Zhao Zhongxiang's fame is not ordinary. It can be said that his hosting experience has influenced several generations. With his signature voice and long mouth, everyone knows that the new year is coming. Zhao Zhongxiang has a standard Chinese face and a good image and temperament. No matter what people say about Zhao Zhongxiang now, it is undeniable that the quality of the Spring Festival Gala in the Zhao Zhongxiang era is indeed the best period in the history of the Spring Festival Gala. After Zhao Zhongxiang retired, he had plenty of time to ponder calligraphy. In fact, Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy has a foundation. Their generation still had a high demand for calligraphy. Basically, people from that era could write beautiful calligraphy.
Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy can't be understood as real calligraphy, so it seems appropriate to classify it as celebrity calligraphy. Undeniably, China's 5,000-year history of calligraphy is also the history of celebrity calligraphy. Modern people gnash their teeth at the mention of celebrity calligraphy and think that celebrity calligraphy can't be classified as real calligraphy, which is more or less a misunderstanding. Celebrity calligraphy, nothing more than two kinds, one word is due to people, and the other word is due to people. Both of them can be regarded as celebrity calligraphy, a little-known person, whose calligraphy is probably beautiful at best.
Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy was valued in the early stage and in the later stage. These two periods often complement each other. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy can fetch 5000 yuan a word. There is an important anti-counterfeiting means to sell calligraphy in Zhao Zhongxiang, that is, the calligrapher must take a photo with him, so that it is not easy to be faked. With the increasing popularity of Zhao Zhongxiang, this anti-counterfeiting method has been endowed with economic value. As a result, it has become a "stain" for people to attack Zhao Zhongxiang. In fact, the core of most people's arguments is around other people's expensive words, and they are puzzled by some means of others.
In fact, whether Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy is worth 5000 yuan depends on the artistic value of Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy. Zhao Zhongxiang's good friend Fan Ceng thinks that his handwriting is different from Zhao Mengfu, which we are familiar with, and belongs to New Zhao Ti. Zhao Mengfu is one of the four masters of regular script in China, and his position in the history of China calligraphy is quite lofty. Fan Ceng's evaluation of the value of Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy shows that Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy has been valued by Fan Ceng. Fan Ceng has always been a scholar, and it is not easy to get into Fan Ceng's calligraphy.
Practically speaking, there is another meaning behind Fan Ceng's explanation. First of all, Zhao Zhongxiang is not a calligrapher, so it is flattering to list his calligraphy as independent of the four regular scripts. Secondly, Fan and Zhao have been good friends for many years, and they have always been "mutual praise", which is basically similar to the mutual praise of "rebirth, Yan Hui is immortal". Finally, Fan Ceng's admiration for Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy is to some extent to create momentum for Zhao Zhongxiang's calligraphy. Calligraphy is different from others, and its value is ridiculously high with its fame. Calligraphy is an unclear thing, and it is hard to say who is right or wrong. But Zhao Zhongxiang was unmoved by honor and disgrace, and calmly responded to the criticism of many netizens: I wrote, so I am!