Main article: Xiaoxian calligraphy and painting

Smashing the spiritual shackles of the "Gang of Four", Xiaoxian traditional Chinese painting has developed to a new height. The Chinese painting world is full of talents. Here, the reporter saw a five-year-old girl from Xiaoxian Kindergarten - Xiaoying. This little girl is still counting with her fingers. She has been learning to draw for two years.

Last year, the kitten she drew participated in a children's painting exhibition in Suxian County and was awarded the first prize. The work was also published in the "Anhui Children" magazine. The old painter Huang Yongyu saw her painting. After admiring it, he wrote the four characters "Xiao Zhi Xianxian" and gave it to her. When we asked her to paint, she happily climbed up on the chair, held the brush in her right hand, and stuffed a handful of popcorn flowers into her mouth with her left hand. Then she painted a picture of a kitten fishing and a big rooster.

Seeing this little painter, I couldn’t help but think of a painting with the word "Longevity" in seal script signed by Five Year Old Erhu on the wall of Mr. Xiao's residence in Hefei. We are deeply impressed by this artist. Attracted by the young calligrapher's vigorous writing power. Mr. Xiao introduced: Erhu is also a young calligrapher and painter from Xiao. His father Zhang Han is a teacher at the Provincial Art School, and his calligraphy is also very famous in the province. Ouyang Long, Xue Zhiyun and Zheng Zheng, several rising stars in the traditional Chinese painting circle in Xiao County, are also eye-catching. They are in their middle and prime of life. They inherited traditional Chinese painting techniques from the older generation, and then introduced new ones to form their own styles. Although Ouyang Long has just turned forty, he is already regarded as a "vigorous person". Mr. Li Kuchan also praised his works as "calligraphy and painting are in a perfect state". Even when he was most severely persecuted by the "Gang of Four", he never put down his painting brush. During the labor days when he was forced to decentralize, he would draw on the ground without pen and paper. During the two years, he used his free time to study the rules of cursive script and wrote a booklet "How to Write Cursive Script". After smashing the "Gang of Four", he painted more diligently and raced against time to regain lost time.

Last year, the China Exhibition Company selected one of his cursive scripts to participate in an overseas exhibition. Xue Zhiyun was the youngest, but with the mental perseverance to travel thousands of miles, he traveled all over the country, visited teachers and friends, and studied calligraphy and painting. Therefore, he can widely absorb the strengths of various schools and develop a fresh style of writing. Zheng Zheng is Mr. Xiao's nephew. He studied painting with Mr. Xiao when he was young and was taught by Qi Baishi. He has been studying diligently for many years, accumulated profound skills, and inherited Xiao Lao's freehand painting style. The bamboos, orchids and peonies he is good at are appreciated by the masses.