Yuan Story │ "Xiaoping Portrait" 30 years

Author:Crystal report Time:2022.08.29

From the ox mouth to Xiaoping Portrait Plaza, in this 13,500 square meter space, we witnessed the growth of the city with the "Xiaoping Portrait".

Forty years ago, there was a small mountain bag in Caiwu. The villagers took the cow to pass by every day. They would not expect that it will soon become a bustling crossroad. They would not even think that because of a painting, the crossroads where the hills are located will become the focus of attention from Chinese and foreign media in the next decades, and it will also become a space for tens of millions of citizens and tourists.

On the morning of June 28, 1992, the Hongling Road and Shennan Road intersection where the "Yellow Bull Mouth" was located. People passing by noticed that the propaganda painting on the Northwest corner was gone. "Comrade Xiaoping in Shenzhen" huge publicity paintings Establish it.

Thirty years of time, there has been turning around in Shenzhen. The "Xiaoping Portrait" here has also been revised 4 times. What I want to tell today is not only the story of the portrait itself, but also the story of the people in front of this portrait.

30 years of tourists "check -in points" and growth "background board"

More than ten years ago, my grandfather, who was nearly 80 years ago, said that he wanted to come to Shenzhen. I asked him: Did you introduce you to a few attractions? He rejected me, saying that there was a place of favorite in his heart. At that time, his legs and feet were inconvenient, and travel mainly relied on wheelchairs. In those years, he began to let his children travel across the country. We know that he was fulfilling the "wish list" of his life. In this column in Shenzhen, he checked the "Xiaoping Portrait", "Shennan Avenue" and "Window of the World".

In the middle of the year, he came to Shenzhen from the train from Henan, and the first stop came to the "Xiaoping Portrait" in front of Litchi Park. He took a wheelchair and took a photo solemnly in front of the portrait.

There are countless tourists like my grandfather. Since June 28, 1992, this place has become a place to take pictures in Shenzhen. In the current words, it is called "punching point". In the early years, it was not a daily years. From the trains from all directions of the motherland, I came to Shenzhen Station. The first journey was out of the station. Tourists who come to take pictures exceed one million each year.

Not only tourists, it is also a must -have "background board" for Shenzhen citizens to take pictures of family portraits and take growth photos every year. I saw a lot of old photos in the database of the newspaper. People took photos in front of the "Xiaoping Portrait", leaving not only a photo, but also to entrust the expectations of life and gratitude to Comrade Xiaoping.

On February 19, 1997, Deng Xiaoping died, and the portrait became a gathering point for the citizens to mourn Comrade Xiaoping. Countless citizens rushed there spontaneously. In those days, Xiaoping's portrait was filled with layers of wreaths, flowers, and flowers. Yellow flower and white chrysanthemums contained tears, condensing the endless grief of the Shenzhen people about the death of the great man.

On August 26, 2000, the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was established. Tens of thousands of citizens came to the portrait of Xiaoping to offer flowers. The next day the "Shenzhen Commercial Daily" published such an interview:

"'I watched the SAR construction and developed day by day. Today is the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the SAR. Everything in the past seemed to happen yesterday!' Mr. Zhang, who came to Shenzhen with infrastructure engineering soldiers at the beginning of the SAR, also brought it to Shenzhen. With a family of 5 people came to the portrait of Comrade Xiaoping. Recalling the twenty spring and autumn spent in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the old man tears and eyes, and said to the reporter affectionately: 'The Special Economic Zone implemented a reform and opening up policy under the advocacy of Comrade Xiaoping. We sweat and sprinkle blood in this' experimental field ', and build the SAR into a metropolis that attracts the world. This life is worth it!' ""

What's more interesting is that I found on the Internet that this square was also the birthplace of the extreme sports Chinese wheels. "Among the squares in Shenzhen, only Xiaoping Portrait Plaza has no security guards and no driving. It is a prerequisite for survival in Shenzhen." The first National Extreme Games in 1999 began until 2004, with Ruigo 冽The head of Shenzhen players monopolized various types of trains across the country. Nowadays, the small wheels have become the Olympic competition project. Everyone will not think that this extreme movement that has been regarded as "wild" and "grassroots" in China turned out to be played under Comrade Xiaoping's "eyelids".

In 2004 and 2006, the square in front of Xiaoping's portrait conducted two transformations and widening. In the trees of "Xiaoping Portrait and Square", enjoying the rare green green and quiet in the city. It has also become a place for citizens to leisure. In the news report, the citizens said excitedly: "I used to take a look at it before, walking, and hurrying. Now with this leisure square, I feel that commemorating Comrade Xiaoping's content is greatly enriched. We can take a walk here. Chatting and discussion seem to be more memorable. "

Do you know what is the back of the "Xiaoping Portrait"?

Soon after my grandfather came to Shenzhen, I came to Shenzhen to work. In 2019, my grandfather died, and soon the new crown epidemic struck, and I did not return to my hometown again. But every time I pass near Litchi Park, I look at the "Xiaoping Portrait". What is in my mind is the scene of the grandfather's photos here. No one knows that this place has become a spiritual space for me to miss.

Like me, I often take a look at the Shenzhen people who "Xiaoping Portrait", as well as Zhang Shuguo, a 63 -year -old sculpture artist.

On August 26, I asked him at Zhang Shuguo's studio in the Eastern Industrial Zone of Overseas Chinese Town: "Do you still go to see portraits in recent years?" Zhang Shuguo replied, "I just saw it the day before yesterday."

"Will you go to see it often?"

"I will see it once every time I see if there is a fade in the picture, especially the typhoon, to see if it is damaged."

"Is this all the 18 years?"

"This is the case in 18 years."

Zhang Shuguo is the fourth edition of "Comrade Xiaoping in Shenzhen". From 1992 to 2004, "Xiaoping Portrait" has experienced a total of four versions of modification. In 2004, at the 100th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's birthday, the fourth edition of "Comrade Xiaoping in Shenzhen" by Zhang Shuguo replaced the old version of the portrait, which continued for 18 years.

"I give you something like something." Zhang Shuguo brought a sculpture scroll. After the spread on the ground, I exclaimed: "Is this the fourth version of the draft?"

Zhang Shuguo said with a smile: "Yes, I made two pieces 18 years ago, and I signed it in the printing factory, and one was kept. For so many years, I haven't taken it out for others."

This sprinkler looks the same as the new ones, the cuckoo at the bottom of the picture.

The fourth version of the picture is not much different from the previous version. Because the third version of the picture only reflects part of Luohu District, in the fourth version of the creation, the China Trade Building representing Shenzhen in the 1980s, representing the 1990s, representatives of the 1990s. The Ge Wang Building in Shenzhen represents a civic center, concert hall and other buildings in Shenzhen in the 21st century. These architectural arts reproduce the "set scenes" of Shenzhen's new city. They do not generally reflect the specific orientation as the map. It has also caused many questions about citizens. "I have answered too many calls for more than ten years. It is reflected, saying that I have drawn the wrong, this building should be on the other side of the building. In fact, this is Monter's artistic technique. "

The most conspicuous change is that a piece of water added between Comrade Xiaoping and the urban building complex, and it was a port behind Xiaoping. I couldn't help but joke with Zhang Shuguo: "Teacher Zhang is really amazing. You can count as a global ocean central city in Shenzhen 18 years ago."

Zhang Shuguo laughed: "When I was the fourth edition, I thought about it. To reflect that Shenzhen is a mature modern seaside city, this is the biggest difference from other inland cities."

Nowadays, people only know that the fourth edition and the third version of the picture are not much different, but in fact, each subtle change is agreed by the Municipal Government, the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and the Municipal Literary Federation. "The fourth edition is also the crystallization of collective creation." When he was assigned to create the fourth edition, Zhang Shuguo just returned from the United States to Shenzhen for a few years. "Without Deng Xiaoping, I can't go to college. It is impossible to get the opportunity to communicate from the United States as soon as I graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. I will not travel to the United States for more than ten years. Portrait. "

In fact, the civic center and concert hall in the picture have not been completed that year.

Zhang Shuguo said: "At that time, everyone discussed whether to change the text. In addition to this sentence, it also included 'development is the last word', 'I was the son of the Chinese people, I love my motherland and the people affectionately, but in the end Still decide that 'insisting on the party's basic route for a hundred years, I can't change. "

After the screen was completed, when it was built quickly, a new problem suddenly came. Zhang Shuguo recalled: "The city leader asked me, how do you plan to deal with the back of the portrait?"

I asked him: "At that time, there were three rotten tail buildings called Hebang Hotel, right?" I checked the information. When updating the fourth edition, in order to create a better effect for tourists to take pictures, broaden the squares around the portrait. The portrait was shifted for 35 meters as a whole, so the rotten tail building close to the portrait was removed.

Zhang Shuguo shook his head: "That's the back of the portrait, what I said is the back."

I was surprised: "Isn't Xiaoping's portrait single -sided? And back?" I never noticed that there was content on the back of this portrait.

"Yes, the first three editions are single -sided. Only this version, the back is printed on the back of Xiaoping and Shenzhen."

"What do you write in detail?"

"There are a lot of words, and it is very important. Read it seriously if you have time."

Xiaoping Portrait is popular in Shenzhou

When you come to Xiaoping Portrait Plaza, from the front, it is the colorful Xiaoping portrait, which makes people feel surging and excited; when you walk behind the portrait, there are blue and white text introduction, which is in line with visual art and environmental art, giving people a quiet feeling Essence

The text entitled "Deng Xiaoping and Shenzhen", which records the comrades and quotations of Comrade Xiaoping in Shenzhen. Can't help but bring people back to thirty years ago.

In the spring of 1992, Deng Xiaoping published a southern conversation, affirming the direction and achievements of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, and deeply inspired the people of the country. After many thinking, the leaders of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee's propaganda department decided to express the firm determination of reform and opening up in the form of propaganda painting, and handed the task to Shenzhen Fine Arts Advertising Company.

At that time, Shenzhen Fine Arts Advertising Company was the first industrial and commercial registration company in the country. Most of the professionals came from the eight major academies in the country. They had strong technical power and shoulder the creative tasks of 10 publicity paintings on the streets of Shenzhen. At that time, Huang Peng, the general manager, led the US workers to concept and created. He was easy to make his manuscript. In the end, the image of a photo of Comrade Xiaoping's inspection in Xianhu Botanical Garden was used as a creative prototype. He stretched forward in his right hand, showing the majesty of the great man. Behind the sky, the sky of Yunxia Wei represents the vigorous weather of reform and opening up. At that time, there was no inkjet technology in Shenzhen, and it could only be completed through oil painting. This propaganda painting is based on galvanized iron skin. Because the picture is too large, Chen Binglin, one of the creators of the first and second editions of Xiaoping portraits, and his colleagues can only be turned into zero, one piece of ground painting, and then transportation again. Start up at the scene. "With such a big painting, a finger is as high as a person and a lot of work. We fought hard for more than a dozen days and nights. When the painting finally completed, our right hand was so tired that I couldn't hold it up."

On the morning of June 28, 1992, a giant propaganda painting "Comrade Xiaoping was in Shenzhen" was erected by Shenzhen Shennan Road. As soon as the giant portrait of this piece of square meters appeared, it attracted widespread attention from domestic and foreign media. More than 40 news institutions at home and abroad reported.

In the summer of 1994, Shenzhen experienced the wind and rain that had never been encountered for many years. Some houses fell, some big trees were folded, many billboards were overturned, many roads were flooded, and 300 square meters of Xiaoping portrait But miraculous intact.

More and more people take photos here to commemorate, and more and more people pay attention to the details on the picture, and make suggestions for modification. In May 1994, the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee once again commissioned the municipal art advertising company to redesign the composition of the picture. On the second print, Deng Xiaoping was wearing a light gray Zhongshan dress and stared at the front. Under the bottom is the scenery of Shenzhen and the undulating Qingshan Great Wall, which set off the style of Comrade Xiaoping. Portrait text has also been replaced with "adhering to the party's basic line for a hundred years."

In the same year, when the popular "Spring Story" filmed MTV, he made a special trip to recording and high songs before the publicity painting. The wonderful singing and the picture complement each other. Thousands of households walked into the TV through TV, and this Xiaoping portrait was popular.

In 1996, the development of Shenzhen has attracted worldwide attention. Only Huangbeiling to Shanghai Hotel section has reached more than 100 high -rise buildings along the 18th floors of Shennan Road.

Compared with the rapid development of Shenzhen and the upgrading of technology, Xiaoping's portrait has been replaced in the third version. This replacement has been extensive in the society. In the end, the computer synthetic design manuscript proposed by Shenzhen Fine Arts Advertising Company Chen Jinfeng won the bid. The photo taken by photographer Yang Shaoming was used as the avatar, which synthesized with Shenzhen landscape taken by Shenzhen local photographers.

Different from the first two editions, the third edition no longer needs to be drawn by hand, but uses the most advanced computer inkjet technology at that time. This promotional painting has also become the first domestic advertising painting with computer inkjet technology. The structure supported by the iron frame was replaced by a solid wall structure. The base was made of marble and 18 imported shooting lights were installed.

The modified picture is the picture that people are familiar with now: Under the blue sky and white clouds, Comrade Xiaoping set into a modern building complex with a long -sightedness and kindness. The party's basic line has not been shaken for a hundred years. "14 red characters.

In the 1990s, Zhang Shiguo lived in the United States. He recalled that he returned to China once and flew back to his hometown Harbin through Shenzhen. At the crossroads of the Harbin Municipal Government Square, he saw a huge portrait portrait. "Since Shenzhen has the" Xiaoping portrait ", many cities have also hung all kinds of portraits of Comrade Xiaoping at the city's prominent intersection." At that time, he did not expect that a few years later, he would return to the motherland to settle in Shenzhen and become the creator of the fourth edition of "Xiaoping Portrait".

"Every day in Shenzhen is new", what is constant is the gaze of Comrade Xiaoping's Comrade Xiaoping

August 22, 2004 is the 100th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's birthday. On the afternoon of August 15th, the huge portrait of "Comrade Xiaoping in Shenzhen" and the huge text of "Deng Xiaoping and Shenzhen" were properly installed with two special cars after the manufacturer was completed and arrived at Xiaoping Portrait Plaza. This promotional painting is 30 meters long and 10 meters high. It uses the world's top eight -color digital inkjet mechanism at that time, with a accuracy of 720dpi. The modern galvanized steel pipe structure, the steel frame layer is very solid and can fight against the 12 typhoons. The staff no longer need to quietly remove the portrait in the middle of the night.

That night, as soon as Zhang Shuguo arrived at the scene of the construction, more than a dozen media had set up the opportunity to wait for the opening ceremony the next morning. On the square, hundreds of citizens passing by silently accompanied the workers to replace portraits.

At the opening ceremony, Zhang Shuguo said in an interview with reporters: "This is the fourth edition, and there may be the fifth and sixth editions in the future, because every day in Shenzhen is new."

He did not expect that this version lasted for 18 years.

Every day, when the sun rises from the east, the Sichuan flow of Hongling Middle Road in Shennan Road is endless, and Comrade Xiaoping is staring at the city of Shenzhen with a kind and kind gaze.

"Xiaoping Portrait" along the way

● The first edition 1992

The first edition was based on a photo image of Comrade Xiaoping's inspection in Xianhu Botanical Garden. Deng Xiaoping was wearing a light brown jacket with a wise look and a happy look. Behind the sky, the sky of Yunxia Wei represents the vigorous weather of reform and opening up. ▲ Second edition 1994

On the second print, Deng Xiaoping wore a light gray Zhongshan dress and stared at the front in a kindly stare.

▲ The third edition 1996

The third edition adopted the most advanced computer inkjet technology at that time, which also became the first huge portrait to independently produced by computer inkjet technology in China.

▲ The fourth edition 2004

The back of the fourth edition of "Comrade Xiaoping in Shenzhen" is "Deng Xiaoping and Shenzhen", which records Comrade Xiaoping's major events and quotations in Shenzhen.

Without Deng Xiaoping, I could not be admitted to college. It was impossible to get a chance to communicate from the United States as soon as I graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. I would not travel to the United States for more than ten years. I am with great enthusiasm and gratitude to create this portrait. ——The fourth version of the portrait of Zhang Shuguo (Jingbao reporter Qiu Yushun/Photo)

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