped the silver yuan under his waist with a belt, and the weight was too heavy to stand up. Li Mill's mother scolded, "You gamble and gamble!" I'm going to crush my grandson's intestines!"
Because Li Milling disposed of the real estate in a timely and decisive manner before the liberation, and the silver yuan obtained was almost lost, he was designated as a city resident after liberation, and his life was relatively stable. In the early 1950s, the office of the Gansu Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee was located in the Wuhou Ancestral Hall of Wuquan Mountain, and Professor He Lefu, a graduate of the Institute of Chinese Studies of Tsinghua University, was appointed as the director. At that time, due to the shi reform and the town rebellion, many famous calligraphy and paintings, inscriptions, and Dunhuang scriptures were confiscated: with the construction of the Tianlan Railway, the construction of Lanlian, Lanhua and other enterprises, many ancient tombs were found, and many gold and stone cultural relics were unearthed. On the recommendation of Governor Deng Baoshan, Li Qiao was successively hired by the Provincial Cultural Management Committee and the Provincial Museum as a full-time framer to repair and decorate the Mounted Dunhuang Scriptures. Ancient calligraphy and paintings were unveiled, and rubbings of topography stones were framed for in-depth study by cultural relics workers. The epitaphs of Shangshu Pengze of the Ming Dynasty department unearthed in The Shangxi Garden, as well as the Ming Dynasty epitaphs unearthed in Zhongshanlin and other places, were all framed by Li Qiaotuo as rubbings, finely framed, and are now hidden in the Gansu Provincial Museum. After the incident, Governor Deng Baoshan summoned Li Qiao to the Ci'ai Garden and criticized: "Now is a new society, and it is really not right to do things that are still stealing!" Li Milling said, "I'm working, and I can do whatever I want!" After that, he felt that commuting to work on time was too restrictive, so he stopped working in a negative mood and returned to his hometown of Shajingyi to relax.
In the late 1940s, the Qingjian Xuan Mounting Room opened three semicolons, with 20 or 30 mounting workers, which were managed by Li Shengyue, which can be described as a heyday. After liberation, due to the frequent movements such as ideological reform and the rise of new culture, the masses liked to decorate their living rooms with paintings (color printing New Year paintings), and fewer and fewer people hung calligraphy and paintings, and the Qingjian Xuan Mounting Room gradually made a living from practical businesses such as mounting paste and dust (roof). In 1955, when Qingjianxuan completed the socialist transformation, Li Shengyue mounted the paste cooperative in the Zhangye Road Street Office, occasionally doing private work at home, mounting the calligraphy and paintings of friends, and subsidizing life. In the early 1960s, the policy was relaxed. Li Shengyue opened a paved mounting shop on the north side of Cangmen Lane on Wudu Road to frame calligraphy and paintings for calligraphers and painters in the provincial city. At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, the shops went out of business. After the Cultural Revolution, he no longer publicly framed calligraphy and paintings, and only secretly framed friends at home. And passed on the skill to the eldest son Li Kuan.
After li shengdai's liberation, he worked in the Dashaping Decoration Craft Factory, which focused on the production of packaging cartons. Li Shengdai also framed his friends at home and earned a few rice noodles. After the Cultural Revolution, he and Wu Jinjun, a high-ranking disciple of Li Milling, opened a mounting shop on Wudu Road, and later mounted it himself at home. He also often massages patients, acupuncture, quite effective, the scholar Mr. Zhen Zhiming is more than eighty years old, fracture bedridden, Li Shengdai for the lian, plus doctor treatment, and finally resumed walking. Li Shengdai passed on his skills to his daughter Li Shun. Li Shun's mind is skillful, and he has done his best to repair the skills of old calligraphy and paintings, and now he is specially framed and broken like patched broken calligraphy paintings, and after mounting, it is like a complete bibi. She is famous for her seiko unveiling of old calligraphy and paintings in the provincial capital, so that many ink treasures that are dying out can be reborn.
Author: Deng Ming