Chapter 274: Face-to-face Review Begins
At the same time, news about the calligraphy exhibition appeared on television, print media and the Internet. After all, this national exhibition, which is held only once every four years, is a grand event in the calligraphy circle. Now the upper echelons are vigorously advocating the development of culture to revitalize the country, and calligraphy is one of the art categories that best represents Chinese culture. Therefore, even though the calligraphy exhibition is niche, it is still put on the headlines. It is the kind of mainstream news headlines, and people often just glance at the title and are too lazy to read the content.
There are already many calligraphy enthusiasts at the exhibition, who have posted nine-square diagrams and photos of their favorite works on Weibo. A fan of a certain Hanfu goddess first discovered that among these works, there was a piece of calligraphy signed "Liu Man".
He copied the photo of this work and posted it on Weibo to ask everyone, "Excuse me, is this calligraphy written by my goddess? Or is it someone with the same name? Waiting online, very urgent!"
At first, only a few people noticed this Weibo post. They were also curious about the answer, so they helped to forward it. More fans saw it, and more fans helped to forward it. As the story spread, this Weibo post became popular all of a sudden and attracted a lot of attention from netizens. People left messages to discuss whether it was the calligraphy of the Hanfu goddess.
Some say she is a Hanfu goddess, some say she is a person with the same name, and there are many different opinions.
As a result, netizens who had never paid attention to calligraphy began to become curious about this country's calligraphy and seal carving exhibition.
"The name of this exhibition is too long. Can someone explain to us illiterate people what it is?"
"I read the news, saying that it was a calligraphy selection event held by the Chinese Calligraphy Association, selecting the best calligraphy and seal carving works from across the country for exhibition. It can be compared to the Good Voice in the singing circle."
"There's an introduction on Baidu too. It's held every four years. This year is already the fifteenth."
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“It sounds quite high-end.”
"It's mainly because it's too professional. People who don't understand calligraphy don't know it at all."
"Today is the first day of the exhibition. The 300 works on display have been carefully selected. If this calligraphy is the work of the Hanfu goddess, then she is really amazing."
"So, can anyone tell me, did she write this?"
"Just ask her @公主且嫚directly."
"I sent her an email, but she ignored me."
"Why don't we just go and have a look? Both the capital and the ancient capital have exhibitions. We can go to the Capital Art Center and maybe we can even meet the Hanfu goddess herself."
"The Capital Art Center is a seal carving exhibition, and the paper calligraphy is in the Ancient Capital Exhibition Center. If we want to verify this, we can only rely on netizens who are in the ancient capital."
"Okay, for the Hanfu goddess, I'm going to the exhibition center now."
"I'll go too. I'm close."
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More and more netizens have become interested in the calligraphy exhibition. To be more precise, they want to join in the fun by seeing the goddess in Hanfu!
By the afternoon, the number of visitors in the exhibition center had nearly doubled. These extra people were very different from real calligraphy enthusiasts. The first thing they did when they came in was to look for Liu Lan's works. Once they found them, they would take out their mobile phones and take pictures and post them on Weibo!
Then walk around and see if there are other works that catch your eye, take a few photos, post them on WeChat Moments, take a position, write a few words, and improve your own style.
In front of Liu Lan's regular script work, which was not favored at first, people gathered in circles, each holding a mobile phone and looking very excited. Other visitors thought it was a work of a master, so they followed suit and came over to watch. They stood outside the crowd and held up their mobile phones to take pictures.
Without going into details, Liu Lan's handwriting is still very beautiful and presentable. Everyone just feels it is a pity that they didn't see the goddess of Hanfu.
Could it be that this “Liu Man” is not the goddess of Hanfu?
At this moment, in the sub-hall of the Ancient Capital Exhibition Center, five judges have taken their seats. They are about to conduct face-to-face evaluations of the works of exhibitors from groups 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
The 6th group is running script, the 7th group is official script, the 8th group is regular script, the 9th group is cursive script, and the 10th group is seal script.
Liu Lan was in the 8th group and Zhou Budai was in the 9th group. They had already arrived at the deputy hall in advance.
There are 10 wooden tables arranged in an alternating pattern in front of the judges' seats. Each table is numbered and has writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone on it.
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