Tiger is one of the topics that Sha Qi prefers when painting. "Teacher Sha was born in 1914 and was the tiger of in the year of Jiayin. Perhaps because of this, he also likes to draw tigers." As a friend of Sha Qi's age, Shi Meizhang told reporters that Sha Qi often painted tigers to describe himself, especially in the decades when he lived in Tangxi Sha Village, he painted tigers the most, either on rice paper or newspapers, or on envelopes, books, manuscripts, or even on the walls of houses. There are 138 photos of Sha Qi's tiger paintings collected by Shi Meizhang alone.
The picture is a photo of Sha Qi's work (partial).
"The tiger goes down the mountain, climbs the mountain and looks at the moon, drinks water in the spring, seeks food in the forest, sits quietly, and travels in groups of tigers..." Shi Meizhang looked through the photos of Sha Qi's works painting the tiger while introducing the different characteristics of each work.
Shi Meizhang picked up several photos of Sha Qi's works painting tigers that he thought were quite meaningful. One of them was a tiger painted by Sha Qi in Belgium in the winter of 1944. There are 3 tigers in the work. One on the left is crawling and playing with something similar to a ball of yarn. One on the middle is looking up and looking back. The other on the right is leaning against the tiger in the middle. The three tigers are painted in a piece of paper. They not only have the majesty of the beast king in the mountains, the warmth of mutual dependence, and the cuteness of playing and playfulness, which is very harmonious and beautiful. "This work was painted by Teacher Sha because he missed his hometown." Shi Meizhang said.
The picture shows a photo of a tiger drawn by Sha Qi during the winter of 1944 in Belgium.
The second photo of the work is a tiger descending from the mountain. The tiger in the painting is staring at her eyes, with her bloody mouth, she pushes away the bamboo forest, and crawls down the mountain. "This is a painting by Teacher Sha when she lived in Hanling in 1993." Shi Meizhang introduced.
The picture shows a photo of Sha Qi giving Zhang Zongrong the work of painting tigers.
Another work of the tiger reflects the friendship between Sha Qi and Shi Meizhang. This work is painted in a manuscript, and an article written by Shi Meizhang about Sha Qi was published in the " Ningbo Daily " on January 31, 1993. After seeing it, Sha Qi cut the article off and posted it on the manuscript, and drew a tiger on the right side of the article. It is precisely because of this that Shi Meizhang believes that Sha Qi painted a tiger to illustrate himself.
The picture shows Sha Qi's article written by Shi Meizhang to describe himself.
There is also a genuine work of Sha Qi's painting of tiger hanging in his home. This was written by Sha Qi for Shi Qiujin, the daughter of Shi Meizhang. Once, Shi Meizhang visited Sha Qi with his daughter. Sha Qi wanted to paint a portrait of Shi Meizhang's daughter, but failed for some reason. Later, Sha Qi learned that Shi Meizhang's daughter was a tiger, so he painted a tiger work for her.
The picture shows a tiger painted by Sha Qi for Shi Qiujin, the daughter of Shi Meizhang.
During the time when Sha Qi lived in Tangxi, citizen Cai Zhiren visited many times and brought his own brush and ink painting paper. Mr. Sha was also willing to draw for the visitors and insisted on signing the paintings so that the visitors would take the paintings away. Cai Zhiren once watched Sha Qi draw a tiger with his own eyes, "When I saw Sha Lao painted a tiger, he always painted a beard first, then painted a tiger's head, and finally painted a tiger's body." He said that after Sha Lao finished painting the tiger's body, he realized the shape of the tiger in the painting, either lying, standing, or running, with a realistic expression and vivid appearance.
"Every work of Teacher Sha's painting has a story, he is a person who likes lively." In 1995, accompanied by Shi Meizhang, Sha Qi returned to his hometown Sha Village for the last time. Nowadays, if citizens go to Sha Village for a tour, they can still see the tiger painted by Sha Qi on the walls of the houses. There are many stories about Sha Qi and the tiger circulating in the village.
