Art student Chen Xiaozao accidentally traveled to the Northeast mining area in 1979. Because she looked similar to Xiang Wan, who disappeared in the mining accident, her parents insisted on recognizing her as their daughter. Facing this strange and warm family, she began to play the role of "Xiang Wan".
She used realistic techniques to transform the "Red Light" propaganda poster, which aroused the amazement of the old miners.
She incorporated the principle of perspective into the mine diagram and unexpectedly became a rescue guide.
She used rock slabs instead of canvases to create mining murals that were not afraid of wind and snow.
At the 1983 National Art Exhibition, her "Light from the Center of the Earth" caused a sensation. When the reporter asked about the inspiration for her creation, she looked at the auditorium: Gu Chengguo was sitting upright, wiping tears from Xiang's parents, and the sign on the exhibition was signed "Mining Area Xiang Wan".
Gu Chengguo, a worker in the mining area, carried back a girl in Yunmeng Mountain who said he was from Yangzhou.
He didn't know at that time that this would be his light, his soul, his faith...
Intention: Working hard in life will always bring flowers to bloom