During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon in 2024, Jin Youliang, the founder of the Chinese martial arts sword book, was invited to perform at Kaifeng Hanyuan. (Photo by reporter Jin Xinguo).
"Knife calligraphy" is a special calligraphy art that uses a knife as a pen to write Chinese characters on paper, and is a unique hard pen calligraphy with the same origin as brush calligraphy, with a unique charm of rich line changes and strong and soft momentum.
Jin Youliang Kaifeng Hanyuan performs swordsmanship. (Photo by reporter Jin Xinguo).
As we all know, the broadsword is a kind of weapon of Chinese martial arts, which was used to kill the enemy bravely in ancient times and to strengthen the body in modern times. Nowadays, some people regard it as a "pen" used to practice calligraphy, and he is the founder of the Chinese martial arts knife book - Jin Youliang.
Mr. Jin Youliang, whose name is Wumo, was born in 1974 and is a native of Pitun Village, Juqiao Town, Qibin District. At the age of seven, he practiced martial arts, practiced calligraphy and painting, visited famous teachers, and created eighteen kinds of weapons calligraphy and painting such as martial arts knife book, Taiji sword book, Shaolin gun book and so on according to historical allusions.
Jin Youliang felt that in the history of Zhang Fei drunk on the stone wall chisel book, Yue Fei angrily rushed to the crown of the golden gun inscription, the fusion of traditional Tai Chi, Wudang, Shaolin kung fu in the art of calligraphy and painting, the use of the knife back, the tip of the knife, the blade of the book, winter practice Sanjiu, summer practice Sanfu, after five years of hard work, finally created a unique stunt, created a variety of martial arts knife books such as Shaolin knife book, Tai Chi knife book.
Wulin Daoshu is the first of Mr. Jin Youliang in China and even the world, and has won the honors of "100 Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting" and "Guinness Best in the World". His works have won more than 50 national gold medals in painting and calligraphy, and some of his works have been compiled into more than 30 classics, and have been collected by more than 30 domestic and foreign art museums (institutes).
Long Jin Youliang knife book.
In October 2008, he participated in the first Qiyi reality show of Henan TV City Channel's "You Are the Most Talented", and won the award among more than 2,000 participants, and was awarded the title of "Big Knife Calligraphy Goes World"; In April 2009, ** TV Sports Channel invited him to participate in the "Martial Arts Conference" to perform the martial arts sword book, and won a full house. At the end of June 2009, his sword calligraphy works also won the gold medal in the youth group in the "Fourth National Calligraphy and Painting Competition of the Chinese Talent Award".
Zen Jin Youliang knife book.
In the process of studying the sword book, Jin Youliang deeply felt that in order to inherit and carry forward Chinese martial arts, there would be great limitations without culture, so he decided to be a person who was both civil and military. When performing outside, Jin Youliang is often referred to as a "man of God", but many people ignore the hard work behind him. He said that he was not a "man of God," but that he was more persistent than others. After the interview, Jin Youliang also gave us a knife book performance on the spot. With the accompaniment of classical **, he blended martial arts and tai chi into calligraphy. Between the swing of the knife and the splash of ink, a pair of knife calligraphy works leap onto the paper, showing the essence of martial arts kung fu and calligraphy art, which is amazing.
Bamboo Jin Youliang knife book.
He declared his original Chinese martial arts sword book to the "Guinness World Records". At the end of June 2009, his sword calligraphy works won the gold medal in the youth group in the "Fourth National Calligraphy and Painting Competition of the Chinese Talent Award". Today, his martial arts sword book works have spread to the United States, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao and other countries and regions, and have been collected by ** TV station, Shaolin Temple and many art museums (institutes).
Taiji fish (Jin Youliang knife painting).
Fish (Jin Youliang knife painting).
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