Great Skill Engenders Bravery and Skill Grows with Bravery——Character and Painting of Mr.Ren Changjiu

正In the contemporary artistic circle,it is not rare for a person at the age of knowing his destiny to start learning painting and be a professional.It is also not at all surprising that one close to 60 years old starts to study painting art in a professional art school.Yet,we will consider the idea and action too naive like The Arabian Nights or a fool's paradise,if one of our friends just starts learning painting for only three or four years,abandons his family and career,goes to Beijing alone to find no     

Deng Lemin, A Man Standing Alone

Deng Lemin was one of the first students in the fashion design program recruited by Class 89 of Guangxi Arts Institute.After the graduation he was assigned a teaching position in the Guangxi University of Technology,but he did not show up.Although the university had hurried him repeatedly and finally turned into annoyance and anger,he did not submit.When his friends asked about the reason,     

Shi Xiaobo,Painter Flamina Mountains from the

Ifirst met Shi Xiaobo in his studio in Yanjiao. It was still a roughcast house .of three rooms without any decorationand looked a little shabby. There were his recent landscape creations on all the walls, including Bai Haba, which is near his hometown： Tuyugou＇s old villages on the southern slope of the Flaming Mountain. The tableau was profound, ancient and simple, with a sense of silence. It reflected his special emotion to his hometown. Tile beam of sunshine in the painting looked all the same, day after day, for thousands of years, shining till the end of the time on the same scenery with various people passing by. It made me to feel a kind of faint helplessness.     

Servile Straw Mat and Precious Memory——Impression of Huang Ming’s Still Life

Almost in the same period of time, I was acquainted with Huang Ming, Fan Bo and Lei Bo. Five years ago, Huang Ming was a neighbor of Fan Bo when he lived in Beijing. So, if I visited one of them, the other one would be called to join the gathering. It was interesting to discover although they had totally different personality and style of painting, they had one single commonality in the form of expression, which gave me the deepest impression. Their paintings showed two core elements. In many paintings of Fan, you would see a withered tree and a man under the tree; while in many of Huang’s paintings, you would see an aged object and a straw mat underneath.     

Brief Introduction of Fan Jingma

Fan Jingma came to international attention as a prize winner at the Third Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 1987,and then a silver medal at the Rosa Ponselle International Vocal Competition in1988 and the first prize at the Opera Index Vocal Competition in 1991 in New York.Win an awardAfter having graduated from the conservatory of music in his native     

Zhuang Zhong＇s ＂Perplexities＂ and ＂Free-from-Perplexities＂

No More Perplexities at Forty Confucius says:"At forty,I no longer sufferedfromperplexities."Although the 39-year-old painter Zhuang Zhong is about to be"free from perplexities",he is still suffering from"perplexities."Fortumately,his"perplexities"are not the fear of being lost and confused,but a desire for knowledge,a passion for creativity and courage to surpass himself.. The painter sitting opposite me seemed to be more interested in music than painting. He said he is learning Guqin(a seven-string plucked instrument).To begin with,he kept listening to the music played by masters. Meanwhile,he had collected some valuable     

Facing the Authenticity of Life

Du Juemin, a teacher of Central Academy of Fine Arts, a first-class national level artist, one of the first PhDs of Central Academy of Fine Arts, revealed his outstanding talents in the contemporary figure painting industry by the his Master degree’s graduation work. The giant painting (1800     

Communication,Creation and Psychological Implication——A Conversation with Ren Chuanwen

An artist who knows the art of communication I had a pleasant communication with Ren Chuanwen. I often meet some artists, who are good at expressing themselves with his familiar art forms but not with his own words, or totally living in his own spiritual world and talking without pause ignorant of the feeling of his listeners.     

Gathering Commemorates Demographic Forerunner

On June 13, 2002, about 300 demographers, researchers and experts gathered in Beijing to commemorate the 120th birthday of Ma Yinchu, a renowned demographer and a forerunner of family planning. Born on June 24, 1882, Ma was a legend in China抯 history of thinking. He was an educator as well as an economist spanning two centuries. In 1957, he published his famous book entitled New Population Theory. In the book, he assessed the population situation in China, analyzed the conflict between…     

A Rest Home without Walls

Delivery of Meals is the No.1 Need of Granny Lu "Granny, your meal iscoming!" It is a sunny day today.At 11 a.m., November 7th, 2007,we came to Granny Lu Jinfeng's house in Lane 1781, Tongchuan Street, Putuo District in Shanghai with the meal-deliverer Wu Kaixian. Granny Lu is an 89-year-old     

Seeking Buddha

The Wine Buddha The aroma of wine fills the air.Buddha is in the swirl of wine,and will not sink.The perceived submergence is only in our imagination.On a day that is warm and sunny,everything seems as usual! But the sinking is taking place,in our mind. Human beings will sink,be it in water or in air.While sinking,most human beings will long for Buddha’s salvation;however, there are a few,who would sink calmly achieving unexpected enlightenment.It is always believed that at the end of the rope, Buddha will stretch out his hand to rescue our lust soaked hearts. The bitter sea is boundless;if you turn around,the shore is there.But the shore is     

Stroll towards the Top Art——A Narrative about He Yu,the Young Painter

He Yu looks more like a scholar than a painter. I was invited to visit his studio for interview.During the whole process,he had been talking and explaining very calmly.He did not talk endlessly in high spirits even when we were discussing about the     

Invisible Reality——A large scenery in the mind of contemporary humanity

Zhuang Zhong is a painter who shows his artistic character in his early stage among oil painters born in 1970’s. Dated back to 1 994 before he graduated from university,his The First Snow since the Winter Solstice was awarded as an Outstanding Work in the Eight National Fine Art Exhibition. It not only made him an outstanding person among painters of the nearly same age,but also made him stand out in the field of oil painting in Jiangsu. The reason The First Snowfall since the Winter Solstice attracts people’s notice lies in that the picture plane turn ordinary mountains and champaign     

Brush Pen Follows the Mind and Artistic Creation of Animals is the Artist Himself ——On Li Pingye's freehand traditional Chinese ink painting

正Reading carefully of Li Pingye’s painting works with tiger being the main theme of creation,one will always feel a strong shocking force.This kind of feeling comes from two aspects.First,his works convey rich humanistic spirit connotation.Se cond,Mr.Li has a unique style of artistic language of overbearing Chinese ink painting.In the circle of     

What I Present is Our Life ——First Meeting with Young Painter Kong Liang

The interview with Kong Liang was not successful at the beginning. He explained that he was not good at handling stuffs other than artistic creation and rarely conducted interview with the media, so he sought help from his wife. This seldom happened during my interviews. So I could only chat with his wife     

Unemployment: A Challenge to China In Economic Transition

nderemployment is a great problem confronting China as the nation embarks on a historic transition from a centrally planned to a market-driven economy. Basically, China has to provide jobs to more than one quarter of the world抯 work force with only 3.4% of the world抯 resources. While growing its economy by more than 7% over the past decade, China has also seen a steadily climbing unemployment rate. Registered urban unemployment rate, which does not reflect the full picture since 1) …     

Guangdong Committee on Ageing： Establishment of the Old-age Allowance （OAA） system in five years

October 5,the ninth day of the ninth lunar month,was the day of the traditional Double Ninth Festival.Sanshui District of Foshan City in Guangdong organized a 1000-old-men feast that day.More than 1000 local senior citizens joined a series of activities during the Cultural Festival of Longevity.During the feast,Guangdong Committee on Ageing told our reporter that Guangdong would establish the old-age allowance (OAA) system throughout the province by 2015.     

View Grandeur by Details and Fill Feelings in Scenery

正Chen Chenyi is one of my very valued painters.For many years,he has been assiduous in painting.Influenced by his family since childhood,he possesses profound artistic cultivation and solid basic painting skills.His pursuit in Chinese painting is refl ected in his constant exploration in the artistic conception of the painting’s general     

Rosted Leaves Redder Than February Flowers——Thoughts after Reading Mr. Yu Honglin's Painting Collection

正A day in mid-May this year,Mr.Yu Honglin came to the Oriental Painting and Calligraphy House with his latest published painting and calligraphy collection book.It makes me very excited to share his artistic achievement with you.Mr Yu’s creation style is skillful,confi dent,substantial and vivid.In my opinion,both painting and calligraphy pay attention to brushwork.Meaningful lines are the original starting point of arts.Use Mr.Yu’s seal     

National Health and Family Planning Commission Issued Action Plan for National Health Literacy Promotion 2014-2020

正Health literacy is the ability of a person to obtain and understand basic healthcare information and service and make appropriate decisions to maintain and improve one’s own health by applying that information and service.It is not only an important indicator to evaluate health and family planning work and people’s health status,but also a