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Yang Hong, pen name Gui Yin, lives in Fuzhou, Fujian, with a pure heart, embraces nature, insists on originality, is the most authentic self, studious, sensitive, enjoyable, uninhibited, specialty, writing and botanical painting, advocate and leader of the aesthetics of life in the same city. He is a director of the Southern Writers Society, a member of the Council of Young Writers Magazine, a contracted writer of Xisan Southern Literature, an editor of China Culture Daily, and has his own studio "Fangge Art House". He won the first prize of the 3rd National Li Daoyuan Landscape Literature Competition and the 5th Chinese Contemporary Strength Writer Award.
Yang Hong
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Qingshan has never been old, the years have left a footnote, and the peony pavilion of my father and father is more like a legend!Nowadays, my father is the spiritual symbol that most people love in their minds, and it is also a glossy character admired by countless people who sincerely admire the inheritors of cultural inheritance. How blessed I am to be by my father's side!Countless times, I can take the time machine to tell slowly and softly with my father, go back to the 80s, listen to the story of his reminiscences of time, and the picture of my father's non-stop steps, searching for hundreds of schools in the north and south, and leaving precious handwritings in front of my eyes. Many years later, when everything fell silent, my father used the more than 400 art treasures he collected throughout his life to create a museum collection with open scrolls and rich historical and artistic valueForty years of time, how many forty years of life?My father often said that the spirit is the most important thing in life!It is necessary to have a big pattern, do one or two meaningful things, and be a man with a loud voice, the apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the green boat has passed the ten thousand mountains!Looking up at the starry sky, the characters are shining, a hundred years of longing, endless, the father's deep love for culture has always been the coordinate and pride in the hearts of the younger generations!
The origin of the stamp - the vision of the reappearance of the Peony Pavilion
The way is not in vain, and the fate should be answered. The playwright Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty moved to Xu Wen, and the journey to Nan'an Dayu picked up the legend of "returning the soul", and the famous drama "Peony Pavilion" was popular at home and abroad. The storey conglomerate to Xihua was once the Taishou of Nan'an. Tang Xianzu was exiled and transited, and it was enough to pick up a dream, and the four dreams were the first, and he was known as the "Oriental Shakespeare". Rebuild the Peony Pavilion, highlight Tang Xianzu, make the beautiful classical, and move towards youth and modernity. Tour the plum blossom view, cross the peony column, climb the Shuxiao Pavilion, lean on the dresser. The law runs naturally through the past and the present, and Guan Hanqing's Dou E's injustice, Wang Shifu's West Chamber, and the edifice of Chinese drama shoulder to shoulder.
Because of the lover's dream, I don't know what to do, and I go deep;With a dream play, the play does not know the end, spanning life and death. Reading "The Peony Pavilion" is tear-jerking, and watching "Returning the Soul" is thrilling. **Its cultural core is all shining with the brilliance of "love" humanity. From the perspective of literature, Tang Xianzu interpreted the "heart is reason" of the great Confucian king Yangming of the Ming Dynasty into "love is reason", and influenced the world from the realm of "love", inspiring the world, and working together in different songs. The storyline of the track is full of bizarre and twisty fantasy colors, full of shining human brilliance, women in the world are affectionate, only Du Li Niang. "The Peony Pavilion" highlights the essence of love culture with the portrayal of typical characters. The Peony Pavilion is not only a building and a garden, but also a manifestation of culture and a manifestation of lofty morality, and has become a sacred place to adhere to the love of this life and promise to reincarnate. "Four dreams in a lifetime, the only place to be proud is in the peony". With a noble personality, Tang Xianzu created the most romantic masterpiece in the history of Chinese theater.
On October 30, 1984, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the People's Republic of China issued a set of commemorative stamps of "Peony Pavilion" in commemoration of Tang Xianzu, an opera artist of the Ming Dynasty. The issuance of this group of "Peony Pavilion" stamps once again aroused the deep nostalgia of people from all walks of life at home and abroad for the Peony Pavilion, and people asked one after another;Where is the Peony Pavilion now?Dayu County, Jiangxi Province, the source of the story of the Peony Pavilion, is the most of the ten views of the back garden of Nan'an Mansion in the old days. Nearby is the peony column, Li Niang mound, dressing table, Shu Xiao Pavilion, Green Shade Pavilion, Tiejiao Dragon, Jade Pond, Plum Blossom View, Jade Pond Essence House and other ten scenes. The layout of the peony pavilion is exquisite and elegant, and it is one of the ancient scenic gardens in our country. When was the Peony Pavilion built?So far, there is no way to find out. According to the records of Dayu County, only from the sixth year of Guangxu (1881) to the sixth year of ** (1918) in 37 years, it has been repaired six times. "Dayu County Chronicles: Art and Literature" has recorded a lot of poems about the Peony Pavilion and the "Peony Pavilion". The opera "Peony Pavilion" has long been famous all over the world, but the beautiful and ancient garden of the Peony Pavilion has been destroyed in the twenties of the last century. So far, only two magnolias have been left for people to hang.
The more the spring arrives, the more affectionate the middle-aged father of the step, determined to propose the restoration of the peony pavilion people's own life "life project", determined to let this national evergreen tree reappear in China, take root in the people, so that generations of descendants to it to receive a spiritual enjoyment, the edification of truth, goodness and beauty, and the baptism of civilization.
In order to recreate "China's purest love holy land". In the past 40 years, my father has visited modern and contemporary literary and artistic masters Ye Shengtao, Liu Haisu, Lin Sanzhi, Bingxin, Sha Menghai, Tao Bowu, Yu Zhenfei, He Luting, Ba Jin, Zang Kejia, Ai Qing, Cao Yu, Zhang Leping, Guan Shanyue, Sun Daolin, etc., gathering hundreds of grand wishes. The Peony Pavilion is still the site to revitalize the holy relics, hoping for the dream of a midsummer night in China, with the mountains and rivers with Geng.
The soul is a dream, and a hundred schools of thought wish for the Peony Pavilion
The soul is a peony for thousands of years, stepping through the iron shoes to find the traces of flowers. "It is easy to have Tai Chi, which is to give birth to two instruments. The text starts from the scene, the scene is passed on by the text, and the classics of cause and effect are also. The scenery rises, and the spatial pattern is immediately seen;The salary of the text has become a spectacle of time. Meiguan Ancient Post Road, Gannan Dayu Love. I am glad to hear that Dayu Chengguan, leaning on the East Mountain and beside the Zhang River, in the depths of the ancient garden, reproduces the Ten Peony Pavilions;In front of Lao Mei, revisit the Four Dreams Jade Tea Hall. Tian Han once expected: Stay in the peony pavilion, and Jingying should not let the golden sand.
In order to find the traces of the Peony Pavilion and let the world reproduce the Peony Pavilion as soon as possible, my father took advantage of his amateur, holidays and tolerances to visit more than 200 well-known people from all walks of life in more than 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country. Among them are a generation of literary giants Ba Jin, dramatists Cao Yu, Jiahe Luting, well-known figures in the literary and artistic circles Yu Zhenfei, Sun Daolin, Zhang Ruifang, Li Yuru, Hong Xuefei, Hu Xiaoping, Caidan Zhuoma and China's drama stage, famous opera actors from Beikun, Su Kun, Shanghai Kunming, and Gan Opera who are famous for performing "The Peony Pavilion", among them are Zhang Jiqing, Dong Jihao, Hua Wenyi, Yue Meidi, Cai Yao Milling, Xu Fengshan, Pan Fengxia, etc.
My father also met with the heroes of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the political commissar of Xiangyanghong No. 10, China's first Antarctic expedition, the Laoshan heroic model report group, and well-known figures from various industries in China's press and academic circles, as well as the heads of major gardens and famous places and postal associations in various places. At the same time, he also visited famous calligraphers and painters from China's major painting and calligraphy academies, including Liu Haisu, Guan Shanyue, Lin Sanzhi, Wang Geji, Sha Menghai, Chen Dayu, Li Shenghe, Hu Wensui, Zhao Lengyue, Shen Jinshou, etc. My father also visited the parents of the Peony Pavilion and the descendants of Tang Xianzu.
Ten. 3. Fourteenth generation. Hundreds of schools of thought paid great attention to the Peony Pavilion, and they wrote books and paintings for the Peony Pavilion, signed books and left messages, pouring into the ardent wishes of this generation for the restoration of civilization.
The old man Ba Jin, a master of the literary world, despite his old age and illness, trembled and held a pen to sign the Peony Pavilion, leaving an eternal memorial. The old painter Zhang Leping, refused the dissuasion of his family, painted Sanmao with illness, and wished the Peony Pavilion to reappear in the world as soon as possible. And repeatedly advised: "On the day of the restoration of the Peony Pavilion, don't forget to tell the old man." ”
The 88-year-old Jinling calligrapher Lin Sanzhi learned of the good news and gave the Peony Pavilion a poem: "The Peony Pavilion has been desolate for a long time, the past is sad Du Liniang, the nine songs are inexhaustible, and the spring breeze willow old book hall." Dramatist Cao Yu was pleased to hear that the Peony Pavilion was about to be restored, and he was excited to congratulate the new life of the Peony Pavilion: "Mo Dao has this song in the sky, and spring songs are heard everywhere in the world." He also said with emotion, "Tang Xianzu is the Shakespeare of the East, if Tang Xianzu knew that China was going to repair the Peony Pavilion in the Spirit of Heaven, he would also smile at Jiuquan." Zang Kejia said frankly: "Famous songs were fascinated back then, and good sentences are on the lips today." ”
Professor Chen Congzhou, an authority on Chinese garden architecture, was so happy that he was so happy that he heard the news. Yu Zhenfei, an artist who is getting older, watched the book signing of hundreds of schools, recalled the scene of performing "Dream in the Garden" with Mei Lanfang on the same stage, and signed the book with infinite emotion.
Painter Guan Shanyue poured ink and wished the Peony Pavilion a new life;He Luting, the leader of the music world, likened "The Peony Pavilion" to China's "A Midsummer Night's Dream";Feng Yingzi, editor-in-chief of Xinmin Evening News, praised the restoration of the Peony Pavilion as an eternal event in the cultural circlesThe poet Cai Qijiao, the image of the "Peony Pavilion" is a metaphor for a wisp of colorful clouds full of dreams;The old writer Yu Lin gave a poem to the Peony Pavilion, "If the scholar has a spirit to visit the old land, the Peony Pavilion is full of singing." What is more memorable is the 85-year-old calligrapher Tao Bowu, who was excited to endow the Peony Pavilion with two exquisite poems, and eagerly looked forward to the Peony Pavilion reappearing in the world, and hundreds of schools gathered in the Peony Pavilion. There are too many precious memories buried deep in my father's heart. In Linchuan Town, my father knocked on the old house and found the descendants of the Tang family. When the father explained his intentions, the old man stood up tremblingly and shook his heart. Needless to say, everything has been condensed in this profound traditional Chinese etiquette, full of admiration, love, and gratitude to his father who has been chasing the light all the way
When my father said that one of the happiest things was, that is, one day after meeting with the calligrapher and painter, he received an extra-large ** envelope with three big characters at the sign: Guan Shanyue. My father opened the envelope excitedly, only to see that in the short letter, there was a rice paper banner with Guan Shanyue's inscription, and a line of big characters: "I wish the Peony Pavilion a new Guan Shanyue." The father rubbed his eyes and examined the envelope and banner again. Guan Shanyue!Guan Shanyue, Guan Shanyue!So quick to reply, so real, so charming!This is the Chinese calligrapher's and painter's affection for the Peony Pavilion!
Eight thousand miles of clouds and moons, all the way around the circle of affectionate ......For many years, my father was in a hurry. Then he returned from the north and went to the South China Sea. The fatigue has not been removed, the bags have not been unsolved, and the journey has been set on again. The way to Shanghai: Shangrao, Jinhua, Hangzhou ......The road in my heart: Ba Jin, Cao Yu, Bingxin, Liu Haisu ......In the vast world, the "Peony Pavilion Life Project" supports the dream in his heart.
Everywhere I went, the serious teachings of the hundred schools of thought were always touching and tear-jerking. It is no wonder that Sha Yexin, the director of Shanghai Renyi Academy, said in a humorous manner: "I believe that on the day when the Peony Pavilion is restored, Tang Xianzu will definitely be moved to take Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei to the Peony Pavilion to meet with hundreds of families." ”
Along the way, my father left too many touching stories. At that time, a plan to gather the wishes of a hundred schools of thought and initiative was not only supported by Ba Jin, Cao Yu, He Luting, Yu Zhenfei, Sun Daolin, Liu Haisu, Guan Shanyue, Cheng Shifa, Lin Sanzhi, Sha Menghai and many other famous artists, but also because of the search for the Peony Pavilion records in the vast ancient books, visiting the descendants of the Tang family, in order to understand its history, there was an unexpected harvest. All the way down, many influential contemporary masters at home and abroad personally for the peony pavilion inscription, poems, paintings, this is a large number of historical value of art treasures, will undoubtedly be the future of the national cultural history and the restoration of the peony pavilion art stele in the pearl!
My father was just a small man at the time, and he didn't need to do this work full-time, but the call of the times and the sense of responsibility of an intellectual drove him to do such a great thing!It is not easy to gather the wishes of hundreds of schools, 40 years of wind and rain, sincerity, gold and stone for the opening, the story is full of details and warmth, the words are full of feelings, and the pen is already full of affection.
Epilogue
Father is old, but the wind and feelings have not diminished, those who have kept the authentic works for many years, carefully cared for at home for 40 years, the handover team of the Banyan spent more than 40 days and nights, carefully sorted out the volume to complete, the night when the treasure was donated away, the father was in tears late at night, crying so freely and affectionately, those who have accompanied the spiritual wealth of half a lifetime, finally became a cultural treasure shared by the world!Grandson Tete said: Grandpa, I especially support you!In the future, I will take my children's children to the Peony Pavilion Museum!Point to these treasures and tell them that your grandfather's grandfather once did something particularly remarkable!My father smiled, so relieved, so expressive.
The breeze and sword energy, the sound of night rain and books. Between the willow flowers and plum rain, embedded with a dream word, it becomes a tragic male corner;Aid Du Liniang, see a pavilion and ask the sky. Die for love, and be reborn for love. The crossing of dreams, the death of love. The color of the ridge is with him, and the river is full of clothes. A classic of love, but the Red Mansion;Linchuan four dreams, post road two-way. The quintessence of the drama world is not dead, and the southern part of Jiangxi is still precious. Watch the tradition and deepen the culture. Fortunately, even ah, the peony pavilion will be praised forever!
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