Liu Tiefei -Artists from the Red Sorghum Land

Recently, a short video of the theme of the oil painting theme of "Great Wind Song" was circulated on Douyin, and 1.4 million views were released in two days. The author of this short video is also the author of the oil painting, Liu Tiefei, the curator of the oil painter and the director of the Red Sorghum Anti -Japanese War Museum.

Gaomi Sorghum Liu Tiefei

Magic Red Sorghum Liu Tiefei

"Great Wind Song" shows the spirit of red sorghum never succumbing to

In May of this year, in order to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti -Fascist War, Liu Tiefei created a small manuscript of the "Great Wind Song" to participate in the International Painting Exhibition.

According to Liu Tiefei, Mr. Mo Yan wrote an article "Not Blowed by the Wind" on May 4th Youth Festival this year. Part of the inspiration from this work comes from this article. In order to pay tribute to Mo Yan, from last month, Liu Tiefei pushed away other creative tasks at hand, and took the best to create "Great Wind Song", hoping to let this masterpiece be released as soon as possible as a congratulatory ceremony for Mo Yan to win the 10th anniversary of the Nobel Prize.

The "Great Wind Song" created by the creation is 6 meters long and 1.5 meters high, showing the grand scene of wind blowing sorghum land: the wind is up, the clouds are flying, the world is vast, and the endless red sorghum.

"" Great Wind Song "shows a spirit of our nation. That wind is actually an external oppression. 80 years ago, this sorghum land came to a group of Japanese invaders, burned and looted, and a village was killed. More than a hundred people, ordinary people did not yield, but spontaneously organized to resist. What I praised was the spirit that our nation never yielded like red sorghum! "Liu Tiefei said.

Get material from the history and real life of the hometown

Liu Tiefei and Mo Yan have known each other for 19 years. In 2003, when Liu Tiefei gave the oil painting "The Memory of the Bridge" to Mo Yan, Mo Yan was moved. In the "Victoria and Zi Bisi respect" written by Liu Tiefei, this past was recorded:

"For more than a hundred years, our ancestors have passed on the bridge. The Japanese cars have drove on the bridge. The cattle and sheep have pulled the feces on the top. Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum" crew has sat on the bridge. Later, this bridge foundation fell and the bridge was a small bridge that was eroded by the years, followed by the movie "Red Sorghum" to the world. Tiefei used him to use him. The brush moved me to Beijing to Beijing, and my hometown feelings are like wine, which moves me. "

Mo Yan has collected four works of Liu Tiefei, mostly the history and style of his hometown. He gave Liu Tiefei's creative high expectations: "Get materials from the history and real life of his hometown, and draw inspiration and inspiration from the folk culture and art in his hometown. Tips, this is not only the path that Liu Tiefei painted when painting, but also the route that I must follow when I engaged in literary creation. "

Standing in front of the painting board, his expression was solemn and cautious, Liu Tiefei was also practicing Mo Yan's expectations for him.

It has been nearly 20 years since creating "Red Sorghum"

Liu Tiefei has created a red sorghum series of oil paintings for nearly 20 years. From the original "Tender Red Sorghum" series to "Wild Red Sorghum" and "Earth Red Sorghum" series, each series was completed, which attracted the attention of experts and scholars. The Professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts Zhan Jianjun and the famous oil painting artist Jiao Shidai have all given high evaluations. The works have been exhibited in the United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Brazil and other countries and Chinese Taipei.

In order to draw the charm of the red sorghum, Liu Tiefei planted a red sorghum in Gaomi Northeast Township. From sorghum germination, tingling to full fruits, he would observe carefully and record it with a brush.

French artist Geller once evaluated his work like this: "Liu Tiefei's" Red Sorghum "is full of enthusiasm and passion of life. Like Van Gogh's" Sunflower ", it burn his life to light up his work."

Many years of collection of anti -Japanese war relics to create a red sorghum Anti -Japanese War Hall

In the collection of Mo Yan's novel "Late Mind", a "Battle Memorial Hall of the Green Killing Course" was built in Northeast Township. Essence

The prototype of the commemorative hall in the novel is the Red Sorghum Anti -Japanese War Hall.

The Red Sorghum Anti -Japanese War Hall was created by Liu Tiefei to commemorate the history of the anti -Japanese war in his hometown. Each collection in the museum was collected by Liu Tiefei himself.

From the first collection to the exhibition today, it has spanned the years for nearly 20 years.

In the fall of 2003, Liu Tiefei, who was sketched by Qingchaqiao in Gao Mi Sun's mouth, unexpectedly got an item leftover from the War of Resistance Against Japan, a cutting bayonet and a Japanese steel helmet changed to a water scoop.

Since then, one after another, he has collected a lot of items on the War of Resistance Against Japan, grenades, bullets, jackets, coats, cloaks, combat clothes, pants, documents ... Many people heard that this young painter likes to collect these "old gadgets. ", Also took the" abandoned "items at home. "Although a lot of items were collected at the time, they basically did not systematically organize, and I didn't know much about the value of the items." Liu Tiefei said.

Many elderly people living nearby will also talk to him when Liu Tiefei sketch his sketching. Gradually, Liu Tiefei discovered that some elderly people did not come, and they could no longer see them when they were sketching. "The bottom of the heart is falling, and even some regrets. Recalling the life of these old people, the marks and trauma of war have always been accompanied by them. When the Sunjiakou miles war and the Mother -in -law Temple massacre, they were just children."

"When their figure disappears in my life, I feel that this history is urgent. I feel that I have a responsibility and should show my collection of anti -Japanese items to exert their value." Liu Tiefei said.

In order to build the Anti -Japanese War Hall, Liu Tiefei took 10 years before and after, consuming all the savings of the first half of his life.Since the opening of the Red Sorghum Anti -Japanese War Hall, since the opening of the museum in 2018, it has received more than 800 party education, patriotic education and research activities such as party and government agencies, enterprises, institutions, and schools, and the number of visitors is nearly 200,000.In recent years, it has been awarded the "Shandong Provincial Red Research Base" by the Provincial Department of Cultural Travel, the "Weifang Patriotic Education Base" by the Propaganda Department of the Weifang Municipal Party Committee, and the "Weifang Education Bureau and other" Weifang Primary and Middle School Students Research Base "title.(Chen Xiao)

(Source: Gao Kewen Travel)

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