The gesture holding the microphone is like holding a pipe, and the voice can keep it sound like a bell for more than an hour. The 90-year-old painter Huang Yongyu talks to us about his legendary life.
Because of publishing the first three-volume "The Swinging Man in Wuchou River", Huang Yongyu recently became a guest of honor for Xinmin Art Tan. This event, held by Ba Jin's former residence, Xinmin Evening News and Xinmin Metro News, took advantage of the time when he held the "My Literature Business" graphic exhibition in Shanghai and released the novel, he started with the author Li Hui from this autobiographical novel with more than 600,000 words but only wrote to the 12-year-old autobiographical novel, and talked about the "spoiling life" that wandered everywhere - a life that sounded like a legend, but was so leisurely and leisurely by him.
Like to practice boxing, health is good
This time when he came to Shanghai, Huang Yongyu always wanted to find the "Lily Hotel" - this was his place where he came to Shanghai in early 1937. Of course, I can't find it, but I "saw the international hotel." This reminded him of what he said back then, and now it looks like a joke. At that time, everyone said that the international hotel was tall, "You must hold your hat when watching the international hotel." "At that time, the 14-year-old Phoenix child was dissatisfied when watching the international hotel. 'My house is taller than it - the houses are all on the mountain!'"
host Cao Kefan once joked that "life is seventy years old" and that "life is seventy years old and hard." In this regard, Huang Yongyu denied the "pain": "Although my body is empty every day and I live a hard life, I don't feel it hard because of the care of many people." His family is in Hongkou and the monthly rent is 50 yuan. The manuscript fee for a woodcut is 5 yuan, and 10 pieces are required to be engraved to be enough for the rent. Zang Kejia, who lives on the same street with him, said that he would recommend his works to the magazine, but he paid the royalties to Huang Yongyu first, regardless of whether they were actually published later. Another time, woodcutter Li Hua made an appointment with him to go to the Da Guangming Cinema to watch the Disney cartoon "Fantasy". When they walked to the tram main station, Li Hua asked him, "Is there a tram fare?" Huang Yongyu shook his head. So, the two walked from Hongkou to Nanjing Road together. Huang Yongyu recalled: "Actually, he had a fare, and he did it for me. Later, he became the head of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and asked me to teach below."
was once a happiness of enduring hardships with his old friends, but now health is even more blessed. Huang Yongyu's blessing comes from his persistent physical exercise throughout his life. According to Huang Yongyu himself, behind the room of his residence, a sandbag weighs more than 10 kilograms. He has to punch sandbags several times a day to develop a good boxing foundation, and he has a quick and powerful punch, and is very skillful. Two years ago, Huang Yongyu also met a Shaolin Temple monk. One day, the monk came to visit Huang Yongyu. In the "Wanhetang", he punched the sandbag with six nylon ropes hanging away, which made Huang Lao say "awesome".
Climbing and fitness, relaxing,
Since 1948, Huang Yongyu has lived in Hong Kong and has held art exhibitions in Hong Kong many times. Back then, he also worked as a newspaper colleague with Jin Yong, and is one of the few people who can call Jin Yong "Xiao Cha". "I wrote a movie (script) earlier than Jin Yong!" In 1951, he published the comedy movie "The Sutra of Children" under the pen name "Huang Di", which was his most important script.
In the past, he has traveled from his hometown of Xiangxi Phoenix to Xiamen, Shanghai, Beijing and other places; recently, he has been lingering between Italy, Beijing and Phoenix, and has never been "staying in a long time" anywhere. But despite this, Huang Yongyu still insists on going back to western Hunan to climb Phoenix Mountain several times every year. He said that he loves climbing high and fitness and climbing mountains very quickly, and sometimes even ordinary young people can't keep up. Speaking of the experience of climbing high, Mr. Huang said: "Climbing should be steady, your breathing should be adjusted, inhale deeply and exhale slowly, and pant after reaching the top before panting. At that time, you can pant as much as you like. Try not to rest halfway and do your best. During the climbing mountain, don't forget to appreciate the scenery in the mountains, which will help relieve fatigue. Regular climbing, straight waist, and flexible legs and feet, are of many benefits. After reaching the top, you will also have a sense of accomplishment and your mood will be relaxed."
jokes about life with a leisurely mentality
" Live to the age of 90, you can't say that you are young. However, when I lived to be 80, I felt like I had won a prize. "Huang Yongyu once wrote an inscription on Shen Congwen's tombstone: "A soldier would not die in the battlefield, he would return to his hometown. "He was even ready to engrave three words on his tombstone: "Love, compassion, gratitude". Love is naturally not to be explained. "Pity" is left to "bad people". "Some bad people can make every family uncomfortable, which is also very capable. We should not hate such a stupid and cruel person, but should have mercy on him. "He still remembers that on the small dome of the World War II Memorial next to Notre Dame, Aragon's poem was engraved: "It can be forgiven, it cannot be forgotten." "In response, Huang Yongyu raised objections: "I think this is wrong, it should be 'Don't forgive, but be merciful. ’"As for "gratitude" - it is because "there are so many good people in this world."
's friend Nie Gannu once wrote a fable "Mr. Rabbit's Speech", saying that the rabbit had a meeting with a tiger, and died when he got home - "When thinking about the meeting during the day, he scared himself to death in the bed. "Then, Huang Yongyu changed his tone: "It is not easy to die in his own bed. As for the ashes, don’t spread them to rivers, lakes and seas - that’s what a great man does. "He recalled the work content when he was in a cadre school, "The ashes are fattening fields. After the person burns the urn is larger than a pillow, leaving a small part of the relatives as a souvenir. I work in cadre school and pick fattening rice noodles. The 1,000 acres of land we planted in those years, the millet was round and large! ”
Lu Xun once said: “If a person does not live in a person’s heart, he will really die. "Huang Yongyu disagreed with this: "Why should we live in people's hearts? Send me to the crematorium, and friends go back to my house for a cup of coffee, forget it. "Does I hope people will evaluate you in a few decades? Huang Yongyu waved his hand and said hatefully in a sonorous tone: "This bastard! ” (Source | Reader's News)
