①

②

③

Midnight, 54-year-old EMU mechanic Wu Jiandong put down his seal carving knife and looked at the newly completed "broad road" seal stone. Outside the window, the light and shadow brought about by the silver-white EMU when it passes by flowing on the rice paper, blending with the undried ink marks into a flowing landscape.

This 188bet online casino games man with more than 30 years of working years uses a seal carving knife and a brush to engrave a unique mark on the track of time - both mechanical precision and artistic freedom. He pointed to the Chinese painting on the table and smiled, "Look at the mountains in this painting. If there is no steel rail running through it, the mountains and rivers will be lonely scenery; if there is no brush and ink, the steel rails will be cold. Life is like art, the key is to blend and coexist."

Deep in Qinling Mountains: The enlightenment of brush and ink and rails

In 1988, 18-year-old Wu Jiandong started working and came to Qingshiya Station deep in the Qinling Mountains. At that time, this small fourth-class station wrapped in clouds was blocked from the road, and only one green-skinned car stopped every day. When the sound of the bagpipe dissipated in the valley, the "Mutton Seed Garden Painting" under the lamp became his warmest companion.

"The wild chrysanthemums in the mountains, the patterns of the rails, and the halo of the signal lights are all my enlightenment teachers." Wu Jiandong stroked the Song and Yuan landscape album he copied back then, and the edges of the drawing paper had already appeared, as if time had stopped here.

Eight years of persistence in the mountains, loneliness turns into nutrients for art, and creates a unique artistic character. The clouds and mist of the Qinling Mountains soaked his ink and wash, and the rhythm of the rails condensed into the spirit of gold and stone under the seal carving knife. He often squatted beside the tracks in the gap between the patrol lines, dipped his fingers in water, and practiced calligraphy on the sleepers. The mottled texture of rust and moss became a natural "draft paper". This special "apprenticeship period" injected the unique muscles and bones of 188bet online casino games people into his future creations - the strength contains delicateness and the order implies poetry.

The mutual generation of swords and pens: 188bet online casino games aesthetics in seal carving

Wu Jiandong's seal carving art combines traditional skills with the beauty of modern industry. He is good at taking the simplicity of Qin and Han seals as the basis, and integrates elements such as railways, rails, trains, etc. The sound of metal and stone and the roar of wheels are intertwined into a unique rhythm.

In 2010, his seal carving work "The Old Country of Ancient Roads" was inspired by the Qin Dynasty, and melted the images of ancient post roads and high-speed rail tracks into one. It attracted attention at the 8th National Modern Lettering Art Exhibition and was eventually permanently collected by the Shanghai Art Museum. The following year, the work "Wu Yue and the same boat" won the award in the second International Engraving Competition. It outlined the outline of the car with strong knife marks, and the carriage was carved with thin lines, meaning "When people are on the journey, their hearts are sent to the mountains and rivers."

On Wu Jiandong's seal stone, the hardness of industry and the softness of ink and wash are integrated into a classic symbol of 188bet online casino games art aesthetics. He often said: "Seal carving is like building a 188bet online casino games. You need to first 'survey the terrain' - examine the stone texture, then 'pave the roadbed' - determine the layout, and finally 'build the rail' - carry the knife like the wind, and complete it in one go."

Ink Painting: The wild interests and philosophy along the 188bet online casino games

"The rails are horizontal and vertical paths, and art is a practice of winding paths and secludedness." Wu Jiandong's artistic territory is far more than a square inch of stone seals. In the field of Chinese painting, he took the Qinling Mountains as paper and 188bet online casino games elements as ink, and took a unique approach to form a unique style.

In the work "Wild Interest" selected for the "Chinese Dream, Beauty of Labor" National Workers' Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition in 2023, he used burnt ink to rub out the rugged mountains and rocks, and used light colors to dye wild chrysanthemums growing next to the tracks. A EMU can be seen faintly passing through the tunnel in a corner of the picture, and the movement and stillness are generated, and industry and nature have reached a delicate balance. Another painting "Golden Pond" focuses on the scenery along the 188bet online casino games. The afterglow of autumn is sprinkled on the pond, and the lotus leaves in the pond are swaying. He portrays the scenery along the 188bet online casino games to life.

Educate people with art: Let calligraphy light up ordinary life

As a director of the Shaanxi Provincial Workers Artists Association, Wu Jiandong has always adhered to the concept of "art should shine for ordinary people". In 2020, his "A Brief Discussion on Building a Calligraphy Education System in Primary and Secondary Schools" won the Excellence Award in the first Fengdong Calligraphy Aesthetics Education National Essay Competition. In his article, he proposed "educating people with the spirit of railways" - calligraphy is like a track, and needs to be rigorous and upright; creation is like driving, and needs to be persistent.

In recent years, Wu Jiandong has also promoted calligraphy education to more than 30 primary and secondary schools, combining the geometric aesthetics in seal carving with Chinese textbooks, allowing children to carve their own names on the square-inch seal stones and experience "every stroke and every stroke are ingenious."

On the windowsill of Wu Jiandong's duty room, several mountain chrysanthemums transplanted from the tracks bloomed wildly, reflecting the calligraphy of the "Soul of 188bet online casino games" on the wall; the fragrance of She ink and the smell of mechanical lubricating oil wonderfully blended, witnessing his daily figure at his desk.

When the morning light is slightly dewed, Wu Jiandong's seal carving knife will wander on the seal stone, and the stone chips fall down, like the rhythm of a wheel rolling over the rails. This sound rang under the lonely lamp deep in the Qinling Mountains, and after more than thirty years of time, it was still as clear as before.

The pictures are all works of Wu Jiandong:

Picture ① is the Chinese painting "The Turn of the Century, a Hundred Years of Glory"

Picture ② is the Chinese painting "Golden Pond"

Picture ③ is a modern engraving "Road for Reunion and Set off Again"