Wang Haibao's Media Attention

There is an 80-year-old man named Wang Haibao in Hong Bei Village, Hongchang Town, Yuzhou City, Henan Province. Learn to draw Chinese painting when anti-rightist frustration, specializing in plum blossoms. Unexpectedly, this painting has been painted for more than half a century.

A few days ago, the reporter met the old man in a two-story building in Hong Bei Village, Hongchang Town. The reporter can see plums everywhere in his studio and showroom: Plums hung on the wall, put in cabinets and put on paintings include Hongmei, Huangmei, Bai Mei and Qingmei, as well as Yanmei, Songzhumei and Fengxuemei, which makes you completely immersed in the world of plums.

"Plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold". Why does Wang Haibao have an indissoluble bond with Meihua? He told reporters that he was born in a scholarly family and grew up with a wintersweet in his hometown. It was the fragrant wintersweet that influenced his life. It is the arrogance of Chimonanthus praecox that makes him go through ups and downs on the long road of life but never bow his head.

1spring of 945, 17 years old, participated in the revolution and joined the Eighth Route Army. After the founding of New China, he first worked in the army and then in the tax department. Because of his versatility and love of painting, he won high praise from leaders and comrades. Don't want to 1957 "anti-rightist", so that he suffered injustice, was classified as rightist, decentralized labor. 1966' s Cultural Revolution made him worse. However, in the days of "the sky is cold and the flowers fade for a while", he is leisurely, optimistic and confident, works during the day, and conveys his feelings with plums under the lights at night, earnestly drawing a plum blossom with full spirit, different shapes and enterprising spirit.

At the end of 1982, he was finally rehabilitated and restored to public office. After retirement, he spent all his energy and time writing and painting plums. Writing, painting, singing and praising plums became the center and theme of his life. He bought a lot of books, pens, ink, paper and pigments, and read and painted day and night. Moreover, he went to many places and visited many masters who painted plums. Many of his works have won prizes. In order to welcome the return of Hong Kong and Macao, he also held two solo exhibitions of Hundred Plum Blossoms in Yuzhou. In order to wish the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games a smooth progress, he created a picture of Spring in Red Plum Newspaper with a height of 0.6 meters and a length of 8 meters. The whole plum branch in the picture is quite thick and vigorous, symbolizing the ancient civilization of China; It shows that the 2008 China Olympic Games is brilliant and unparalleled.

The old horse lurks, aiming at a thousand miles. Although he is 80 years old and deaf, he still paints as before. The reporter asked him how many paintings he had been painting, and he said, "Not much, just more than 50 knives of rice paper (each knife 100 sheets)." When asked how much more he planned to paint, he said, "It's hard to say. As long as the terrifying doesn't send invitations, I'll draw them. "

Excerpted from Xuchang Daily Social News (August 2008 14)

Red plum trees are more colorful.

-plum blossom fan Mr. Wang Haibao

There are all kinds of people over 100 years old.

Some people love things, some people love money, some people love love the water, and some people love mountains. And he-Mr. Wang Haibao, 81year-old, fell in love with painting plum blossoms, and it is true that he is a "plum blossom fan".

Wang Haibao is from Hong Bei Village, Hongchang Town, Yuzhou City, Henan Province. He and his wife live in a two-story building in Xinjie, Hong Bei Village. Into the small building, the first floor is the living room and kitchen, and the second floor is his studio and exhibition room. Go and see his studio first! This is really a plum blossom world, a sea of plum blossoms: plum blossoms are hung on the walls, plum blossoms are placed on the tables and chairs, plum blossoms are hidden in the cabinets, and plum blossoms are displayed on the paintings. Installed or frameless; Banner, vertical; Big and small; Hong Mei, Huang Mei, Mo Mei, Bai Mei, Qing Mei, as well as Matsuzaka Mei, Yan Mei, Feng Xuemei, Bird Magpie Mei and so on, are really colorful and beautiful. In the meantime, you can not only feel the clank of various plum blossoms, but also smell the freshness and fragrance of plum blossoms, which makes you impressed, intoxicated and unforgettable.

Plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold, and the sword edge comes from sharpening. The reason why Mr. Wang Lao can draw such beautiful plum blossoms with steep style and various shapes is because he is the "Chimonanthus praecox" with indomitable spirit and first frost as before.

Young people's ambition to establish red berries

Wang Haibao was born in a scholarly family, and there was a tall and straight Chimonanthus praecox growing up with him at home, which made him have an indissoluble bond with Meihua since childhood. 1in the spring of 945, 17-year-old Wang Haibao went out to participate in the revolution, participated in the Eighth Route Army Western Henan Youth Anti-Japanese Literature and Art Working Group, and carried out various anti-Japanese propaganda activities with more than 20 local enthusiastic youths under the leadership of the Party. At that time, due to the chaotic political situation and complicated situation, white terror was everywhere. Wang Haibao and some comrades of the Anti-Japanese Cultural Art Troupe had many secret meetings and discussions in their attic. In order to strengthen the confidence of * * * against the enemy, they raised their hands and vowed to be as strong and brave as Hongmei and stand the test, and called this attic in their home "Hongmei Building" to express their own voices and feelings. The cruel revolutionary struggle forged his plum blossom-like spirit and character, which made him never discouraged and never bowed his head on the long road of life.

Wind knife and snow sword cast bones and muscles

Life is not easy and the road is bumpy.

For a long time before and after liberation, Wang Haibao first worked in the army and later in the county tax bureau. Because of his active work, enthusiasm, versatility, good writing style and love of painting, he won the praise of unit leaders and comrades. However, in 1957, anti-"right" made him suffer injustice, and he was wrongly classified as the right to delegate labor. Happiness never comes in pairs, but it never rains alone. 1966' s Cultural Revolution made him worse. Because he is a rightist and a landlord, this makes him a "double" class enemy. With the approval of Congress, he stood on the platform, hung black cards, paraded the streets, squatted in the study class, sat in the dark room, and even dozens of pots of flowers and plants he had carefully cultivated were smashed to pieces. It's dark and life is heavy. However, when he saw the old and energetic Chimonanthus praecox standing in front of his house despite the cold and heavy snow, and sprouting in the cold wind, his mind was greatly relieved and shocked. The great leader Chairman Mao's famous sentence "Plum blossoms are full of snow" gave him endless confidence and strength. Therefore, in the days of "the sky is rolling and the cold current is urgent, and the flowers fade for a while", he is still leisurely, optimistic and confident, working during the day, and under the light at night, expressing his feelings with plum blossoms, earnestly drawing a plum blossom map with different shapes and clear frames, and proudly snowing in the wind. Although he is often regarded as "dishonest and ambitious" by dictators, he is always "unrepentant and never tired of it". By the end of the Cultural Revolution, his paintings had accumulated more than half a foot thick.

Red plum trees are more colorful.

"For twenty years, the wind knife and snow sword have become stronger and stronger; Smiling proudly at the sky, the old red plum tree is more colorful. " This is a poem written by Mr. Wang Haibao on his plum blossom painting on his 60th birthday.

At the end of 1982, Wang Haibao's 25-year grievance was cleared, and he finally took off the wrong rightist hat and resumed his public office. For him, this is a new starting point. The new era and new journey inspired his new enthusiasm and vitality. At this time, although he has entered the old age, his mental state is still as enthusiastic and energetic as when he was a teenager. Especially after retirement, he spent all his energy and time writing and painting plum blossoms. Writing, painting, singing and praising plum blossoms became the main theme of his life. To say that he used to write and draw plum blossoms out of his love and interest in plum blossoms is now a kind of admiration and admiration. In order to show the tenacious, upright, tenacious and colorful spirit of plum blossom and inspire, inspire and infect more people, he spent a lot of money to buy a lot of books, materials, ink and paper pigments, read and read, and painstakingly painted, painted and painted day and night. He also went to many places, visited many masters of plum blossom painting, and made many famous friends to learn from them. Many things happen. After hard study and tempering, his plum painting skills have made great progress and improvement, and achieved a leap from quantitative change to qualitative change. Finally, hundreds of red berries he painted bloomed among thousands of flowers and showed them to tens of millions of viewers. Since 1990, he has participated in the plum blossom exhibition 100 held by the relevant departments of the central, provincial and municipal governments, and won awards, especially 1997 and 1999. In order to welcome and celebrate the return of Hong Kong and Macao to the motherland, he has held two exhibitions of 100 plum blossoms, closely linking his pursuit and yearning with the fate of the motherland. It is worth mentioning here that Mr. Wang painted plums for free, and none of them were sold. Since his paintings became famous, there has been an endless stream of people asking for them. He always tries his best and never refuses. Many people get his paintings and say, "The old man paints well, but he is better." Welcome to the Olympics to report the spring picture.

People are happy when they are happy, and countries are happy when they are happy. 200 1 Beijing's successful bid for the Olympic Games has brought unprecedented joy to this octogenarian. In Mr. Wang's words, it means "I am 10 years old". In order to celebrate the spring of 2008, he created a huge "Spring Picture of Hongmei Newspaper" with a length of 8 meters and a width of 0.6 meters. The whole plum branch in the painting is vigorous and powerful, symbolizing the motherland with an ancient civilization. It is tall and straight, with 888 plum blossoms competing for beauty, and the proud red plum shows the glory of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. After this 8-meter scroll was sent to Beijing, it received a reply from the Olympic Organizing Committee, which fully affirmed and spoke highly of the spring picture of Hongmei Newspaper, saying that it had made great support and contribution to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and was deeply grateful, and presented with an award certificate and a gold trophy. In this regard, Xuchang TV Station, Yuzhou TV Station and other media have made special reports, which have aroused great social repercussions.

The old horse lurks, aiming at a thousand miles. The success of "Red Plum in Spring" has added endless creative passion to Mr. Wang, who is more energetic in writing scenery, painting and praising plum blossoms. Now, although he is 80 years old, he has some flowers in his eyes and some in his ears, but he is still as persistent and devoted in painting plum blossoms as he was then: one is unique and the other is unique. Stiff waist and legs, can't bear to go out for a walk; It's time for dinner, but my wife cried several times and couldn't bear to go downstairs. How many pictures does he always draw? He said: "Not much, just more than 50 knives of rice paper (each knife 100)." Ask him how many more paintings he wants to draw. He said: "It's hard to say. As long as the prince doesn't send invitations, he will draw. " (Originally published on China. com)