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Behind the bustling and noisy world, there is a group of people who, with their love and persistence for art, practice quietly in ordinary life.

The path of artistic practitioners is not paved with flowers and applause, but more with loneliness and persistence. They often face canvases, musical instruments, and manuscripts alone in a quiet studio, trying, revising, and perfecting over and over again.

A painter may wait in front of the same scene for days in order to capture the changes in light and shadow at that moment; a musician may practice repeatedly until his fingers are sore in order to achieve a perfect note; a writer may ponder under the light late at night in order to find the most appropriate words.

Their efforts are not always seen by the world, but they have never stopped their devout pursuit of art.

In Xicheng Village, there is a self-taught peasant painter named Chen Zhizhong. For more than 50 years, no matter how the world changes, he has stayed in a corner of the village and painted his favorite paintings.

Chen Zhizhong is not good at expressing himself and always has a shy smile on his face, but he can use his strong hands to paint an apple, lively prawns, lush plants and portraits of celebrities vividly.

Chen Zhizhong paints in the studio.

From early morning to dusk, he was immersed in the studio on the second floor every day, using his ingenuity to paint colorful colors on the canvas.

Chen Zhizhong is introducing the creative process.

Chen Zhizhong was born in an ordinary peasant family in Beimen Street, Xicheng Village. He is 66 years old this year. He is low-key and humble and never shows off.

The villagers praised him as a natural painter, but he always smiled and said, "I still need to learn more. I am very happy that you like my paintings."

Chen Zhizhong learned painting by himself.He had no teacher to guide him and no professional learning experience, but he relied on his own talent and diligence to paint with ink and embrace the colors.

Painting "Lu Xun" from 1979.

Because of his poor family background, Chen Zhizhong rolled up his trousers and started farming in the team after only a few years of education.Although life was difficult, his obsession with painting remained the same.

At the age of 18, Chen Zhizhong did everything from farming, harvesting rice, chopping firewood, and herding cattle.

Painting "Premier Zhou Enlai" from 1990.

After years of study, Chen Zhizhong's painting skills have improved greatly.Due to his strong modeling ability and accurate grasp of color,His fame grew.

The painting "Jade Hairpin" was created in 1980.

In the early 1980s,Zhejiang Agricultural Technical College located in Huilong, Qiuai was looking for an artist to draw teaching posters. With the recommendation of someone, Chen Zhizhong was successfully admitted to the school.

A farmer's son entered university through self-study and specialized in drawing teaching posters, which became a topic of conversation among villagers.

While in school, Chen Zhizhong was exposed to many new things, which activated his creative inspiration and opened up a shortcut for his future painting career.

Chen Zhizhong said:"I feel very proud when I see my paintings of rice ears, green vegetables, trees, tea leaves and insects hanging in the classroom and the teacher pointing at my paintings while teaching the students. I feel very happy every time the students praise my paintings."

Chen Zhizhong has practiced sketching, drawing murals, and learning watercolor.Later he chose oil painting as his creative direction。

Cooked blue crab.

Western figure painting.

In recent years, Chen Zhizhong's painting style has been infused with the daily life, and he strives to depict the ancient style and new charm of his hometown on canvas.

The mountains and rivers of my hometown.