Zhou Jinyun incident

During the period of 1972, Premier Zhou Enlai accompanied US President Nixon to Hangzhou for inspection. The provincial government gave the task of environmental art layout to Wenzhou Ou Su Factory, and Zhou Jinyun and his teacher Xie Xiangru accepted the task. They gave full play to their superb skills and intelligence, and created a number of works that fully reflected the highest level in Ou Su at that time. In the lobby of Shangri-La Hotel where Nixon stayed, Ou Su's first large-scale mural Autumn Goose was born. On the wall of President Nixon's suite, Zhejiang's Scenery of Fuchun River is displayed one by one through Ou Su's art. In front of the masterpiece, President Nixon is amazed. An accompanying American artist sincerely called Ou Su "the three-dimensional oil painting of the East". In particular, Shaoshan, a big screen in Ou Su displayed at Hangzhou Airport, was magnificent and colorful, giving people hope and encouragement, and was highly praised by Premier Zhou. Premier Zhou Jinyun's evaluation gave him great encouragement. From then on, he made up his mind to dedicate his life to Ou Su art. He gave full play to his intelligence and unique fighting spirit of Wenzhou people, and tried to integrate the essence of modern art into traditional Ou Su, so that it not only had the charm of traditional culture, but also met the aesthetic taste of modern people.

1979 Zhou Jinyun created a large-scale mural "West Lake Scenery" for the Beijing Great Hall. When several young artists, led by Zhou Jinyun, just entered the Great Hall, the relevant leaders and organizers expressed doubts: "Zhejiang Province attaches too little importance to this creative task, why should we send several young people?" Go back and call the old artist! This sentence deeply hurt the creator's heart, but Zhou Jinyun calmly said to everyone: "People look down on us because we haven't shown our strength yet. As long as we hold our horses and make achievements, we will be recognized. "By the end of the year, the initial effect of murals has appeared, and Ou Su artists' rigorous working attitude, profound artistic skills and bold artistic expression techniques have finally been recognized. The relevant leaders of the Central Office spoke highly of it: "In the past, we only saw your work attitude in movies and novels." Professor Deng Bai, former director of the Fine Arts Department of China Academy of Fine Arts, commented that his works were "the first successful attempt to put the panoramic view of the West Lake on the screen in history, and his works really reached the realm of appealing to both refined and popular tastes." Sha Menghai, a famous calligrapher, happily wrote an inscription for the scenery of West Lake. At this time, they couldn't restrain their inner excitement and smiled happily! When the Zhejiang Provincial Hall 1996 of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was rebuilt, the provincial government not only decided to continue to design and create new murals with the theme of "West Lake Scenery" by Master Zhou Jinyun, but also presided over the decoration of the whole Zhejiang Hall, and the decorative effect of Wuyue culture in the atmosphere received rave reviews.