Because calligraphy is famous, people who ask for words often come here. Therefore, Zhang Tingfu's ink is not only circulated in his hometown, but also in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and other provinces and cities. At that time, Bai Chongxi's mother's birthday was 8 1, and Bai Chongxi invited Zhang Tingfu to Guilin to write a birthday picture for her mother. Epitaph of Liang Wenshan, a celebrity in Hexian County, was written by Huang Xuchu, then Chairman of Guangxi Provincial Government, and written by Zhang Tingfu.
Zhang Tingfu followed Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing for many years and lived in Guangzhou and Wuhan for some time, leaving a large number of Mo Bao in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Guangzhou. During the Republic of China, the names of more than 20 shops in Huiai Road, Guangzhou were inscribed by Zhang Tingfu. Even the brand name of Tiger Tiger Tiger balm developed in Hong Kong by Singaporean brothers Hu Wenhu and Hu Wenbao was inscribed by Zhang Tingfu.
For Chinese painting, Zhang Tingfu painted crabs the most. As for why he loves painting crabs, he confessed in a poem he wrote: "People love to run amok, and I love painting people. Painters are too frivolous. Why not draw a crab and leave it to the crazy people? " He really wants to use this fable to describe those bullies who sacrifice their lives for justice and create catastrophic tragedies for society, and he is also the one who feels the deepest and hates most in his life. As he wrote in the inscription of a crab painting: "The muzzle is too unreasonable, and there is no lung or liver in the intestine;" I can't help sighing that there are so many generations in the world, but I left an ugly look for others to see. "In the other two crab paintings, he also wrote such a poem:" The same kind of disability has been taken care of, and life is too sad. "The cold eyes and tears all the year round are even worse than the tears of sheep." "The stubborn crab in the East is ambitious and delusional, and its horizontal knife is retrograde. I'm glad to hear that China is beating gongs and drums. How long are you going to run wild? " It shows great indignation at the warlord melee and Japanese invaders, and also points out the inevitable end of Japanese robbers. More than 100 anti-Japanese poems painted by crabs were collected from Hezhou folk.
Interestingly, most of Zhang Tingfu's crabs are freehand brushwork, all in the shape of "I" and "S". In addition, he painted the crab with six feet instead of eight. Many people don't understand its meaning. He replied with a poem: "I didn't have a teacher to draw this book, but I did it by will." There are big and small pens, so be sure to use ink lightly. Eight claws are prepared, but two claws can hold them. Nothing in the mountains, the game is written. "It means that he paints casually. He added, "Anyone can draw my crab. My paintings are unique in color matching, and others are not easy to learn. " As he spoke, he drew crab claws with thick ink lines, emphasizing their rigidity and sharpness; He painted aquatic plants and showed their softness and gentleness with light ink curves.
On the first anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Tingfu wrote five "Autumn Feeling" by imitating the "Wheeled Body" of Lu You, a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. The first one of them wrote: "It is easy to have autumn wind every year. Looking back at Lugou, I hate it. However, the streamer urged me to get old and failed to kill the enemy with others. I am a boy, and I really look like Lu Fangweng. The battle of fingers is the same as July 7, listening to the cold insects. " At that time, he was 63 years old, because he could not go into battle to kill the enemy, only "heartbreak."
Between the lines of Zhang Tingfu's poems, there is a feeling of worrying about the country and the people. He once co-wrote six "Winter Fun" with Chen Yugan, which is not so much winter fun as expressing anti-Japanese feelings. Also during his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he went to Zhaoping County to find the famous anti-Japanese county magistrate Wei and wrote 2 1 poem about traveling in Zhaoping area. While expressing his love for great rivers and mountains, he never forgot the national humiliation and always remembered the anti-Japanese war. In "Dragon Boat Festival in Ancient Robes", he wrote, "During this eventful year, I am concerned about my hometown road of 3,000 miles." In "The Top of the Wind", he wrote: "Looking at the battlefield from a distance, the clouds are light and the wind is light, and it is hard to worry about the country and the people." In "Zhang Mu Express My Feelings", he wrote: "Filial piety is eternal, and I am dedicated to my family and country." In normal times, even if it is a wedding couplet for others, he always forgets to integrate into national affairs.