[Explanation] The old man in front of me who is concentrating on painting is called Tang Xiaoan. He is 80 years old this year and is from Luoshe Town, Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province.
In order to express his love for his hometown, he spent four years painting a Deqing version of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".
Tang Xiaoan told reporters that painting and traveling are his greatest hobbies.
After retiring, he has been insisting on painting, even in the coldest winter, and he suffered from severe frostbite on his hands.
He specially went to Yuyingfang, Moganshan, Xinshi Ancient Town and other places to sketch, and created this work by integrating Deqing's "famous mountains, wetlands, and ancient towns".
[Concurrent] Tang Xiaoan
I belong to genre painting, (first) because Mogan Mountain is relatively famous, it is one of the four major summer resorts in China; the second is Xiazhu Lake, which is a relatively large wetland in our Hangjiahu area, this wetland It is the original ecology. At that time, the Fangfeng Ancient Country Cultural Park was next to it. (I think) this theme was better, so I used it in it; the other one is the ancient town of Xinshi, which is a small bridge and flowing water; the other is Silkworm Flower Temple Fair.
Put all these three pieces (content) in, and express the style of Deqing from the picture.
[Explanation] During the Spring Festival, the reporter visited Tang Xiaoan. In his home, he could see paintings of various themes hanging on the wall, which were lifelike.
In the small calligraphy and painting room, Tang Xiaoan is painting his new work "Luo She Tu".
Tang Xiaoan told reporters that with the changes in society and the development of the times, it is rare to see the scene of Lao Luoshe nowadays, and it is not easy to restore the original appearance.
In addition to recalling the pictures in his memory when he was a child, he will also ask the elderly for verification, and add them to "Loshetu" based on their descriptions.
[Concurrent] Tang Xiaoan
Because (drawing the Loser map) is intermittent, I started to sketch it before 2017, and now I overthrow it (the previous idea), re-conceive it, and conceive (the picture) from my memory when I was a child, and then I visited some elderly people and asked (the older generation older than me) to recall the impression of Losher Town in their minds.
There must be a certain degree of authenticity, and the original (Deqing) style must be displayed like a photo.
Let some elderly people feel emotional when they see it. They can see the past and (restore) the real appearance of our Luoshe Town in the early days of liberation.
[Explanation] Another wish of Tang Xiaoan is to let more young people see the past of Luoshe Town through his paintings, so that everyone loves their hometown more.
At the same time, he also hopes to donate the paintings to relevant departments for preservation or reuse.
[Concurrent] Tang Xiaoan
I have this consideration (donate the painting), if the government needs it, I am also willing.
It is also a (happy) thing to let everyone see the beautiful water town in our hometown in the past.
Let our young people see the images of the past in Luoshe Town, and let everyone love our hometown more.
Shen Yishan and Wu Liujing reported from Huzhou, Zhejiang
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]