Zheng Banqiao was a calligrapher and painter in the Qing Dynasty. His most outstanding achievement in his life was his uniqueness in poetry, calligraphy and painting, which can be called the "Three Uniques of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting".
His great poetry It is small in size and crooked, like a road paved with rocks. But it gives people a special kind of beauty and is unique. This is his "Zheng Banqiao style". Many people still imitate his calligraphy!
His paintings are also famous all over the world. He especially likes to paint orchids, bamboos and rocks. He believes that orchids are everlasting, bamboos are evergreen for a hundred years, and stones are eternal, which are worthy of praise.
Zheng Banqiao in Weixian County When he was a county magistrate, he opened a warehouse to help the people privately and was dismissed from office because of a famine there. From then on, he returned to his hometown to make a living by selling paintings.
Most of the money he earned from selling paintings and calligraphy was given to the poor. .I heard that he was carrying a long bag, and put the money from selling paintings in it, and distributed it to the poor people along the way. When he got home, the money was also scattered.
Zheng Banqiao lived to be seventy-three years old. He has left us many precious treasures in his life, which are always worth remembering.