In Tan Xiaobo's mind, his hometown Yuan 'an is still the same city as when he was a child. It is paved with bluestone slabs, with many wooden brick shops, yards one after another and patios. The city is sparsely populated, and outside the window are the roots, ruins and terraces of the old city. The bare city wall is covered with withered grass, and the sparse farmland on the vast and desolate land outside lies in it. This bitter and melancholy artistic conception of Yuan 'an ancient town is fixed in Tan Xiaobo's heart, and it also gives him an indescribable melancholy temperament, so that he always likes to paint some works with bitter and melancholy colors, which are gloomy and ugly in most people's eyes.
On the long artistic road, Tan Xiaobo is silently thinking and exploring the "breakthrough" road of his oil painting. He tried to draw some "red and bright" works and tried to avoid using gray and black. However, Tan Xiaobo is not satisfied with these works. He thinks that "red and gorgeous" works are not what he wants to express, but the bitterness and melancholy rendered by gray and black and the spirit in the picture are what he wants to express. Without spirit, the work is equivalent to losing life and academic and artistic value.
And what does Tan Xiaobo want to express? In fact, everyone's eyes are using their own aesthetic taste to make a reasonable interpretation of the stains that pass by. Artists discover beauty and comb beauty according to the context of art, and let their thoughts grow wings to roam in the kingdom of freedom and have sex freely. This is the real beauty. What Tan Xiaobo wants is to paint the bitterness and melancholy of Bachu culture with a brush, melt those spirits into gray-black oil paintings, and let the spirits shock the painter's heart through these slightly gloomy pictures.
Xiu Yuan has a long road, and its artistic creation is endless. Tan Xiaobo is constantly searching and trekking to build his own oil painting world with his spirit.
Dynamic and static views
-listen to Zhang about scientific health preservation.
It is not unusual for people in their sixties and seventies to read news and send emails online, but do you know how many people have been deputy ministerial leaders and started blogs? Do you know who is using the broad platform of online blog to introduce how to deal with the aging society and health care for the elderly? Do you know who Kan Kan, who was sober when Kan Kan talked about the Internet and the elderly, was at the online judging meeting of the "World Chinese My Growing Course Award-winning Essay Contest" on Tsinghua campus?
He is cheerful and easy-going, treats people warmly and generously, likes calligraphy, badminton and tennis, and is always cheerful at ordinary times. Now, while enjoying his life, he is also deeply concerned about the development of the cause of the elderly in China. Perhaps, people who often surf the internet, browse blogs and pay attention to the cause of the elderly have guessed. This person is Zhang, former vice minister of civil affairs, president of China Association of Universities for the Aged, and president of China Future Research Association.
On the desktop of Zhang's study, there are six vigorous, natural and unrestrained and vigorous running script characters-"diligence" and "dynamic and static view". This is his motto. Through these six vigorous and powerful words, he realized the true meaning of heart, experience and practice.
Zhang believes that health preservation is also called health preservation, moral education, sexual cultivation, health protection and longevity. The word health preservation was first seen in Zhuangzi: "The so-called maintenance means maintenance, recuperation and supplement; The so-called life is life, survival and growth. " Health preservation is to maintain life, that is, to maintain the regular normal operation of the human biological clock. Zhang, a student of biogenetics, said: "The biological clock is a natural circulation law and a biological rhythm phenomenon in the universe. The phenomenon of life is so strange. It is auspicious to conform to the biological clock, and it is fierce to violate it. "
He believes that scientific health care for the elderly mainly includes mental health care, physical health care and environmental health care. To maintain a healthy life, a person needs to have normal physical health and good mental health, as well as a beautiful and healthy environment and a good lifestyle. After retirement, the elderly should pay attention to cultivating healthy psychological quality: a peaceful mind, indifferent to fame and fortune, establishing the concepts of self-improvement, self-esteem and self-respect, constantly improving their adaptability to the times and maintaining an optimistic mood. At the same time, daily life should also have basic laws and form a scientific biological clock habit.
Regarding the purpose and significance of health care, Zhang believes that the purpose of health care is to prolong the length of life and improve the quality of life. People can neither live forever nor live forever. There is nothing wrong with aging itself. The mistake is that you won't stay healthy.
From June 5 to 10, 2002, Zhang, who was concerned about scientific health preservation, proposed to hold the first world health preservation science conference in China. The President of the International Federation of Ageing attended the conference in person, and Zhang also read his paper "On the Social Value and Scientific Connotation of Health Preservation in China" at the conference, which was well received.
The combination of static and dynamic life
From the dynamic and static point of view, these are the four words hanging on the Gan Long Imperial Pen plaque under the eaves of the Infinite Life Buddha Hall of Beijing Xueyuan Temple. To live a spirit, it is necessary to combine motion and static.
Zhang is good at choosing sports that suit his age and personality. For 20 years, rain or shine, he got up at 5: 30, went downstairs at 6: 00, and walked leisurely to the nearby park to play Tai Ji Chuan, sword, badminton and tennis. Every year, Zhang goes out to climb with his family 1 and twice. The mountains, green trees and streams here are quiet and elegant, and the breath of nature makes him feel particularly comfortable physically and mentally. Zhang said that regular exercise like this will become a habit after a long time. Through these aerobic exercises, the whole body moves from head to toe, regulating the qi and blood of the whole body and maintaining a good state, which embodies a kind of spirit. He believes that the exercise of the elderly must be moderate, measured and not beyond their own physical strength.
Brush calligraphy is Zhang's "rest", and he is also enjoying the fun of splashing ink on rice paper. I often pick up a pen in my spare time and practice calligraphy 1 hour or more. If you write too much, friends and relatives will let him write when they see that the handwriting is good. When Zhang is not good, he always refuses, and sometimes he smiles and agrees.
On weekdays, Zhang pays more attention to rest and adjustment after being busy with other things. As the saying goes, every generation, like other old people, he likes family happiness. Whenever two grandchildren sing the song "Because we are a family, we love each other", he is completely immersed in family happiness and shares the warmth, health and happiness in the family.
He is a happy old man in front of his grandchildren who are three and six years old. He often plays with the children, and he is happier when the children are happy. Sometimes, children will snuggle up to him and listen to his stories. When he finished, his little grandson still bothered him. In turn, they told their grandpa the stories they heard and saw. Sometimes, the little grandson is naughty and pretends to be a teacher and asks Zhang to sing children's songs for them. At that time, in the hearts of the little grandchildren, Zhang was just their easy-going and kind grandfather, and there was no shelf of old leaders at all.
Playing sports, practicing calligraphy and playing with his grandson has now become an indispensable part of Zhang's happy life.
Adjust mentality and keep in good health scientifically.
One year, Zhang went to visit a temple. The Buddhist temple is clean, the air is filled with incense, and the clean and elegant environment touched his heart. He couldn't help asking the abbot, "What is Zen?" The host said: "Zen is the present!" " ""what is the gift? " Zhang asked again, and the host naturally replied casually: "It will be normal for a while." At that time, the word "normal heart" lingered in his mind for a long time.
When he was young, Zhang was a hot-blooded, aggressive and aggressive young man. When he was the secretary of the Youth League Committee in Lanzhou University, he was a big eater (eating more than 1 kg in one meal), with a loud voice and enterprising work. Now I am old and eat less. I don't drink liquor, smoke or play cards. I treat everything calmly, and I don't get bored when I get angry occasionally. We have achieved the goal of being calm and generous and keeping our personality intact and healthy. He believes that the elderly should guide themselves to live a healthy life with the spirit of self-respect, self-reliance and self-improvement.
After retirement, Zhang lived a plain life of contentment with a normal heart. On weekdays, he is friendly, generous and kind, and does not pretend to be a leading cadre. He said: "I only remember that I am a party member, just an ordinary member of the masses." Watching the TV series Long March makes me feel educated every time I watch it. During the war years, there is no reason why revolutionaries should not live among ordinary people in front of them because of their strong perseverance and bloody battles on the battlefield!
Zhang is still very satisfied with his life. From taking part in the work to serving as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and now serving as the president of the China Association of Universities for the Aged, his life has never experienced great storms. In his words, it is "plain, full and satisfied." Contentment is always happy, and he is incomparable with others everywhere in life. He enjoys family happiness, while reading books, reading newspapers, surfing the Internet, writing, playing with his grandchildren and participating in social activities. Under the nourishment of family and friendship, feel the fullness and happiness of life.
"Among the factors affecting health and longevity, genetic genes account for 15%, natural environment accounts for 7%, medical conditions account for 8%, social environment accounts for 10%, and personal lifestyle accounts for 60%. Therefore, a person's health depends mainly on himself. We should not blindly pursue health, but treat it in a scientific way. " Seven or eight years ago, Zhang, who didn't smoke, drink or play mahjong, was diagnosed with fatty liver, probably because he didn't pay attention to his diet, ate too much meat, drank less water and had an unreasonable lifestyle. To this end, he left a heart in his diet and ate more fruits and vegetables, which should be avoided as much as possible. In addition, he insists on exercising. Fatty liver has disappeared for several years now. In this regard, Zhang lamented: "Health depends on a long-term and reasonable lifestyle, and the awareness of health care should form habits."
"A scientific and reasonable lifestyle is a healthy cultural consciousness in the new era. Only by consciously maintaining one's own health and taking health care as a conscious consciousness can we improve the quality of life. " Zhang, who has read Huangdi Neijing for three times, knows from this heavy medical classic that prevention is the key to good health, and health does not depend on people.
In a family, if the elderly at home are healthy, it can not only reduce a lot of burdens for the family, but also bring a lot of happiness to the family. Therefore, it is a good thing to pay attention to health care and cultivate conscious health awareness.
Pay attention to the cause of the elderly by relying on the network platform
On the throne of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, it says, "He who knows others is a philosopher". 12 Zhang, who cares about the cause of the elderly, uses this "knowing people and discussing the world" to think about the problems of the elderly.
He believes that it is very important for the elderly to maintain their physical and mental health, that is, to adapt to the pace of the times, to conform to the trend of the times, to be interested in new knowledge and new culture, to live and learn, to have good study habits and to maintain active interest in learning.
After entering the 2 1 century, with the extensive and profound social changes and the rapid development of science and technology, all kinds of new knowledge and new things emerge one after another, and mankind has entered the era of knowledge economy. The elderly should adapt to the progress and development of the times, use their brains diligently, study more, maintain a good interest in learning, and enhance their physique in the new environment. After Zhang retired, he often felt that he didn't have enough time and knowledge, and everything felt new. Therefore, he forced himself to study more, think more, and use his brain more, maintaining a relatively strong interest and motivation in learning, and radiating new vitality with a positive attitude in the progress of the times.
During the interview, Zhang suddenly asked the reporter a question: "How old are your parents now? Do you know what they need most in life? " I thought of talking to my parents and buying what they like ... Zhang Fanwen reminded me to ask about the minimum living care, and I told him truthfully: "I can't think of it!" Finally, he told me that it was a manicure. When people get old, their bodies get fat, their eyes are blurred and their waist can't bend down. Cutting toenails is a difficult task for them. I was speechless when I remembered that my parents did say such a small thing. Small things that the old people find difficult, how warm and happy the old people should feel if we can take good care of them.
He wrote on the title page of the book "On A Bi in Rongyin" published in 2000: "People should have a little spirit. This spirit is a persistent and honest pursuit, a lofty thinking and a down-to-earth unremitting effort in the process of responsibility. ..... "Now, with a sense of responsibility and mission, Zhang spends several hours every day thinking about how to do a good job for the elderly with deep feelings, starting with the small matter of cutting nails for the elderly and solving the most practical problems for the elderly. It is also in thinking that his thinking is more flexible, his thinking is wider and wider, and his thinking is clearer and clearer. At the same time, he also found a sense of accomplishment in his thinking, and he often felt a sense of happiness and satisfaction in his heart.
"Is the elderly a burden or wealth to society? The answer is of course the latter. Every old man is a history book and a library. To do a good job of the elderly, we must know what they need. They need spiritual and cultural oxygen as well as material bread. " Zhang said so.
Now, Zhang spends more than four or five hours reading books, reading newspapers and surfing the Internet every day, thinking about community affairs and making suggestions for the development of China's aging cause.
As the chairman of China Future Research Association, he dare not slack off. He often knows the latest information about society, economy, science and technology and culture at home and abroad through books, newspapers and the Internet. The research content of the future research society involves many natural and social sciences, as well as many marginal disciplines, with a wide range of knowledge. As a student with a genetic background, he has to spend a lot of time in this field, and the times are developing rapidly. Studying the future must keep up with the latest development of the times, and we must think and study the future from a strategic, overall and long-term perspective. He published the article "There is only one earth in the world" at the academic forum of the National Future Research Association last year, which was widely praised by the academic circles. His family subscribed to more than a dozen newspapers and magazines. When he saw good articles about them, he cut them and collected them in categories, so Zhang also formed the habit of newspaper clipping.
Zhang's blog "People are here" is very popular and has a high click-through rate. His blog is almost full of articles about the elderly. He regards online blog as a gorgeous stage to introduce knowledge to the elderly and help them solve various practical problems. He also regards online blog as a platform to communicate with the elderly. Many people left messages in his blog to support his views, and the blogger called him a teacher.
Zhang said: "Blog is not only a stage for young people, but also a stage for old people to show their intelligence. The elderly are also an important part of the network. " Speaking of the old man's career, he seems to be very enthusiastic. "From the Internet, the elderly can gain knowledge, skills and the fun of communication. There are nearly 40,000 universities for the elderly in China, and nearly 4 million elderly students study computer, calligraphy, painting, health care and other courses in the universities for the elderly. "
When meeting old friends, Zhang likes to enthusiastically introduce them to the benefits of learning for the elderly. Cheng Lianchang, former executive vice minister of personnel department, wants to learn computer knowledge. After Zhang knew it, he was introduced to the Beijing Veteran Cadres Activity Center (Beijing University for the Aged). Now, Cheng Lianchang is proficient in computer operations such as watching news and sending emails online. At a health meeting, he talked about the benefits of learning computers for the elderly, and he was full of praise.
Nowadays, the elderly are living more and more colorful in the vast cyberspace. Speaking of this, Zhang, who is optimistic and cheerful, is particularly happy.