The road of light and shadow life in Qijingshan

According to the six most famous celebrities in the modern history of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, the author recently named Lang Jingshan (1892 ~ 1995) from Lanxi Youbuli as one of them. Ji Jingshan was the earliest photojournalist in China. 20 19, 18 In February, he was selected as the "Birth of Photography 180" in the "Commemorative Photography 180 Anniversary" held by the International Film Art Union, the French Comay Municipal Government and the Daguerre Foundation. Regarding his life story, the author wrote the article "The Road of Light and Shadow in Qijingshan" in August 2008, which was published in the CPPCC Literature and History Data of that year. It was reissued as a souvenir today.

Ji Jingshan, a world photographer, was born in Youbu Town, Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province. Naizu moved to Huai 'an, Jiangsu Province during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then moved to Shanghai. His father, Qi Jintang, once worked as a copywriter in Zeng Guofan's shogunate, and was fond of calligraphy and painting, antiques and photography. He often gets together with artists and learns skills, so Qi Jingshan has been well influenced by art since childhood. 1904, studying in Shanghai Nanyang Middle School. Li Jinglan, a painting teacher in Nanyang Middle School, set up an interest group "Small Photography Class" after class, and Ji Jingshan became one of them, and was carefully cultivated by Li Jinglan. From then on, Ji Jingshan stepped into his long life of light and shadow, and Li Jinglan became his first teacher of photography.

19 12, Ji Jingshan 2 1 year-old, worked in Shanghai Shenbao, and soon became the director of the advertising department. 19 19, Hu Wenhu, the leader of overseas Chinese in Nanyang and the richest man in Singapore, took a fancy to him. He helped to establish Jingshan Advertising Company, which was active in Shili Foreign Market, accumulated contacts and laid a deep artistic foundation. 1928, Ji Jingshan initiated the establishment of "China Photography Society" in Shanghai, and the meeting place was "Jingshan Advertising Agency"; In March of the same year, China Photography Society held the "China Photography Episode I" photo exhibition in Wang Ping Street Newspaper Office, Zhejiang Road. Ji Jingshan was also specially hired as a full-time photojournalist for the Shanghai Times, which is famous for its innovation, and became the first person engaged in professional photography in the history of China newspaper industry.

193 1 year, Qi Jingshan's photographic work "Boating on Liuhu Lake" was selected for the international salon, and his works also expanded from still life and landscape photography to portrait and human body photography, gradually forming Qi Jingshan's unique photography style. In human body photography, he broke through the traditional feudal barriers in China and expressed people's correct aesthetic view of human body curve (attachment: 1933, two human body photography works published by me in Shen Bao Monthly), which can be compared with Mr. Liu Haisu's Sketch of Human Model. That year, at the invitation of Zeng, director of the Traffic Management Office of Hangzhou Railway, he and other Shanghai celebrities visited his hometown Lanxi and had a delicious meal in Jufeng Garden.

65438-0939, the first "Qijingshan Photography Exhibition" was exhibited in Shanghai Daxin Company. In June1940,65438+10, Liangyou magazine published the centennial special issue of photographic technology inventions, and Ji Jingshan provided 32 exhibition certificates of photographic salons around the world and published signed comments. 194 1 held the 14th Photo Solo Exhibition of Qijingshan in Shanghai, during which he introduced his original "Collection Photography" which he had worked hard for decades. 1942, Ji Jingshan was awarded the title of Senior Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

1949, Ji Jingshan left Shanghai for Hong Kong. A few years later, he moved to Taiwan Province Province, where he became a professor at the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan Province Province and the chairman of the Photography Society. 1966 founded "Asian Film Art Association" and served as honorary president. 1968, Ji Jingshan was awarded the title of Senior Fellow of the American Photographic Society. 197 1 was awarded the title of honorary member of the French International Photography Exhibition in and was rated as one of the top ten photographers in the world at this international photography exhibition.

1987, an exhibition of the works of master photographer Ji Jingshan was held in Shanghai. Thirty-seven years later, Ji Jingshan's photographic works finally made a public appearance in the mainland. On May 199 1 day, the centennial birthday of my younger brother Jing Jingshan, and the centennial exhibition of China's master photographers was unveiled in his hometown-Lanxi Mustard Garden. On May 30th, Qi Jingshan, a centenarian, accompanied by his youngest son Qi Yubin, returned to his hometown to seek roots and worship his ancestors. The Taiwan Affairs Office of Lanxi hosted a banquet in mustard garden to entertain this world-renowned country sage. Ji Jingshan happily wrote in "Mustard Garden" and wrote, "Lan is a gentleman and Wen is gentle; Creek culture has a long history. " Sixteen words imply a deep Mo Bao. Later, the old man went to Uber Shi Lang Ancestral Temple to find roots and read music, went to Xiawangzu Tomb to worship his ancestors, and lived in his hometown for three days after many years. After returning to Taiwan Province Province, he wrote an article entitled "Feelings of Returning to the Mainland to Worship Ancestors", which was published in the United Daily News of Taiwan Province Province, and there were many regrets. Five years later,1April 3, 995, Ji Jingshan died in Taipei National Taiwan University Hospital, and completed his brilliant life of light and shadow at the age of 104.

August 23, 2020/Shi Fushan Yu Lancheng