Zhang Wenbo's introduction

Zhang Wenbo (1949-), whose pen name is Yanling, is the owner of Meng He Guild Hall. Born on the bank of Baiyangdian Lake in central Hebei Province, he studied painting and calligraphy as a teenager, and then entered Normal University to study Chinese. He studied painting with Mr. Fan, a flower and bird painter, and calligraphy with Mr. Fan, a famous calligrapher. His artistic vision has been greatly broadened. Since the 1970s, he has published literary works, and published nearly 1,000 poems, essays and reportage in newspapers and periodicals at all levels in China.