Show the feeling of rain flower stones
-Mr. Liu Shui, an ornamental stone expert.
Mr. Liu Shui, who is over 70 years old, suffered from a stroke and was paraplegic. Now he lives in Yanziji Park in Linjiang, which is accompanied by crags and the surging Yangtze River. He insisted on exercising, reading, appreciating stones and writing, and lived a Tao Qian-style hermit life. When I first met Mr. Liu Shui, like ordinary people, he was nothing special. However, when we approach the spiritual world of Mr. Liu Shui, you will feel the passion and vitality of life behind the stone appreciators who are as dull as water and as calm as waves.
If you ask Mr Liu Shui, what is the most beautiful thing in the world? He will not hesitate to tell you that the rain flower stone is the most beautiful; If there is a person who has worked hard for the cause of Yuhuashi without seeking fame and fortune, is it regrettable? He will say frankly, I am very happy, because I am engaged in a beautiful cause worthy of my life.
Yes, what a good answer. This is the mind of a stone-appreciating person and the infatuation of a career! The exploration of rain flower stone culture and the persistence of rain flower stone cause are the inexhaustible source and motivation of his life struggle.
Liuhe is the hometown of Shi Yuhua, and Mr. Liu Shui is a native of Liuhe. As a teenager, he fell in love with the beautiful rain flower stone. After taking part in the work, I traveled all over the country, but I never forgot my hometown. In the 1980s, when he knew his destiny, he almost gave up everything. He and his wife Li Jurong devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the Kingdom of Shi Yuhua. In order to carry forward the culture of Shi Yuhua, he went through difficulties, broke through resistance, worked hard and made selfless contributions. 1987, he and several like-minded people collected the hidden stones of the rain flower stone collectors, photographed them and sent them to Jiangsu Ancient Books Publishing House, which was highly supported at that time, and immediately hired him as a special editor to cooperate with Guo and Zhang, American editors of the agency. After two years of hard work, they overcame many difficulties. Published the first large-scale atlas in the history of China, The Collection of Rainflower Stones, which won three prizes in Hongkong, East China and Jiangsu, and was selected as a book for foreign cultural exchange by the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Culture.
1989, at the opening press conference of "Joint Exhibition of Rainflower Stone Collectors' Treasures and Rainflower Stone Artists' Works" held by Nanjing Museum, Liu Shui first proposed to promote the theme of "Rainflower Stone Culture". 1990 went to Beijing with the organizer's staff to hold 1 1 Asian Games Art Festival "China Rainflower Stone Exhibition", and did a lot of organization and writing work. This stone exhibition is very famous in Beijing, with an endless stream of visitors and rave reviews.
Mr. Liu Shui hides stones.
In order to truly become a landscape expert of rain flower stones, he paid equal attention to theoretical study and collection research, and explored the aesthetic value of rain flower stones from practice to theory. He carefully studied a series of books on aesthetics, literature, geology and other related books, visited Wang Chaowen and other aesthetic masters, strengthened exchanges with geology professors and national stone friends, broadened his horizons and learned from others. We should also become friends with the stone farmers, pay attention to exchange experiences with them and enrich their perceptual knowledge. Over time, his collection and research have reached a higher level.
1990, at the first national symposium on ornamental stones, he read the article "Ornamental Value of Rainflower Stone" and put forward the "six beauties" of Rainflower Stone for the first time, namely, beauty of texture, beauty of modeling, beauty of texture, beauty of color, beauty of image and beauty of artistic conception; Since then, he has put forward the concept of "three wins for rain flowers and stones": works of art are not better than works of art, gems are not better than gems, and cultural relics are not better than cultural relics; Then it puts forward the "ten virtues" of appreciating stones: benevolence, wisdom, ambition, pleasure, cultivation, interest, communication, Hong Wen, adaptability and enlightenment. 1992, he raised his years of stone appreciation practice to theory, and wrote a book "Appreciation of Rain Flower Stone", which is an academic work to study the causes, cultural history and aesthetic characteristics of rain flower stone, especially his "six beauties", "three victories", "ten virtues" and "Heaven is art, man is art, and the art of harmony between man and nature" The famous aesthetician Wang Chaowen wrote an inscription praising him for "making new contributions to aesthetics" and "making unique contributions to mass aesthetic education". Wu Zhongqi, chairman of Jiangsu Calligraphers Association, gave him Mo Bao, the "Soul of Rain Flower"; Liao, a famous person, wrote an inscription that he was an "expert on rain flower stones"; People's Daily, Guangming Daily and Science and Technology Daily all published articles introducing his deeds. 1995 Written the screenplay of Rain Flower Stone, which was invested by the Ministry of Culture, shot by Shanghai Science and Education Film Studio, translated into 10 foreign language, and sent to foreign embassies and consulates by the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Culture for publicity. 1989 published an article in Nanjing Daily, suggesting the establishment of a "Rain Flower Stone Festival"; 1999 at the invitation of Yuhuatai Martyrs Cemetery Administration, drafted the "Nanjing First Rain Flower Stone Art Festival" and participated in the planning of the "Nanjing First Rain Flower Stone Art Festival"; After that, it will be held once a year to form a festival. For a long time, he has also done a series of fruitful work to promote the establishment of China Ornamental Stone Association.
Because he has done a lot of fruitful work to promote stone culture, especially yuhua stone culture, he won the contribution award of China Stone Culture Expert Seminar. He was hired as a consultant by China Ornamental Stone Association, Jiangsu Ornamental Stone Association, Nanjing Yuhua Stone Association and Peking University Kistler Association.
Mr. Liu Shui, after going through the sea, kept his true colors, allowing clouds to fly around and stand firm. At present, I am writing a monograph on ornamental stones, making unremitting contributions to the cause of ornamental stones with a pure heart, and interpreting the silent and frank beauty and eternal faith of ornamental stones in a quiet way.
The place where Mr. Liu Shui works and lives-Nanjing Shi Yuhua Institute of Culture
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