The carved wooden history is "the day of victory" Xinhua Daily's anti -Japanese war theme print burst of strong spiritual power

"The Day of Victory" is out of print woodcut 93cm × 139.5cm Chen Chao 2015

The dawn passed through the clouds to shine on the earth, and the three peace pigeons fluttered their wings high. They flew to the Great Wall composed of the "outside" of "Xinhua Daily" and other "outside". The "Lu Xun Printmaking Award" winner and first -level artist Chen Chao's huge theme print "The Day of Victory" recorded on August 15, 1945. After Japan announced unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, the country was happy and encouraged. The time of victory. "This day is very important in the entire modern history of China." Chen Chao told the Jiangnan Times reporter, "This marks a complete victory in the Justice War of the Chinese nation's resistance to Japanese imperialist aggression."

In 2015, at the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's Anti -Japanese War and the World Anti -Fascist War, Chen Chao thoroughly understood the development history of Xinhua Daily during the creation of the Xinhua Newspaper Media Group's famous studio. "Starting from the issue of" Xinhua Daily "on January 11, 1938, I read tens of thousands of newspapers, focusing on the important layout of various historical periods, and looking for the origin of" Xinhua Daily "and Chinese modern woodcut prints." "Xinhua Daily" is the first newspaper in the history of the Chinese newspaper industry to open up the "Woodcut Front" special version. As early as on the publishing number, the woodcut print "Consolidation and Anti -Japanese War" created by the famous printmaker Liu Ye was published. The determination to unite and fight against the Japanese invaders. "Xinhua Daily published a large number of combat and inspiring woodcut prints. The printmakers used carved knives as weapons to use art to encourage the people to fight against the war. I think" Xinhua Daily "can be said to be the development of modern Chinese prints Help. "

Chen Chao found that "Xinhua Daily" published a special number, "Japan Accepting the surrender", which inspired his creative inspiration. "Outside the so -called number, when encountering major special events, in order to quickly inform readers, the newspaper's emergency sequel was temporarily issued. Seeing this number of Xinhua Daily, I checked many newspapers at the time and saw that that saw that. One day, the country is focusing on this major historical event. Therefore, I want to create a print, which is based on the combination of historical materials and artistic creation, realistic and freehand ways to record the victory of the Chinese nation. "

"Consolidate Unity and Anti -Japanese War" woodcut 13cm × 11.7cm Liu Ye 1938

Holding the knife, Chen Chao took half a year to depict the "face of sadness intersection" of the Chinese nation on the day of the victory of the Anti -Japanese War: the dawn changes with the light and darkness of the picture, and the layers of newspapers are overlapping. The staggered Great Wall symbolizes the beacon of the Chinese nation with sacrifice and blood to the Chinese nation; three peace pigeons fly to tomorrow, representing people's call for victory and peace ... In the end, he named his work "" The day of victory ". "August 15, 1945 is a day for the entire Chinese nation to completely change fate. The" day of victory ", with the space of lyrical and imagination, all celebrations for victory and the pain for the deceased are fixed. At that moment. "

There were 12 prints of "The Day of Victory" created by Chen Chao. He donated his first one to Xinhua Daily. "It is not only a memorial of the history of the printmaking of Xinhua Daily, but also carried my personal and" Xinhua Daily "." Chen Chao said, "I hope that through this work, calling people to remember history and cherish what comes to come. The great spirit of inheriting the self -improvement of the Chinese nation is inherited. "

Jiangnan Times All Media Reporter Ji Chuantao

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