All about Xiamen, my grandpapa con't

Grandpapa had no teacher at the very first beginning when he started to be interested in printing. It was at his childhood. One day, he found a printing guide book from the drawers of his father's coffin, he was exciting and drew on the ground. Day by day, his drawing improved a lot and he started to draw on the paper...

Lotus was my grandpapa's favourite. The picture above was a product my grandpapa drew for my younger brother twenty to thirty years ago. It kept by my mum.

All about Xiamen, my grandpapa con't

My grandpapa's father passed away when he was 10months old, back to Oct of 1919. His mother was young, only 21years old. Like most of the widows in that time in mainland China, she did not get marry again for her whole life. She adopted two girls, one a year elder than my grandpapa and the other a year younger. From then on, she worked very hard at home to grow up all her kids.

My grandpapa did not disappoint his mum. He had big success in his life and 'shined the door' of the family.

All about Xiamen, my grandpapa

My grandpapa, sir Zhang Ren Xi, was a very famours artist in Xiamen. He used to have his personal Chinese printing shows in Taiwan, Singapore and San Francisco of the States.

People might hard to believe that his education background was so week, had only two years formal education in the school and all the rest was by self-study. Yet, he had good talent, plus hard working for his whole life.