An ordinary morning is more joyful than usual, because today our former teacher will organize us to visit Huaxia Art Expo Park, arrive at the meeting place early, get on the bus, and we will drive to Huaxia Art Expo Park in Xuejia Town, New North District, the destination of our trip.
Changzhou is an ancient cultural city with written records, with a history of more than 2500 years. A long history has given birth to Changzhou's long-standing traditional arts and crafts. It is not only one of the birthplaces of jade carving in China, but also the world-renowned hometown of arts and crafts such as combs, bamboo carving and needle embroidery.
Following the commentator, our party came to the exhibition hall. This program greeted us with a portrait. This painting is lifelike. Against the backdrop of the lighting in the exhibition hall, the colors are bright and bright, and it looks like a beautifully made oil painting from all angles. When you look at it carefully, you can't help exclaiming, because it is completely created with tiny silk thread, and no ink is used at all. The first time I met embroidery, it shocked my heart and produced this wonderful work of art. The commentator smiled and said, "Don't worry, there is a sad love story here." Yang Shouyu, the founder of random needle embroidery, had a picturesque life. She was born in a famous family, and Yang Tingjian, the champion in the late Ming Dynasty, was her ancestor. Yang Shouyu was miserable all his life. He lost his wife in his early years, and orphans and widows lived alone. Yang Shouyu's mother and Liu Haisu's father are siblings. Haisu lost her mother in her early years. Haisu's father often lets his sister do housework at home, so Yang Shouyu often follows his mother to his uncle's house. Yang Shouyu and Liu Haisu are in the same boat, have the same hobby of painting and calligraphy, and are pregnant with love in the world of ink painting. Yang Shouyu 14 was the first to sign up for the photo workshop founded by Liu Haisu. Liu Haisu vowed not to marry her cousin. However, things did not develop as expected. Because of the eight characters, the elders at home tried every means to obstruct and separated the lovers with the "switch plan". Liu Haisu obviously succumbed to her father's orders and married Miss Lin in Danyang, but in the end she went to Shanghai and never came back to show her resistance to marriage. A pair of lovers get married, but Yang Shouyu devoted herself to the art world and created this exquisite needlework. The love story between Yang Shouyu and Liu Haisu is a classic of that era. Two cousins of the same kind were separated by life because of the trick of fate. It's not the difference between Bao Dai's life and death in A Dream of Red Mansions, but it's a bitter experience, where will you go. The difference is 70 years. In 70 years, we were inseparable and reunited like snow. It is a concern and a hope that supports Yang Shouyu through 70 years of storms. No matter how much wind and rain failed to extinguish the fire of love, her persistence crystallized a peerless wonder-random needle embroidery, which broke the traditional techniques and styles of embroidery art for thousands of years and was praised by Japanese scholars as "representing China culture". After listening to this beautiful love story, I have another admiration for the master.
As a student studying in Changzhou, I am lucky. What I see on weekdays is the prosperity and noise of Changzhou, a modern city. I seldom have the opportunity to really calm down and feel the cultural background and historical pulse of this city. Today, I am fortunate to know this traditional craft so closely. As a tourist in Changzhou, I am happy, because Changzhou has such a long history and so many excellent arts and crafts works that I can introduce to guests from all corners of the country and share the essence of Changzhou's culture and art.