【Artist Profile】Xu KedaBorn in Fushun, Liaoning Province in October 1952, he is a member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, a member of the Chinese Couplet Society, a consultant of the Fushun Calligraphy Association, a member of the Democratic League, an artist, a director of the Fushun Foreign Friendship Association, a vice president and director of the calligraphy department of the Liaoning Academy of Chinese Painting, an honorary president of the Beijing Yihai Danqing Painting and Calligraphy Institute, a distinguished calligrapher of the Chinese National Famous Painting and Calligraphy Institute, and a visiting professor of the School of Art of Liaoning Petrochemical University. He likes calligraphy and painting, and has been learning calligraphy with his grandfather Xu Zhenshan since he was a child. After the reform and opening up, he turned to many divisions, broadened his vision, and today he is in the pond and diligent and diligent and diligent. He can dabble in a wide range of books, and his calligraphy is unique, and he never follows the trend. Its calligraphy is long and grassy, and Wei Li, long in thinking, both moral and artistic. He pays great attention to the theory of calligraphy, is good at observation and practice, is good at inheritance and innovation, constantly draws nourishment from the ancient and modern methods, and can get insights from natural elements such as human body form and tree rules, and skillfully integrates them into his calligraphy, so that his works are good everywhere regardless of penmanship lines, structure and chapters, or artistic conception. His works have been selected for major exhibitions such as "Chinese and Foreign Cursive Exhibition", "The First Exhibition of New Artists in the Chinese Calligraphy Circle", and "The Fifth National Calligraphy Exhibition". In the spring of 1994, he published "Selected Calligraphy of Xu Keda" (Shen Peng and Nie Chengwen inscribed the title of the book, and Quan Xijun wrote the preface), in which he praised his book as "Shen Xiong and vigorous, strange in the peace, profound in interest, and intriguing". In 1997, he won the only calligraphy champion award in the Hong Kong "World Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Competition". Calligraphy exhibitions have been held in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Beijing, Fushun, Liaoyang and other places. In 2015, he was invited to the United States, and in 2019, he was invited to Japan for calligraphy exchange activities. His biography or works have been included in more than 100 dictionaries, such as "Dictionary of Famous Chinese Contemporary Calligraphers and Painters", "Dictionary of Famous Chinese Calligraphers in the Past Dynasties", and "Famous Chinese Calligraphers in the Twentieth Century". "Fushun **", Fushun Evening News, masthead and many other newspaper inscriptions and many scenic spots and commercial plaques inside and outside the province are from his handwriting. In the spring of 2018, he published "Xu Ke Da Kaishu Thousand Character Text", the preface of which stated that "Mr. Xu's calligraphy will have a profound impact on future generations of calligraphy", giving a historical high evaluation. Throughout the world of books, art has always relied on works to speak. There is no doubt that as a powerful author in the domestic calligraphy world, Mr. Da can be called a master of contemporary calligraphy. (The text is good).[Appreciation of works].In this "Longteng Huaxia - Chinese Contemporary Artists Welcome the New Year" activity, today we invite Mr. Xu Keda, a famous calligrapher and member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, to use his works to make a beautiful article. Mr. Xu Keda has been practicing calligraphy for more than 60 years, and is a calligrapher with profound calligraphy skills and a distinct personal style. 
He is a calligrapher who inherits and distinguishes himself from the ancients, and draws on the present but is different from the present, and his calligraphy has reached a considerable artistic height. Most of the works on display are couplets written recently, hoping to bring the enjoyment of calligraphy art to the viewers. From the beauty of the word can be seen he wrote, this is considered by many people to be rare to see a good word of blessing, this word is handsome and strong, that is, chic and full, that is, elegant and down-to-earth, that is, there is change and legality. 
He once won the gold medal in the mass selection, and was considered by many people to be a rare good fortune; His handwriting is smooth and vigorous; He wrote a new simplified Chinese couplet for a certain unit: "Kyushu Liri welcomes the New Year, and the dragons of the four seas chant for the New Year", which shows the unique charm of his calligraphy. **Those who can use their own appreciative eyes to savor and compare, may have more and deeper gains! 