(Courtesy of Zha Jianying)
Portraits of the author’s grandparents, drawn by two local artists in Nanchang, Jiangxi. Grandfather’s portrait (right) was drawn in 1962, to commemorate his 60th birthday. Grandmother’s portrait was drawn in 1964, based on a photograph taken during her late years. The two framed portraits were hung on the wall at Uncle Lusheng’s home, to which his three children would gather to pay their respects every Lunar New Year’s Eve before the family would sit down for dinner. These photographs of the two portraits were taken by the author’s cousin Congo, Uncle Lusheng’s youngest son, in 2021.
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Portraits of the author’s grandparents, drawn by two local artists in Nanchang, Jiangxi. Grandfather’s portrait (right) was drawn in 1962, to commemorate his 60th birthday. Grandmother’s portrait was drawn in 1964, based on a photograph taken during her late years. The two framed portraits were hung on the wall at Uncle Lusheng’s home, to which his three children would gather to pay their respects every Lunar New Year’s Eve before the family would sit down for dinner. These photographs of the two portraits were taken by the author’s cousin Congo, Uncle Lusheng’s youngest son, in 2021.