An old man who lives a colorful life
-Kong Qingfu
China is about to enter an aging society. The richness of cultural life of the elderly is directly related to the spiritual needs of the elderly, and even directly related to the construction of a harmonious society. The physical function of the elderly is declining, the mobility is weakened, but the psychological problems caused need to be alleviated and relieved. The needs of the elderly for spiritual culture are diverse. Enriching the cultural life of the elderly can help them heal the psychological trauma, improve the quality of life of the elderly, and promote social harmony and development..
Material needs and spiritual needs are the most basic needs of human beings, and both are indispensable. With the development of social economy and the improvement of material living standards, the demand for spirituality of the elderly is increasing. Some elderly people feel that they have no social value after retirement, they will feel lonely, and even have doubts about themselves. However, there are still some elderly people who still maintain their hobbies after retirement. They love life and use their colorful retirement life to cope with the crisis of loneliness . Kong Qingfu is such an old man. He loves calligraphy all his life. After he retired, he used calligraphy to enrich his spiritual life and lived a colorful life.
Kong Qingfu, born in 1943, graduated from Nanjing Normal University in 1967. He is currently a special calligrapher of the Confucius Institute in China, a special caller of the Chinese Art Network, and a vice president of the Chinese Confucianism Bookstore.
He liked calligraphy since he was a child. He first studied with his father, and later learned the calligraphy from Wu Zhongqi. He learned the essentials of the calligraphers of the Wei and Jin Dynasties and Han,Tang dynasties, especially good at cursive. He has won numerous municipal, provincial and national awards and has been invited to participate in many foreign cultural exchange activities. His works have been collected by groups and individuals from the United States, South Korea, Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and other countries and regions, and he has been awarded the "Artist of the Year". His calligraphy works are always very characteristic, and they can always touch people's hearts. It is a perfect combination of calligraphy and words.
Kong Qingfu was also invited to give lectures on the significance of calligraphy to old aged people. For him, age growth does not mean stopping his artistic pursuit, nor does it mean that the elderly can only watch TV at home and live a dull old life. He believes that his age only make him love his life and his hobbies deeply.
He is in bad hearing because of aged
Someone is appreciating his work
He writes till midnight
He made it clear that in the past ten years after retirement, because of calligraphy, he never felt lonely, and even felt that he was as energetic as young people. Although is hearing became very poor and his walking became slow, He felt that his heart was rich, there was no loneliness, no self-denial, he loved every day of life.
