Spring fills the earth with hope, and everything presents a scene of prosperity.
Everyone in the world has ushered in a new spring with time. At this moment, I am honored and happy to get together with you gentlemen and hold a new grand meeting in Cangzhou calligraphy circle.
China is the hometown of calligraphy, where there are Chinese characters, there is calligraphy. Preface to Lanting written by Wang Xizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is China's Lisao. All the scholars in Sui and Tang Dynasties can write, and they are cautious and have different styles. Han, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Su, Huang, Mi and Cai have their own origins and have been passed down for hundreds of generations. China's calligraphy in the new period, on the basis of absorbing the essence of tradition, brings forth the old and brings forth the new, spreading the beauty of freedom, nature and harmony of China's calligraphy to all parts of the world.
Cangzhou is an important historical city in this area. Hard-working and intelligent people have created civilized carriers with distinctive features in their long-term labor practice, which has promoted the development and progress of Cangzhou culture. Calligraphy art has also reached a certain height with its unique artistic characteristics and humanistic connotation. Jia Moqiao and other calligraphers made Cangzhou calligraphy shine brilliantly. Ji Yun, in particular, was not only famous in the world for compiling Sikuquanshu, a cultural treasure of China, but also enjoyed a place in the calligraphy circle at that time. In recent years, under the care of leaders at all levels in Cangzhou, under the direct leadership of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Cangzhou calligraphy circles have held many high-standard and high-level mass calligraphy activities. A group of young and middle-aged calligraphers stand out and gradually become the backbone of calligraphy. Some calligraphers and their works have had an influence all over the country, resulting in a purposeful "Cangzhou phenomenon" inside and outside the province, which has aroused widespread concern and curiosity in the calligraphy art world. Analyzing the reasons for the prosperity of Cangzhou calligraphy, I think: firstly, Cangzhou calligraphers attach importance to the accumulation of knowledge and have a profound cultural foundation; Second, the leaders of the Book Association are full of exploratory spirit and have a down-to-earth, pragmatic and innovative work style; Third, there is a good social foundation. With the development of economic life, the social demand for noble culture is increasing. People need high-grade artistic edification, and calligraphy can provide such a cultural rest and exquisite enjoyment. In order to respond to the development of the times, grasp the social needs, further promote Cangzhou culture and contrast the cultural atmosphere, we have the responsibility and obligation to introduce more calligraphers and masterpieces with their own styles that can be passed down from generation to generation, so as to promote the "Cangzhou phenomenon" in the calligraphy circle of the whole province and even the whole country.
Of course, if you want to realize this wish, you have to practice your internal skills. There are only two kinds of efforts in calligraphy, one is to concentrate on learning, that is, to study and study the art of calligraphy with the diligence of "practicing calligraphy bravely and burying in the ground"; One is about virtue. The story of Cai Xiang and Cai Jing in Song Dynasty tells us that character is always more important than books. This is my belief and the calligraphy principle that I have been practicing.
Ladies and gentlemen, under the new situation of rapid economic and social development in Cangzhou, we have reason to believe that the future of Cangzhou calligraphy must be brilliant.