Cultural Compound

Every time from the former Leling City, Yangpan Town bus station, always see the door and courtyard gathered many elderly friends, courtyard music, and sometimes there will be gongs and drums. Listen to others say, called "cultural compound", inside the interior there are chess, painting and other calligraphy and painting enthusiasts, do not look not far from here, and have heard of it, but, due to the trivialities of a lot of things, always can not find the time to visit this time and pass by this place, the whim of the decision to go to the cultural compound to take a look at the feeling of the atmosphere of the countryside culture.

2020.11.9 afternoon, I rode my bike with the old Lee to play, from the village southeast of the Pianchiao Road, passing through Huangjia, Chujia, Jilou village, straight to 339 National Road, to the north of the West Road, the original town of the old Yangpan bus station, the door parked a few tricycles, there are several other male townspeople in this, there are standing in the doorway on the side of the tricycle sitting, the original is the yard more than a dozen elderly women in the square dance, they face to the north, from the door, they face to the north, they face to the north, from the door, they face to the west, they face to the north, they face to the north, they face to the south. Dance, they face north, from the skilfulness of the dance, it can be seen that they are regulars here, the dance steps are consistent, elegant movements, everyone immersed in pleasure.

As soon as you enter the gate, you see the backs of these dancers, the elderly mostly, are some leisure people, with their own dance, express their personal feelings, looking for fun, health and fitness.

In the door on the east side, there is a simple stage, written on the top of the "National Day seven days of fun", below a line of calligraphy is also very eye-catching: "people stage, talented you come." This is the grassroots star dream take off place, this is the majority of the people show their talents of the Holy Land.

The two of us in the front yard did not get off the car to stay, around the back straight to the yard, the old Li once came, familiar, blink of an eye to the elderly activity room in front of the door, there are some trees in the yard, to the beginning of winter, the ground falling leaves embellished with the countryside cultural sanctuary.

Into the outer room, there are two people playing chess, another person in the side of the battle, familiar but do not know from what village, three miles away from the five villages, there is no distant.

Look up at the wall of the outer room, posted with paper cuttings, walk around, I do not know the content of the paper cuttings, from where people.

Step inside, more spacious, north-south direction placed three rows of tables and cabinets, and a number of chairs and benches, tables and cabinets are laid with newspapers, etc., a few old people are painting and writing, one of them I know, this person is Yangpan South Street oil shopkeeper, who has been a village brigade accountant, in addition to his two daughters married to my village, where the eldest daughter married in the same courtyard with the same name of the distant nephews, the person has been old, after inquiring about the eighties! There are two, from the mental outlook, the demeanor is good, take care of the days, a few years ago, deceased partner, now become a widow, although there are children and grandchildren, but can not be accompanied by the side every day, the inner loneliness and loneliness, looking for fun, come to the cultural compound to practice calligraphy, we entered the room, is writing "old to happiness," the banner, its content is positive, eulogize the **** Producer's wise and great, praising the socialist, is a poem from the heart! The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of it.

He is old, do not quite recognize me, but I know when I say, an old man of more than eighty years old, every day with the love of calligraphy together, talking and laughing, and happy.

In the interior perimeter walls, posted with framed calligraphy and painting banners, there is a cursive "life" word, soft with hard, strong, and lowercase calligraphy, the most posted is the head of the cultural compound Jia Moumou's works, this person originally opened the door to the market, the business of pesticides, seeds, I know him early, familiar face, no deep friendship, then just buy and sell relationships. The first time I saw him, I knew him well, and I didn't know him well, but I didn't know him well.

He is depicting a small picture on the west wall, the painting is the countryside craftsmen, grinding scissors bump chopper, stonemason grinding, etc., *** counting six, the first pencil drawing a good outline, and then coloring fine, at this time on the watercolor, from his paintings, there is a basis for the foundation, there is a base, but more than the painting of everyone inferior to the many in the front of the amateurs in front of the majority of the general civilian population, but also masked a moment, and the gap is what is the difference? As for the gap in which, because I am not an insider, just casually, personal feeling of distance.

And he talked to him, the sale is not done, in this remote, he answered, the age of the children to take over, they get out of the twilight of the happy.

Well, how can money be considered more, therefore, the most important thing is to enjoy the old, have a healthy body, have a good mood, meditation, prolong life, why not!

In addition, there is an old man in the painting, others put a "family and everything is going well" banner, its words and its paintings of its birds and other paintings, the remaining blanks, painted with different colors, does not appear monotonous, set off its painting, auspicious and festive.

In the southeast corner of the room, see two portrait sketches, painting under the name of Liu Moumou, turned out to be her, this person is my cousin's mother-in-law, when she worked as a teacher, I do not know why, resigned from the Huimin married to Ningjin, brought the eldest daughter of the marriage of my aunt's cousin, and therefore is considered to be an indirect relative. Listening to people say she will paint, as for how the merits, not to be complimented, look at these two portraits of great men, in my layman's opinion, just can paint, a little basic, but the observation of the characters is not careful, did not paint its great man temperament characteristics.

Regrettably, she did not come in this day, otherwise, we would have a cordial conversation, to discuss some of the basics of painting.

Speaking of Liu Moumou, Jia Moumou said she is our teacher, from the tone of voice can be tasted, there are flirting ingredients, but in any case, a group of older people, which has a female presence, is really a fruit of happiness, teeth grinding, teasing, a group of people together with what can be said, there is a laugh only lively, only happy.

During our idle play, and then came to a person, came prepared to bring the brush, the old Lee see the face of familiar, ask the original is also a teacher, has taught in the Yangpan secondary school, is Zhao so-and-so (colleague) teacher, the old Lee and he had been drinking with him, because it is a peer, *** with the same language, he is also retired, in the senior teaching, salary treatment of more than seven thousand dollars, this person is not tall, the old home of the original Yangpan town of the former TianHe The village people, I said the village has a woman married to your village, he answered on the spot, accurate.

He also came to write, after the old Li said, writing in general, in my opinion, the old Li proud not to convince people, in fact, people can write, just more appear to be clumsy, the sky rewards hard work, more practice will further improve the level of writing.

It was almost dark, we returned home, and Jia Moumou and others to say goodbye, he said welcome to come back, reluctant to part, leaving the cultural compound such a tasteful place, this cultural atmosphere of a strong party shrine, we will come back, sure, sure! We will come back, surely, surely! I don't know how to say that we will also be waving the brush, writing, leaving the heart of the unforgettable memories of the years.

2021.8.2