Zhongxin Wanghai, 5 May -- Writer Mo Yan "throws bricks and leads jade" to calligraphy May more young people "regain" the brush
Written by Wang Jing and Chen Jing
The famous writer Mo Yan and his friend Wang Zhen's "Grand Tour and Long Song" - Two Bricks Moxun Special Exhibition opened at the Shanghai Long Museum (West Bund Pavilion) on the 18th, selecting 4 calligraphy and poetry works released by the two in the course of their travels in the past four years. Mo Yan positions himself as a "calligraphy lover". On this day, he did not talk about novels or scripts, but only about calligraphy and poetry, which he loved.
Calligraphy is Mo Yan's long-standing hobby. Especially in the past 18 years, his practice of calligraphy has never stopped, and his simple and powerful "left-handed calligraphy" is a must.
On May 5, writer Mo Yan viewed an exhibition at the Shanghai Long Museum (West Bund). Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Hengwei
"First of all, I am not left-handed!" Mo Yan said humorously to the reporter of China News Network.
Because he has always used fountain pens to write novels, Mo Yan initially "recovered" the words written by the brush, which always looked like an enlarged version of the pen characters. "I have written articles with a pen for most of my life, and I have developed a lot of pen habits, and once I enter a state of self-forgetfulness, those muscle memories and past habits will return to my hands. So I thought about it, let's just use my other hand, my left hand, to write calligraphy. ”
"Left-handed calligraphy" is effective. After a while, my friend was surprised to find that Mo Yan's right hand pen writing had also changed significantly, becoming more simple and mellow. "I think the brain communicates." Mo Yan speculated that perhaps the left and right hemispheres of the brain established a connection through the mandatory training of the left hand.
"Grand Tour and Long Song - Mo Yan/Wang Zhen Two Bricks Moxun Special Exhibition". Photo courtesy of Shanghai Long Museum
After the birth of the public account "Two Bricks and Ink News" in 2019, Mo Yan and Wang Zhen traveled to northeast and northwest China, and central China, climbing famous mountains, walking through plains, visiting places of interest and historical sites, reminiscing about old stories, and creating a large number of ancient Chinese poetry and calligraphy works. "Seeing the ink of a famous calligrapher, I couldn't help but draw two strokes on my leg with my hand; When I see other people's poems, my throat will itch and I want to leave two lines of my own poems. This is a process of touching the scene, touching the text, and touching the ink. ”
His friend Wang Zhen has witnessed his "thoughts like a wellspring" many times. During many trips, as long as Mo Yan returned to the hotel for a short rest, he began to write poems one after another, or five words, or seven words, or ancient style long poems, until he finished writing all the rice paper prepared by Wang Zhen and covered all corners of the hotel room. "I feel that Teacher Mo Yan is an extremely rich person, and the scenery we see is the same, but his poems and couplets gush out like spring water."
On May 5, Mo Yan and his friend Wang Zhen viewed the exhibition at the Shanghai Long Museum (West Bund Pavilion). Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Hengwei
Mo Yan often emphasizes that calligraphy should be "useful", not only to write familiar life, but also to apply it to various scenes in daily life. Only grass and flowers that really grow from the soil have strong vitality. "Calligraphy should not be divorced from real life, and the emergence of top masters must have a strong and broad mass base."
"Two Bricks Ink News" also implies the meaning of throwing bricks and attracting jade, and its original intention is to awaken more people's enthusiasm for traditional calligraphy. Mo Yan said frankly, "We are ordinary 'two bricks', hoping to attract everyone's comments and criticism, so as to arouse more people's interest in Chinese traditional culture, especially young people, pick up the brush again, and fill in poems according to the ancient norms." This behavior looks very retro, but it is actually to pay tribute to the ancestors, pay tribute to tradition, and open up the channel for modern people to understand the ancients. ”
"Grand Tour and Long Song - Mo Yan/Wang Zhen Two Bricks Moxun Special Exhibition". Photo courtesy of Shanghai Long Museum
In addition to the "Two Bricks and Ink News" with the theme of calligraphy and poetry, Mo Yan also has a public account named after himself as a platform for him to communicate with young readers. "There is no generation gap between us." Mo Yan sighed that many young people expressed their views on his articles very frankly, which really inspired him. "They called me Grandpa Mo Yan in the message, feeling that I was really old, but it was a very happy thing to be called grandpa by so many children." (End)