It has been almost half a month since I returned to my hometown in Qianying Village, Qianying Township, Baofeng County, and Guo has no leisure at all.
"Near the Spring Festival, there are many marriages, and there are many people who come to find couplets and find words." Yesterday at Guo's house, I saw red couplets hanging on the wall and lying on the ground, and the ink was still wet. In addition to 13 couplets, there are 38 couplets used in wedding cars, doors, walls and other places, which is the result of Guo's busy work for half a day.
Guo took his wife to Jiangsu to run a painting and calligraphy mounting shop in 2003. But every year near the Spring Festival, he will rush back to the village in advance to write couplets for the villagers. After New Year's Day this year, Guo and his wife bought tickets and went back to their hometown.
"Last year, my children had a happy event, and the couplets outside the house were written by Lao Guo!" Neighbor Xu Hai gave a thumbs-up when Guo was mentioned.
Guo, 52, really started writing calligraphy in 2003.
At first, Guo hid in the house and practiced by himself. After a long time, everyone in the village knows that Guo writes well. Everyone in the village looks for Guo when they meet people who build houses, marry daughters, and hold funerals. In the long run, Guo became famous for writing in eight villages around Shili. Guo is also responsive. Some people write with their own paper, but they don't. This writing is ten years.
"Especially during the Spring Festival, he is not idle. Every day, people come to him to write couplets." Guo's wife talked about her husband, and her face was full of pride. Just then, Guo Lai from the same village took the inscribed couplet: "The country is a good man with beautiful handwriting. For so many years, all ages have bothered him. As soon as the Spring Festival arrives, he will come back to write for everyone and never refuse. "