[Explanation] Yu Pinghua, 55, is a calligraphy lover in Fenggang County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province.

In the 49 years since he started learning calligraphy at the age of 6 to now, Yu Pinghua has not only practiced his writing skills by splashing ink, but has also constantly pursued innovative ways of presenting calligraphy.

  [Explanation] In front of him, what Yu Pinghua is showing is his latest "fire calligraphy". After selecting a piece of wood and writing the required fonts with a brush, he uses the local unique red clay to cover the words, and puts on a fire gun. , Yu Pinghua started the firing of calligraphy.

  [Explanation] Yu Pinghua introduced that the creation is based on the existing wood-panel calligraphy. In order to make the original monotonous wood-panel calligraphy more artistic, he thought of burning it with fire.

  [Concurrent] Yu Pinghua, a calligraphy lover in Fenggang County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province

  In fact, wood calligraphy is also available in the folks. I just said that I have used their methods for reference, improved and innovated a bit. It is embodied on the wood in the form of calligraphy. I just said that the previous (plaque) was carved by carving. Yes, the carpenter (carved) wood carving. Now we write it in calligraphy and burn it out with fire. It feels very natural.

  [Explanation] What is the unique look and feel of the fired wood calligraphy?

By processing the fired wooden boards, the reporter found that the slightly raised fonts on the wooden boards, combined with the burnt yellow wooden boards, presents a distressed artistic style.

Yu Pinghua told reporters that to achieve such an effect, controlling the heat is the key.

  [Concurrent] Yu Pinghua, a calligraphy lover in Fenggang County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province

  After the soil has been burned (over time), it will not have the shape of the previous word, and it will have been deformed. If it is not burned, it will burn too lightly. After it is burned too lightly, it will not have the three-dimensional effect. , The heat is very important.

It is natural after being burned and weathered (for a long time). It is not carved by machines or computers.

  [Explanation] In order to pursue the natural presentation of calligraphy, Yu Pinghua also designed the typesetting of the characters according to the shape of the wooden boards. Some wooden boards were not enough to support larger fonts. Yu Pinghua needed to reduce the size of the fonts, and calligraphy on small wooden boards. The firing is extremely challenging.

  [Concurrent] Yu Pinghua, a calligraphy lover in Fenggang County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province

  Because the thickness of the strokes (there are) of the small characters must be changed, it cannot be the same. If there is no change, it is called fine art. Therefore, it is very important to grasp the thickness of the soil lines.

  [Explanation] Nowadays, as long as Yu Pinghua has time to burn wood calligraphy, he will open a live broadcast on his social software. While attracting netizens to like, he has also received many orders, which makes Yu Pinghua's creative enthusiasm continue to rise In his view, the creation of traditional art and cultural works that conform to the current aesthetic concepts is more acceptable to the younger generation.

  [Concurrent] Yu Pinghua, a calligraphy lover in Fenggang County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province

  After our current calligraphy is written, it will not be bad in a few years. How about the people in the future thinking of the current calligraphy level?

How is the art level?

Let many young people like calligraphy and carry forward (calligraphy culture).

  Yuan Chao, Chen Anqi and Qu Honglun report from Zunyi, Guizhou

Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]