Use strokes to preserve the winter days of old Beijing hutongs. Author: Kuang Han

Use strokes to preserve the winter days of old Beijing hutongs. Author: Kuang Han was assigned to Beijing after graduation in 1989. He first lived in hutongs and developed an affection for hutongs. So he traveled all over Beijings streets and alleys and collected nearly 3,000 pieces of hutongs. Discover poetry and beauty in everyday scenes, and use watercolors and pencils to depict hutongs. At the 1995 China Art Fair, his "Beijing Hutong Series" attracted the attention of art connoisseurs and collectors. He uses the unique strokes of wide-line pencils to express the relics of history. From the gatehouses, houses, street scenes and other daily scenes in his paintings, you will find the poetry of ordinary life, the inextricable human touch, and also experience the strong A sense of history and culture.