——Preface·]—
Many people's lives are either chasing fame and fortune, or muddy, not knowing what they are pursuing, and success in the secular sense is like a mirage, which can be seen but not touched.
Wang Jianlin said it lightly"A small goal".How many people dream big,But it was easily done by a rural artist, but he disdained it.
This artist is Song Peilun, an 82-year-old man in the deep mountains and old forests of Guizhou, when the old people of the same age are living in the same house for three generations and enjoying the joy of family, Song Peilun has lived another "crazy" look.
——The first half of the artist's nervous life.]—
"In my memory, it seems that our family has never produced literate people, they are all rural people, real farmers. ”
Song PeilunHe was born in Shuanglong Village, a hundred miles away in Meitan County, Guizhou Province, in 1940The countryside is far away from the hustle and bustle, the folk customs are simple, and the legend of Yelang Country is still spread in the village.
According to historical records, Yelang Kingdom was the first country established by ethnic minorities in southern ChinaIt is also recorded from the Warring States period, but with the expansion of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Yelang Kingdom was forced to flee south and has since fallen.
Although the culture of Yelang Kingdom is different from the orthodox Central Plains culture, it also has a certain influence, and the word "Yelang" often appears among many poets, triggering people's reverie about this distant country.
Shuanglong Village, where Song Peilun lives, is located in the middle of nowhere, and the ruins of Yelang Kingdom have been sleeping here for thousands of years, as if they are waiting for his appearance to wake him up.
When Song Peilun was a child, he liked to listen to the old people in the village tell the story of Yelang Country that has been handed down. Those strange ruins of Yelang Country are not strange to busy adults, but they are paradise for young Song Peilun.
Although Song Peilun's parents are farmers, they are very concerned about their children's learning, and the children around Meitan County have also been given a rare opportunity to learn.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the construction equipment and teachers left by Zhejiang University in Meitan County have become excellent teaching resources, and Meitan has become a local education center in one fell swoop.
There are many university professors and scholars studying abroad in the middle school, and in addition to studying, they also pay close attention to the art education of studentsSong Peilun showed a talent for painting when he was in middle school.
At the age of sixteen, Song Peilun's paintings were successively included in newspapers and periodicals such as "Guizhou**" People**" and "Comics", and his cartoons were mostly observations of life and some small views on society.
When he was 17 years old, Song Peilun contracted tuberculosis and was forced to drop out of school to rest. After recovering from his illness, he taught at the Guizhou Iron and Steel Mill Children's School, but he was tired of this kind of work, and changed several jobs in ten years.
One of the most stable jobs is a temporary job for the Art Association, where he visits various artists every day, collects works, and travels around but he never finds a place to live.
——Turning point in life.]—
What really changed the trajectory of Song Peilun's life was a job in 1973, where he compiled local handicrafts at the Meitan County Foreign Trade Bureau and sent them to Guangzhou for sale to increase foreign trade income. In those years, he lived very happily, and also learned ceramic craftsmanship and sculpture, and came into contact with Guizhou Wu cultureGuizhou Wu culture is a kind of ghost culture, which is similar to the "dancing god" in the north and the ancestor worship in Guangzhou. In ancient times, when science and technology were backward, Wu was the channel of communication between man and the supernatural forces of heaven.
The mask made by Song Peilun was collected by the Beijing Art Museum, and even the famous Chinese playwright Cao Yu at that time "begged" his works for collection, which greatly increased his confidence.
Song Peilun believed that there should be a matching environment for engaging in art, so he moved into Biyunwo, a village in Guizhou, and rented a farmer's house.
Artists dressed it up in an artistic style, and many people came to visit, from the little people to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and it was turned into an office. But after a long time, the contradictions between the artist and the villagers came out.
The villagers felt that the art village was making money and should raise the rent, but the higher it was, the more it was raised, and in the end, both sides were unhappy and scattered into a lose-lose situation.
——The Rise of Yelang Valley.]—
Song Peilun has never been running for money in his life, but he has made several mistakes in moneyOnce in the painter's village and once in the Huaxi Sanatorium, he transformed the abandoned sanatorium into the "Lingshan Art Village", which had to be stopped because of the issue of share splitting.
"I think people live and don't worry too much about money, the reason why some people have not come out in their lives is that they have been running for money. Money has no head, and it is painful to chase something without a head. ”
In 1997, Song Peilun began to build Yelang Valley, inspired by the ruins of his childhood Yelang Kingdom.
The site he chose was a desolate and abandoned village, which the villagers said would have been intimidating to leave decades ago, and was full of robbers and robbers. He walked in the village with straw ropes tied to his feet to prevent him from falling.
How to make money by choosing a site in this desolate place? But Song Peilun doesn't care, he just wants a creative environment where he can be free.
Yelang Valley was established under Song Peilun, and he put up every brick and tile by himself, and he created a strange world, a different time and space that was completely cut off from the real world.
All over the country, and even all over the world, the best compete to report, the traffic has become developed, and the number of tourists has increased, Yelang Valley will charge ten yuan for tickets, and now Yelang Valley's annual income has reached several million, providing more than 300 jobs and countless small merchants and hawkers.
Speaking of which, Song Peilun is very proud.
——Conclusion·]—
The city is developing, and high-rise buildings begin to rise in the wilderness around Yelang Valley, and the boss of the real estate company proposed to spend 100 million yuan to acquire Yelang Valley and develop key real estate projects here, but Song Peilun refused.
He is already dying, and it is useless to take so much money, he just wants to pass on Yelang Valley. In 2020, he made an important decisionDonate all the works to the state, hoping that the authorities will pass on this huge work.
Now Song Peilun is 84 years old, and he still insists on creating, he loves his hometown and his creations. For the success of Yelang Valley, he is most grateful to the local farmers and workers in Guizhou, and Yelang Valley is returned to the public.
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