In life, Xu Xiangqian was ingenious and had a wide range of hobbies. He was proficient in photography, liked opera, played musical instruments, could sew, was good at handcrafts, loved reading, and was good at calligraphy. Xu Xiangqian didn't talk much. He lived a simple life and didn't pay much attention to food and clothing. He spoke Shanxi dialect all his life and loved to eat Shanxi rice. He had no official atmosphere in his life and gave people a relatively "rustic" impression. He was known as "Common Marshal".
Xu Xiangqian is a man of few words and seems dull, but he is actually a very interesting person. Xu Xiangqian loves raising animals. During the Long March, young Xu Qianqian rode a horse with a gun in his hand, majestic. What was different from others was that there was a monkey on his horse. This monkey accompanied him for a long time during the Long March, and also added a lot of fun to the soldiers.
Xu Xiangqian likes to listen to and sing Jin Opera, Cantonese Opera, and Hebei Bangzi. He is friends with the famous Cantonese opera masters Hongxian Nu and Jin Opera Xusheng Guozihong. He can also play the dulcimer and the erhu, and is also very good at photography. Not only does he take photos by himself, but he also sets up the darkroom by himself and prepares developer and fixer. Many of the early and precious photos were taken, enlarged, and fixed by himself. Printed.
Xu Xiangqian was very handy. During the war years, he mended his own clothes and knitted sweaters. He knitted a woolen vest by himself and wore it for 30 years. In the end, it became a treasure at the bottom of the Xu family’s trunk. After his death, the vest was donated to the museum.