Nowadays, the pace of urban life is getting faster and faster, and many people want to escape from the pressure of life. They occasionally take a short trip and imagine a simple and secluded life. But there is a man in Guizhou who has lived in seclusion in the mountains for twenty years. He lived in seclusion in Huaxi and the valley at the foot of the mountain in Dangwu Township, Gui'an New District, Guizhou. He spent all his life savings and borrowed money to raise money. He was once penniless, just to build a country of art in his heart. , now he is sitting in Yelang Valley and is already the king of billions of Yelang.
"Yelang" is the first country in southwest China established by the ancestors of ethnic minorities in the Spring and Autumn Period. It can be traced back to the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China and was recorded by the Central Plains regime, roughly from the Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty and the Peace of Emperor Han. The first year lasted about three hundred years. Although there is a dispute between Hunan and Guizhou Provinces about the location of the capital of the ancient Yelang Kingdom, according to Wang Desun, a researcher at the Guizhou Yelang Culture Research Association, history shows that the capital of Yelang is located in northern Guizhou. According to two points, one is the historical data about Tang Meng's mission to Yelang in the Han Dynasty, and the other is the degree of development of the area at that time.
According to historical records from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tang Meng once sent a doctor as an envoy to Yelang. At that time, Tang Meng entered the territory of Yelang from Hejiang, Sichuan today. The only places Tang Meng reached through this route were Today, Chishui, Xishui, Tongzi and other places in northern Guizhou are the hometowns of Yelang. But within Tongzi, there are still the historical relics of Mengdu Bridge and numerous Yelang ruins. Located in Tongzi County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, Song Peilun was born in Meitan County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province.
Song Peilun has heard people talk about the ancient country of Yelang since he was a child. It has wars, nations, and legends. It is magical and beautiful. This planted the seeds of mystery in his young and curious heart.
At that time, Song Peilun often looked outside his home at the old stone castle hidden in the overgrown trees and weeds on the opposite mountain. The old people told him that this was the relic left by the ancient Yelang Kingdom. Perhaps from then on, Song Peilun gradually had a vague outline of the ancient country of Yelang in his mind. Unexpectedly, the mystery and magic hidden in Song Peilun's heart during his childhood in the ancient country of Yelang aroused his yearning for art. Song Peilun chose to study art and has been engaged in related work.
In terms of art, Song Peilun showed his artistic talent. His comic works won the "Gold Medal Award". He invented the wood hot stamping process and obtained the Chinese national patent in 1985; 1986 In 2016, Song Peilun's work "Mask·Facial Makeup" won the "Innovation Award for Combining Traditional and Modern Stage Art" at the 6th Prague International Dance Art Exhibition; to date, 4 of Song Peilun's personal works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, 20 of which The wood carving mask is collected by the Beijing International Art Garden. With accumulation and accumulation along the way, Song Peilun's artistic attainments became deeper and deeper.
Because of his outstanding artistic talent and outstanding achievements, Song Peilun was invited to the United States in 1994 to participate in the "Splendid China" miniature landscape construction activity, and created "Yelang Castle" and "Yelang Totem" ", "Yelang Mask" and many other works have won wide acclaim for their mysterious artistic color, unique ancient oriental cultural heritage and Song Peilun's personal artistic attainments. When Song Peilun visited the United States, he visited "President Mountain". The experience of this visit was like a beacon that illuminated Song Peilun's future creative path in Yelang Valley.
The theme of the visit to "President Mountain" is that there are already four presidents' heads, but the four famous presidents' heads are not the beacon that will illuminate Song Peilun's future creative path in Yelang Valley, which really makes Song Peilun's heart shine. There is also a work at the same time - a huge statue of the Indian hero "Crazy Horse".
The creation of the huge statue of the Indian hero took more than sixty years. It embodies the artistic creation efforts of three generations of Indians and their pursuit and yearning for the hero "Crazy Horse". Through their own artistic creation, the hero's image is represented. Beautiful legends condense in their hearts, becoming the highest respect for heroes, the pursuit of beauty in their hearts, and the most ideal creation and application of art, which is the highest value of art.
At this moment, the ancient country of Yelang in Song Peilun's heart overlaps with the statue of the hero "Crazy Horse" in front of him. The hero "Crazy Horse" in the hearts of the Indian family who completed this huge statue is the hero in Song Peilun's heart. Yelang's ancient country dream.
“Why can’t I, like the Indians, materialize beautiful legends and use the language of sculpture to tell everyone the story of Yelang in my heart and pass it on?”
That’s it. , Song Peilun began his arrogant dream. After leaving the United States with a green card, he stopped his artistic work at that time and engaged in social and commercial activities. He spent all his savings and returned to his hometown of Guizhou with his family, embarking on the road to dreaming.
Song Peilun’s dream of the ancient country Yelang would naturally come true in Yelang’s hometown, and he began to look for a pure land in his heart for the dream of the ancient country. When we arrived at the sloping valley of Doupeng Mountain, there was not a single house within more than ten kilometers here. Mountains, green trees, green bamboos, and clear streams meandered through it. The crisp birdsong and the rustle of fallen leaves in the breeze were heard from time to time. The earth breaks the silence of the valley, the sun is shining brightly and the air is fresh.
This place is primitive, natural, quiet, untainted by the world, and you can quietly immerse yourself in your own time, as if you have never been disturbed by anyone for thousands of years. Song Peilun also discovered many exposed karst rocks. His keen artistic intuition clearly told him that these rocks were the raw materials for his artistic creation and were easy to obtain.
After in-depth research, Song Peilun learned that the nearby villagers had stone-breaking skills, which made him feel that the right time, place and people were here, and all the conditions were in place to create the ancient country Yelang Dream.
So Song Peilun spent all his savings and borrowed money to rent the nearly 300 acres of slope valley here, as well as the various materials, labor and other expenses required to build Yelang Ancient Valley, before completing this masterpiece. In the past twenty years, he was not only penniless, but also owed millions in foreign debt.
Although the villagers lack cultural knowledge, life has become their best "art" teacher. The villagers live nearby and dig the land to collect materials. The pig pens, cattle pens, forts, courtyard walls, etc. needed for daily life are all built with stones here.
Years of pounding stones not only allowed them to accumulate a wealth of stone-laying experience, but also formed random stone-laying through practice makes perfect. This random stone-laying gives the built buildings a simple and natural look. Beauty, this is exactly what Song Peilun pursues. The creative style and concept of Yelang Valley are consistent with the natural, rough and primitive nature. So Song Peilun borrowed this stone-making method from the villagers to build his Yelang Valley. Only the east wind can bring everything. Song Peilun began his own creation of Yelang Valley. It uses Nuo culture as its foundation, Nuo masks as its prototype, and the layout and details are conceived according to the original terrain and mountain shape. The works are naturally varied and varied according to the terrain.
This kind of creative artistic heritage, stone masonry craftsmanship, and overall layout trend unify the natural, primitive, and rough atmosphere, making the Yelang Valley we see now no longer look like pure art. Creation is a real life with thoughts, feelings, flesh and soul.
Such a charming place is destined to be shared. Its rich artistic atmosphere and profound cultural heritage attract visitors from all over the world. So far, Yelang Valley is not only a good place for artistic creation, but also a place that tourists across the country yearn for. From the perspective of the tourism industry, Yelang Valley is a source of unlimited business opportunities and contains huge commercial interests.
As soon as Yelang Valley appeared, it attracted many tourism companies and commercial developers to discuss cooperation with Song Peilun, and also proposed ways to make money such as development expansion and creation of derivative products. From this, Song Peilun could easily Become a billionaire. Summary:
Although Song Peilun gave up his stable and superior life in the city and lived in seclusion in the mountains for twenty years in order to realize his artistic dream, and spent all his savings and millions of foreign debts on this, Song Peilun I never thought about using all my savings to build this Yelang Valley to make commercial profits.
Song Peilun built Yelang Valley with the pure intention of art, only for the dream of the ancient country of Yelang, and only for the soul. Song Peilun also had a wish in building Yelang Valley, that is, people who love culture and art like him would have a destination to go to Guizhou. In Yelang Valley, they can stay away from the hustle and bustle and concentrate on creation.
Although Song Peilun's "Yelang Valley" does not pursue commercial interests, such a good work will definitely have value. Song Peilun may prefer to stick to his true nature and become a priceless rich man in art rather than become a billionaire.