The Golden Rooster on Zhang Hongjian's Art Road

Zhang Hongjian, 1970 was born in Kaifeng, Henan province, Han nationality. 14 years old began to learn calligraphy and painting. The calligrapher was as hot as a tiger from the county cultural center, the flower-and-bird painter was Liu Zhi from the county cultural center, and the landscape painter was Fu Lingyun from Kaifeng Group Art Museum, and then went to China Calligraphy and Painting Correspondence University for further study. He was deeply influenced by Ouyang Zhongshi, a professor of Capital Normal University, a consultant of China Calligraphers Association and a famous calligraphy theorist. Calligraphy can be used in various forms, especially in small print and big seal. In his early years, he studied under Wang Shizhen and other famous artists, but he spent more time in dynasties, wandering in the times and dreaming of Zhong and Wang. In addition to calligraphy and painting, Zhang Hongjian was an expert in seal cutting, obsessed with the clay seal of Qin and Han dynasties. Its printing is simple and exquisite, comfortable and harmonious. His works have won many awards in national, provincial and municipal competitions.

In 2008, he was transferred from Wei's Third Division to No.25 Middle School, which was very low-key. Although he was a member of the Provincial Calligraphy Association as early as 2006, he was unknown in Kaifeng calligraphy and painting circles. He is a typical flower in the wall, fragrant outside the wall, blowing his horn at the window-a man with a reputation. In recent years, his paintings and calligraphy works have been selling well in Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. He wrote a treasure map of Seven Stars, Feng Shui, Diamond Sutra, Prajna Paramita Sutra, and no matter how much he wrote, someone wanted it. He never worried about sales. Calligraphy is dominated by long scrolls, and the masterpiece is the small diamond sutra, with a long scroll of 7.9 meters; Chinese painting focuses on huge landscapes, such as the Yellow River, Taihang Mountain, Jialing River and the Great Wall. His masterpiece is an eight-foot-long Chinese painting "There are people in the depths of white clouds". Zhang Hongjian focused on small letters. Facing the "two kings" (Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi) and Zhao Mengfu, he carefully pondered Wang Xianzhi's Thirteen Lines of Luo Shen Fu and Zhong You's See the Season's Straight Table, took their essence and formed his own system. Zhang Hongjian's small letters are meticulous in ancient times, solemn and elegant. Zhang Hongjian said, "Real books are rare and elegant. Elegant is glorious. " Therefore, pursuing the elegance of lowercase letters has always been Zhang Hongjian's unswerving goal. He admired the elegant style of Chu Suiliang's Preface to the Wild Goose Pagoda and the inner beauty of contemporary calligraphers Sang Pan, Wang and Zong Zhiyuan. In Zhang Hongjian's view, "elegance" is an indescribable thing, a mysterious beauty, an internal cultural connotation and the backbone of calligraphy art. The charm of calligraphy art makes calligraphy vivid and shows people's spiritual temperament and style. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy "Yue Long Tianmen, Tiger Lying in the Phoenix Pavilion" is because he pursues the ideal realm between mountains and rivers, and his calligraphy style has reached a gorgeous, profound and lofty realm. Yan Zhenqing's regular script is solemn and honest, and what he sees is majestic; As a "post", I am frustrated and my loyalty is on the paper; As a "sacrifice to my nephew", sadness and indignation spread throughout the whole chapter. The character of the master in lower case directly influenced Zhang Hongjian's calligraphy creation.

Zhang Hongjian said with deep experience that learning books is like being a man, and calligraphy has a reason to be a man. Calligraphy is also an art of wisdom. Learning is more important than technology. Without reading and thinking, vulgar and impetuous writers can't produce good works. Calligraphy creation is not just writing. Without the support of study and cultivation, it is impossible to reach a higher artistic realm and pursue a superb realm. Learning books must follow the right path, persevere and pay attention to character. He always remembers the teacher's inculcation that artists can deceive people, but their works cannot deceive people. Good works have connotation, character, life value, can stand scrutiny and attract people's attention. Therefore, we should be good at synthesizing what we have learned, integrating energy other than calligraphy, being good at understanding, turning what we have learned into our own and forming our own style.

Zhang Hongjian stayed in school as a calligraphy teacher after graduating from the third division of Weishi. Later, he went to the Chinese Department of Henan University to take correspondence courses to enrich his knowledge. In addition to calligraphy, Zhang Hongjian also carved exquisite seals, fascinated by the seal mud in Qin and Han Dynasties. Its printing is simple and exquisite, comfortable and harmonious. Zhao Chong, a student he taught, won the first place in the province in the unified calligraphy examination. In addition, Zhang Hongjian edits publications. 199 1 Calligraphy Course for Colleges and Secondary Schools was published by him as the deputy editor. This book was inscribed by Mr. Qi Gong, a famous contemporary educator and painter in China, and published by Beijing Normal University Press. It has become a calligraphy textbook for 27 universities and middle schools in Lu Yu, filling the gap in the absence of calligraphy textbooks in colleges and universities.