A 71-year-old man in Xianyang City has created his own simplified version of the word "biang," which is both graphic and apt.
January 11, 2:00 pm, Xianyang City, west of the Unity Square, an old man sitting in a wheelchair, dipped in water, waving a long pen, writing on the ground, the old man on both sides of the two little girls also hold a long pen, under the guidance of the old man, writing big words, two little girls writing board, and handwriting, attracted crowds of onlookers.
The old man said, the two little girls are his granddaughter, this year are 5 years old, have not gone to school, these days it is fine, he took the child out to practice. Now, the two little girls in the guidance of the old man, writing level has been refined a lot. According to the old man, his name is Guo Guangrong, Zhou Ling Town, Xianyang City, a member of the Calligraphy Association, 71 years old this year, usually nothing, like to Unity Square to practice the book. With other ground book is different, Guo Guangrong is a pen across the writing, written word is the opposite, like the seal on the word, attracted the praise of the crowd. Guo Guangrong sits in a very simple old wheelchair, with no hand-cranked drive or any boosting device, and he uses two wooden sticks to support himself to move forward or backward.
Guo Guangrong, who loves calligraphy and creativity, created his own simplified "biang" character and wrote it on the spot for onlookers. The simplified "biang" character "biang biang noodles", known as one of the eight monsters in Shaanxi, noodles as wide as the waistband of the pants tugging noodles, it is said that the pronunciation of this word is because when tugging the noodles, the noodles and the plate contact, the emission of The word "biang biang" is said to be pronounced by the sound of "biang biang" when the noodle comes in contact with the board, and it is also the Chinese character with the most strokes, whose glyphs are not included in any traditional dictionaries, and are so difficult to memorize that the Shaanxi people have made up a mnemonic for it that has been passed down from generation to generation. Because "biang biang noodles" is particularly famous, but its character is very difficult to write, Guo Guangrong created his own simplified "biang" character, whose shape is both graphic and apt.