Calligrapher Feng Jingquan

In an accident 46 years ago, Feng Jingyun, who was just an adult and full of longing for the future, unfortunately lost his right hand. How can I move on with one hand left? How did he become the first generation of local self-employed, the first generation of ten thousand households, the first generation of people with color TV and gas? A few days ago, the reporter came to Zhu Yi Village, Zhong Luotan Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, and listened to Feng Jingyun's story of self-reliance as a craftsman. Feng Jingyun still uses traditional techniques to carve seals. He accidentally lost his right hand and practiced his left hand to support his family. From Zhu Yi Village to Anqing Road, an ordinary three-story building appeared in front of him. The traditional official script "Jingyunlou" on the balcony facade on the third floor makes this self-built house look a little different. These three words were written by Feng Jingyun with his left hand at 1993. Now I can dream about what happened in March 1973+05. Feng Jingyun recalled, "At that time, my family was poor and I had to work overtime at night to get food." In the morning 12, when he put the last ear of wheat into the electric thresher for threshing, he found that the machine was blocked by straw and the like. At that time, my safety awareness was weak, so I pushed it directly with my right hand, and my right hand was swept in at once. Subsequently, Feng Jingyun was taken to the Third People's Hospital of the city by ambulance for rescue. That year, Feng Jingyun had just turned 20, and everything in his life had to be relearned. He just picked up food with chopsticks, ate with his left hand and studied for more than a week. "Feng Jingyun was born in a poor family. After his hand was injured, he once cut rabbit hair and raised chickens." "At that time, people were depressed and confused, but life went on, and only labor would not starve to death," Feng Jingyun said. In that turbulent era, Feng Manshuo, the master of Lingnan School of Painting, was sent back to the hometown of bamboo materials, and sometimes went home to chat with Feng Jingyun's grandfather. When the master was painting, I was stealing from the teacher, picking up the waste paintings he threw into the trash can, imitating learning, hoping to learn some skills and cook two meals. "Feng Jingyun said that the master saw him so eager to learn and gave directions from time to time. After practicing day after day, Feng Jingyun was finally able to draw with his left hand, so he took a bus to Guangzhou to set up a stall to sell paintings. One or two yuan a picture, no food stamps, Feng Jingyun sighed. It became more and more difficult to sell later. After all, the income from selling paintings is not even enough for meals and travel expenses. He had to give up the business. At that time, the production team had not yet distributed fields to households, and seals were daily necessities for every household. When everyone is carrying rice, picking peanuts and collecting wages, etc. The households mainly stamped their private seals, so the lettering stalls opened by the villagers flourished. My grandfather and father are famous for their calligraphy. They write and sell it every year. I also have a calligraphy background. If I carve the seal, I will definitely be better than my hometown. Inspired by this, Feng Jingyun, who put down the brush, picked up the carving knife again and learned to carve the seal with his left hand. Feng Jingyun's carving tool grinds thick cocoons with a knife in his left hand. He doesn't think living with one hand is harder than living with healthy people, and he doesn't think carving. Feng Jingyun asked someone to make a wooden seat out of litchi wood and put the blank material into the wooden seat for fixing. I bought a white steel knife, polished and cut it myself, and made a whole set of carving knives, bevel carving knives and flat carving knives, all because of "self-made". Feng Jingyun only has primary school culture, but he loves reading. On the small bench in his bathroom, there is a tattered "Study in Qionglin". "Astronomy, geography, historical figures ... everything. It is really an encyclopedia, and I like reading it very much, "said Feng Jingyun. In order to engrave the characters accurately, he read a lot of Chinese books, consulted the seal cutting dictionary from time to time, explained the characters, looked at the origin of a word, the evolution and annotations of various fonts such as Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and learned and accumulated word by word. After years of hard work, Feng Jingyun became famous for seal cutting. He not only got the business license of the city, but also participated in the relevant examinations organized by the public security department in the 1980s, and obtained the excellent result of the second place in the suburbs of Baiyun District at that time, and obtained the special trade license issued by the public security organ, thus taking over the carving business of enterprises, institutions and private seals in the suburbs at that time. Feng Jingyun recalled that the most prosperous business was in the 1980s, just after the reform and opening up. Many people go to the sea to do business, and people come to engrave seals in an endless stream, most of which are special seals for contracts. There is also the adjustment of administrative divisions, the merger of towns, the split of towns, and all kinds of engraved * * *, financial chapters and trade union chapters are all sent by snakeskin bags. At that time, relatives and friends came as apprentices, and five people lined up to carve. I am responsible for carving, others are responsible for shoveling and smoothing the bottom, and work on the assembly line from morning till night every day. Feng Jingyun said, "At that time, taking an ordinary job for a month was more than 100 yuan, and my best apprentice was more than 3,000 yuan a month. Feng Jingyun engraved the seal. So overtime has become a common practice. Once, in order to catch up with work, Feng Jingyun sat at the table for three days and three nights. "At that time, he was still young, and he didn't feel sleepy when he concentrated." The left hand holding the meat cleaver for many years grinds out a thick calluses. ""When the freshly steamed food is taken out of the pot, my hands don't feel hot at all, "said Feng Jingyun. Law-abiding management, honesty, reasonable price, heaven rewards diligence. As the first generation of local self-employed, Feng Jingyun not only supported a large family of eight people with his own skills, but also became the first generation of local households with ten thousand yuan, the first batch of people who took a fancy to color TV sets and used gas. Several small buildings have been built at home, which is really enviable. Many individual travelers who live far away come here and ask Feng Jingyun to engrave the seal. On May 20 17, Feng Jingyun was awarded the title of "Baiyun Artisan" by Baiyun District Federation of Trade Unions. Feng Jingyun won the Baiyun Craftsman Award and followed the trend to "play" computer carving, making traditional hand carving endless. The first floor of Feng Jingyun's home is both a studio and a reception room. Calligraphy and painting sent by a friend hung on the wall, and a calligraphy written by himself in the left hand: "The sky will fall to the ground in Sri Lanka. "Feng Jingyun said that he especially liked this sentence", "Not only inspired himself, but also inspired his family." In the past 20 years, with the popularization of computer engraving technology, manual engraving has gradually declined, and computer engraving shops can be seen everywhere, greatly improving the engraving efficiency. Feng Jingyun followed suit and bought his first computer in the late 1990s and updated it several times. His wife also became the main helper of computer carving. Feng Jingyun also used modern computer laser to carve "no words (calligraphy), no paintings, no chapters and no words". Feng Jingyun said that the business of hand-carved seals is getting less and less, but it will not disappear. ""Many painting and calligraphy lovers and painters nearby have been helping me. They only use hand-carved seals, seals, official scripts and other special materials of calligraphy fonts, which cannot be replaced by computers. "Now with the growth of age, the physical pain has also increased. The 66-year-old Feng Jingyun still hasn't put down his meat cleaver, and he is working between square inches with one hand. When encountering hard stone materials such as jade, Feng Jingyun needs to ask the jade master to help him carve with a miniature diamond grinding wheel in order to complete the impossible task independently. " Feng Jingyun's tool rack is an old wooden table, and the light of the small desk lamp is soft, and the litchi wooden seat has long been polished to be dark and smooth. Feng Jingyun wore 350-degree reading glasses, bent his head intently, supported a Shoushan stone in his right arm, and held a meat cleaver in his left hand, deliberately polishing the outer ring of the seal to make it look more natural. Feng Jingyun didn't expect much from the successor of this craft. "Young people have their own ideas." He chose to stick to tradition. "The pursuit of art is endless, especially the carving of art requires painstaking efforts, perseverance and patience. I will carve until I can't move," Feng Jingyun said with a smile. Disclaimer: The above content comes from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. If there is any infringement of your original copyright, please let us know and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.