Zheng Rong said that calligraphy and painting make people live longer, because learning painting with books can nourish the soul and make people full of energy, which is very beneficial to promoting the keenness and calmness of brain thinking. Therefore, the reading of the elderly has never stopped.
He is still reading a lot of history books. For example, someone asked him to write a TV series in memory of Kang Youwei, and he would look for biographies of Kang Youwei and Zhang Zhidong, and he would also buy academic history of Song Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.
Zheng Rong said that he had formed the habit of reading, and whenever he heard that there were second editions of old books, he would ask someone to buy them for him. Because these books can make him feel nostalgic, as if his past is in front of him, which not only regulates his mood, but also achieves the purpose of eliminating fatigue, and is also an artistic enjoyment.
Introduction to Zheng Rong:
Zheng Rong, drama performance artist of Beijing People's Art Theatre, 1924, originally from Dingyuan, Anhui. Started playing drama from 1942. 1950 Join Beijing People's Arts.
For more than half a century, a series of dazzling artistic images have been created on the stage and screen, such as Grandpa Zhao in the drama Longxugou, Grandpa Chang in the drama Thunderstorm, Grandpa Fang in the drama and movie Pu, Dong in the movie Chutian Fengyun and Zeng Guofan in the movie The Empress Dowager of Two Houses.
Refer to the above contents: CCTV official website-Zheng Rong: Reading for Health.