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在庆祝中国共产党成立90周年之际，荣获全国十大残疾人创业之星的阮文龙说，共产党对他有恩，他一直怀着感恩之心。为此，他多次为党的领导人制作铜像，无偿地捐赠……
邓小平铜像
那是几年前的暮春季节，钱塘江流淌着清澈的江水。正在钱塘江畔的阮文龙，忽地手机响了。一听，是个熟悉的声音，很快判定对方是团中央机关刊物《中华儿女》的负责人，在北京举办的“国际残疾人日”活动中见过面并互留了电话，随即回答：“您好！我是阮文龙。”
“《中华儿女》的刊名是改革开放的总设计师邓小平生前题写的。为了纪念这位伟大领袖，为了纪念他亲自题写‘中华儿女’，我们想请你制作邓小平题写‘中华儿女’的铜像。这一题词不仅是一个刊名，更是对全体中华儿女的勉励和期望，因此这个铜像要放置在北京朝阳公园里。”
阮文龙一听，心里油然升起一股激情，动情地说：“一定设计好，制作好，并无偿赠送给你们。”
“无偿赠送？那太感谢你啦！”
“不用感谢，要谢，大家都得谢谢邓小平。就拿我来说吧，我三岁得了小儿麻痺症，一直有腿疾。为了谋生曾经做过补鞋匠、油漆匠，直到邓小平搞改革开放，我才有机遇参加美术培训，才有机会进美院学习，熟悉雕塑，才有机会搞起城市雕塑艺术研究所。我做梦也没想到，我还被中国残联评为全国十大残疾人创业之星。从混饭吃到创造业绩、创造人生，我是从心底里感谢他老人家，赠送邓小平铜像是我的一份心意。”阮文龙顿了顿，补充说，“我这人是实心眼，直肚肠，讲的是心里话。”
“这是你的心意，也是我们共同的心意。”对方稍停片刻又问，“你还有什么要求吗？”
“我还想知道团中央请小平同志题词的经过，设计时可作参考。”
“好，马上将背景资料传真给你。”
不一会儿，阮文龙手里拿着一份从北京来的传真。他细看着，沉思着。
那是20多年前一个大雪纷飞的日子，团中央书记处办公会议却开得热气腾腾。书记们围坐在长方形的会议桌四周，研究讨论创办《中华儿女》杂志。书记们对创办《中华儿女》表现出极高的热情，纷纷表示给予有力的支持。新创办的刊物需要扩大对海内外中华儿女的影响，因而有人提议请邓小平同志题写刊名。这是个好主意，与会者一致赞同。于是，团中央认认真真地地给小平同志写了封信。不久，中共中央办公厅给团中央来电：小平同志已为《中华儿女》杂志题写了刊名。喜讯传来，团中央派专人专车去中央办公厅取来小平同志的墨宝。只见“中华儿女”四个大字刚劲挺拔、纵横自如，从气度到神韵都给人一种非凡的感觉，渗透着小平同志对中华儿女的热烈情感和殷切期盼。此后，“由邓小平亲自题写刊名的《中华儿女》”一语成为这家刊物标志性的特色语言。
看完介绍文字，阮文龙微微低首沉思：邓小平题写“中华儿女”铜像，凝结着他老人家对中华儿女的浓情厚爱，也凝聚着中华儿女对小平同志的深厚情感。领袖爱自己的儿女，也是爱中华的未来；儿女爱自己的领袖，爱他改革开放的大手笔，爱他振兴中华的大鸿图。阮文龙这样想着，心里涌起一种神圣的情感：要以一颗感恩的纯朴的心，以中华儿女一员的赤忱之心，设计、制作好邓小平铜像。
十来天后，邓小平泥像做好了，邓小平右手拿着毛笔，正在看自己刚刚题好的“中华儿女”四个大字，那脸上的笑容，那审视的眼神，仿佛在说：我爱写“中华儿女”四个字，写得还可以吧？
经过3个月的制作和精雕细刻，邓小平铜像大功告成。阮文龙带着连日劳作的疲乏和制作成功的喜悦，不顾腿脚不便，亲自护送邓小平铜像来到北京丰台区朝阳公园金台艺术馆。
翌日早晨，朝阳普照着花木茂盛的朝阳公园。前来参加邓小平铜像揭幕仪式的人们和新闻记者、电视台记者，有序地站立在蒙着紫红色金丝绒布的邓小平铜像前面。当主持人宣布为邓小平铜像揭幕时，分列在铜像两侧的全国人大副委员长蒋正华和阮文龙，神情庄重，仪态大方，十分合拍地揭下紫红色金丝绒布。
一座高2.2米的金光灿灿的邓小平铜像耸现在众人面前，耸立在热烈的掌声中，也出现在电视镜头里。
揭幕完毕，蒋正华副委员长颇有兴致地对阮文龙说：“雕塑要为社会主义精神文明建设服务，要为老百姓所欣赏。你捐赠的邓小平铜像正是这样的好作品。”
阮文龙非常阳光地笑着，点头说：“我要朝您说的方向去努力。”
李大钊铜像
邓小平铜像揭幕仪式后的当天下午，阮文龙想看看北京的城市雕塑，于是《中华儿女》派了一位文化记者陪同。记者很健谈，一路上从城市建设谈到城市雕塑，从历史名人谈到当代名人，其中就谈到李大钊：“李大钊是中国共产党的创始人，中国最早的马克思主义者，创办《每周评论》宣传马克思主义。他领导党的北方区，是全国新文化运动的中心。这位杰出的党的早期领导人，1927年4月6日被军阀张作霖逮捕，28日在北京英勇就义……”
阮文龙忙说：“我觉得李大钊英勇就义的地方应该树立一尊李大钊铜像。”
记者笑了，说：“你的想法真有创意，只是李大钊就义的地方现在已是高楼林立了。不过你要做李大钊铜像的话，不妨回去找找浙江省政协副主席李青，他是李大钊的孙子，这是我去浙江采访时知道的。”
阮文龙微微颔首，轻声说：“听你讲李大钊，我心里很激动。如果没有李大钊这样的党的创始人，我们的国家没有今天，老百姓也不会有现在的好日子，我阮文龙也不可能来到北京。我告诉你，我的祖父没有屋住，没有田种，流落到曹娥江的入海口，在滩涂上搭起草棚，垦荒度日。共产党来了，我家的草棚变瓦房。到了我这一代，我在杭州买起了房子，把父母亲也接到了杭州。一个人要有良知，要懂得感恩，要懂得饮水思源。今天，听你讲后我就有一种冲动，要为党的创始人李大钊做铜像。”
记者转过身来，紧紧地握住阮文龙的手，动情地说：“我们不妨到北京大学去一下，因为李大钊当过北京大学图书馆主任，北大做了李大钊铜像，去看看做个参考。”
下午天气格外晴朗，阮文龙的心情和晴和的天空一样美好。他挎着照相机，在记者陪同下前往北京大学。
在记者带领下，阮文龙来到了李大钊铜像前。阮文龙对着铜像鞠了一躬，首先向李大钊表示崇敬，然后用从事雕塑的专业眼光打量铜像，拍下照片。
阮文龙回到杭州后，与当时的浙江省政协副主席、李大钊的孙子李青联系上了。在电话里，阮文龙发自肺腑地对李青说：我要做李大钊铜像，并捐赠给党，这是我的一种心情。因此，我想取得你的帮助和指导。李青的回答很亲切：不忘建党历史，用做李大钊铜像的方式来追忆革命先烈，很有意义。
接着，李青还介绍了李大钊人生、境界、品格和个性：李大钊1889年生。为了拯救中国，李大钊在北京组织马克思主义学说研究会和共产主义小组，代表中国共产党去莫斯科出席共产国际第五次代表大会，帮助孙中山确立联俄、联共、扶助农工三大政策，又担任共产党中央执行委员。李大钊为中华民族、为中国共产党呕心沥血、鞠躬尽瘁，以他的赤子之心焕发出生命的光辉，照耀在党史上。
终于，李大钊半身泥像做出来了。阮文龙围着泥像时而左看右看，时而又对照李大钊图像比比划划，不断修正，一丝不苟。
李青应邀而来，被带到雕塑车间看爷爷的泥像。李大钊那饱满的天庭，方圆的下颏，端方的脸庞，标志性的八字胡，以及透出五四时代气息的中式衣领，特别是微微上扬的双眉，眼镜后面那双睿智、沉着、坚毅的眼睛，仿佛在观察旧中国衰弱的病根，在激励中华民族前赴后继的拼搏精神，在思索共产党人的历史重任。
阮文龙和李青商定：李大钊铜像做好后，无偿地捐赠给省政协，陈列在会议厅里。
两个月之后，李大钊铜像捐赠仪式在浙江省政协七楼会议厅举行，省政协和省残联领导出席了庄严而隆重的仪式。
省残联的领导在讲话中充分肯定和赞扬了阮文龙的高尚之举：“阮文龙从一个普通的打工者成为一个雕塑家，并在事业有成之后，感恩共产党，回馈全社会，追求人生和艺术的真善美，作为一个残疾人来说是十分不容易的，也是十分高洁的。”
为老革命家塑像
及时掌握浙江全省各地乃至全国各地要建雕塑的信息，这对阮文龙的雕塑事业至关重要。为此，他建立了雕塑信息网络。那是几年前初夏的一天，阮文龙走进办公室，打开刚刚收到的《中华儿女》杂志，被一篇介绍无产阶级革命家习仲勋的文章吸引住了。习仲勋当年与刘志丹一起创建陕甘宁边区，他的经历可以说是陕甘宁边区革命斗争史的缩影。20世纪60年代初期习仲勋曾任国务院副总理兼秘书长。党的十一届三中全会之后复出，习仲勋领导广东搞改革开放，站在时代潮流的前沿，为全国人民所瞩目……
正在这时，一位员工进来告诉阮文龙：陕西省富平县的习仲勋故居，要建一座习仲勋半身铜像。
阮文龙笑指着《中华儿女》杂志上习仲勋的图像，说：“你看，这就是习仲勋像，他是一个值得人们尊敬和纪念的老革命家。我想做习仲勋铜像，做好了无偿捐赠，这事由你和陕西富平县方面联系。”
为了寻找习仲勋的图片资料，阮文龙来到新华书店，买了两本关于习仲勋的书。
时隔半年之后，习仲勋的泥像做好了。阮文龙请来一位熟知习仲勋的女士来看泥样。
12月9日上午，阮文龙来到门外迎候贵客。从车里出来的女士朝阮文龙伸出了手。握手时，阮文龙心中升起一种亲切感，说：“我听过你的歌，在北京人民大会堂，我作为浙江的残疾人代表参加‘国际残疾人日’的活动，那次你来给大家唱歌。”
女士微笑着说：“是的，我为中国残联唱过歌。”
在习仲勋塑像前，女士时而站着观看，时而伛身细看，特别是塑像五官的部位，她看得仔仔细细，显出一种女性特有的细腻。忽地，她微微转过脸，对阮文龙说：“这塑像做得很像，以前西安美院也做过，还是你做得像。”
阮文龙开心地笑了，说：“还有什么要修改的地方，提出来都好改的。”
“已经很像了，唯有眉眼之间可以做点微调。”女士还说，“我读艺校时也画过人体素描，也懂一点的。”于是她抬手在眼部做了个示意动作。
阮文龙颔首说：“雕塑是在细节中见真章，细节做好了才有整体的成功。”
女士看完临上车时，她转过身来又一次握住阮文龙的手，脆声说：“我感谢你。”
习仲勋铜像做好了。阮文龙与陕西富平县习仲勋故居电话联系后，随即将铜像托运了过去。
半个月后，阮文龙收到陕西富平县习仲勋故居寄来的红色捐赠证书和感谢信。信中说：“阮文龙先生：您捐赠习仲勋铜像，非常具有历史和现实意义……。”
Artist Creates Bronze Statues in Gratitude
Zhao Zheng
Ruan Wenlong is a physically challenged artist and entrepreneur based in Hangzhou. Born in 1964 in Shaoxing in eastern Zhejiang, he was stricken with infantile paralysis at the age of three. During his early adulthood years, the young man worked as a shoe-repairer and painter to support himself. It was not until the reform and opening up to the outside world initiated by Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s that Ruan got a chance to get training in fine arts and finally entered Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (the predecessor of present-day China Academy of Art) to study in 1993. He signed up with a postgraduate program at Hangzhou Normal University in 1998. He founded Yalong Sculpture Art Company in 1999 and now runs the Hangzhou-based sculpture business with an annual business volume of 150 million yuan.
For his accomplishments as an artist and entrepreneur, Ruan has been honored as one of China’s top ten physically challenged entrepreneurs. He is grateful to Deng Xiaoping for positive changes his life has taken.
This warmhearted gratitude was exactly what was in his heart when he received a long distance phone call from Beijing in early 2004. The caller was the man in charge of “Sons and Daughters of China”, a bimonthly publication of the central committee of the Chinese Youth League. Ruan had met the man in Beijing on the World Disabled Day in 2003 and they exchanged telephone numbers. Ruan was asked if he would like to create a bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping so that it could be placed in a park that faced the office building where the publication editorial committee was housed. Ruan said yes without hesitation and offered to donate the statue to the Chinese Youth League. The editorial committee wanted a statue that portrayed the moment the great man was inscribing the name of the publication.
Ruan made the sculpture in three months. He escorted the artwork to Jintai Art Museum in Chaoyang Park located in Fengtai District, Beijing. Youth League leaders and the people from the publication were deeply impressed by the 2.2-meter-tall statue. The statue was unveiled the next day by Jiang Zhenghua, a vice chairman of the standing committee of National People’s Congress.
In the afternoon of the unveiling ceremony, Ruan Wenlong went on a tour to see sculptures in downtown Beijing, escorted by a culture journalist from “Sons and Daughters of China”. They traveled and talked. The conversation turned to Li Dazhao (1889-1927), a founding father of the Communist Party of China who died in Beijing on April 28, 1927. Ruan asked the journalist where Li was executed in Beijing, explaining he thought a bronze statue of Li Dazhao should stand where he died. High-rises now stand at the place where Li Dazhao faced death, explained the journalist, but Ruan could consult Li Qing in Hangzhou, a grandson of Li Dazhao and vice chairman of CPPCC Zhejiang Branch.
Mentioning Li Dazhao, Ruan was excited. He explained to the journalist about his gratitude to the CPC. Without founding fathers of the CPC like Li, he would not have had such a good life. His grandfather was so poor that he did not have a house to live in and did not have a piece of farmland to grow grain. He ended up in a deserted tideland near the sea, built a thatched hut and began to open up the wasteland. After the CPC came to power and found the New China in 1949, the family began to lead a good life. It had a tile-roofed house. Ruan had bought a large apartment in Hangzhou and his parents had come to stay with him. A man should have conscience and should know whom to thank for the good luck, Ruan explained. He said he had had the impulse to create a bronze statue of Li Dazhao.
He began to collect textual and photographic materials on the martyr. When the clay statue was ready, he invited experts over to take a look and asked for suggestions and advice. With all the positive feedback from experts and fellow artists, Ruan invited Li Qing over to take a look. Looking at the statue, the grandson turned emotional and speechless. When he finally found words, he expressed his appreciation to Ruan for making a statue after so many years had elapsed since the death of his grandfather.
Before July 1st, 2006, the statue was completed and donated to the CPPCC Zhejiang Committee in celebration of the 85th anniversary of the CPC. The donation ceremony was held at the conference hall on the seventh floor of the CPPCC Tower in Hangzhou, attended by leaders from CPPCC and the Zhejiang Disabled People’s Association.
One early summer day in 2006 Ruan was reading a story about Xi Zhongxun (1913-2002) published in “Sons and Daughters of China” when a colleague came into his office and said the former residence of Xi Zhongxun in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province in northwestern China was planning to erect a bronze statue of the veteran revolutionary.
Ruan decided to make a statue and donate it to the memorial museum in Fuping County. At that time, Xi Jinping, the second son of Xi Zhongxun, was the CPC chief of Zhejiang Province. Ruan created a small clay statue and photographed it. The photograph was sent to Xi Jinping. The feedback came: the image did not resemble the senior very much. Together with the feedback was a family album in which there were many photos of Xi Zhongxun.
On November 3rd, 2006, Xi Jinping visited Ruan. He examined the statue from all the angles and commented that compared with a statue designed and made by Xi’an Academy of Arts, this one had a striking resemblance to his father and that this statue conveyed a sense of modesty, commonness and tenderness that appealed to him. The only imperfection, he pointed out after comparing the image with the photos in the album, were the eyes.Xi suggested how the eyes would be ideal. On December 9th, 2006, Xi Zhongxun’s wife Peng Liyuan came to visit the design. She said the eyes needed further fine-tuning and everything else was great. She thanks Ruan on behalf of the Xi family.
Half a month alter, Ruan Wenlong sent the completed statue to the former residence of Xi Zhongxun in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province.
For Ruan Wenlong, creating and donating bronze statues of revolutionary leaders is a way of expressing his gratitude for the good life he is leading.
邓小平铜像
那是几年前的暮春季节，钱塘江流淌着清澈的江水。正在钱塘江畔的阮文龙，忽地手机响了。一听，是个熟悉的声音，很快判定对方是团中央机关刊物《中华儿女》的负责人，在北京举办的“国际残疾人日”活动中见过面并互留了电话，随即回答：“您好！我是阮文龙。”
“《中华儿女》的刊名是改革开放的总设计师邓小平生前题写的。为了纪念这位伟大领袖，为了纪念他亲自题写‘中华儿女’，我们想请你制作邓小平题写‘中华儿女’的铜像。这一题词不仅是一个刊名，更是对全体中华儿女的勉励和期望，因此这个铜像要放置在北京朝阳公园里。”
阮文龙一听，心里油然升起一股激情，动情地说：“一定设计好，制作好，并无偿赠送给你们。”
“无偿赠送？那太感谢你啦！”
“不用感谢，要谢，大家都得谢谢邓小平。就拿我来说吧，我三岁得了小儿麻痺症，一直有腿疾。为了谋生曾经做过补鞋匠、油漆匠，直到邓小平搞改革开放，我才有机遇参加美术培训，才有机会进美院学习，熟悉雕塑，才有机会搞起城市雕塑艺术研究所。我做梦也没想到，我还被中国残联评为全国十大残疾人创业之星。从混饭吃到创造业绩、创造人生，我是从心底里感谢他老人家，赠送邓小平铜像是我的一份心意。”阮文龙顿了顿，补充说，“我这人是实心眼，直肚肠，讲的是心里话。”
“这是你的心意，也是我们共同的心意。”对方稍停片刻又问，“你还有什么要求吗？”
“我还想知道团中央请小平同志题词的经过，设计时可作参考。”
“好，马上将背景资料传真给你。”
不一会儿，阮文龙手里拿着一份从北京来的传真。他细看着，沉思着。
那是20多年前一个大雪纷飞的日子，团中央书记处办公会议却开得热气腾腾。书记们围坐在长方形的会议桌四周，研究讨论创办《中华儿女》杂志。书记们对创办《中华儿女》表现出极高的热情，纷纷表示给予有力的支持。新创办的刊物需要扩大对海内外中华儿女的影响，因而有人提议请邓小平同志题写刊名。这是个好主意，与会者一致赞同。于是，团中央认认真真地地给小平同志写了封信。不久，中共中央办公厅给团中央来电：小平同志已为《中华儿女》杂志题写了刊名。喜讯传来，团中央派专人专车去中央办公厅取来小平同志的墨宝。只见“中华儿女”四个大字刚劲挺拔、纵横自如，从气度到神韵都给人一种非凡的感觉，渗透着小平同志对中华儿女的热烈情感和殷切期盼。此后，“由邓小平亲自题写刊名的《中华儿女》”一语成为这家刊物标志性的特色语言。
看完介绍文字，阮文龙微微低首沉思：邓小平题写“中华儿女”铜像，凝结着他老人家对中华儿女的浓情厚爱，也凝聚着中华儿女对小平同志的深厚情感。领袖爱自己的儿女，也是爱中华的未来；儿女爱自己的领袖，爱他改革开放的大手笔，爱他振兴中华的大鸿图。阮文龙这样想着，心里涌起一种神圣的情感：要以一颗感恩的纯朴的心，以中华儿女一员的赤忱之心，设计、制作好邓小平铜像。
十来天后，邓小平泥像做好了，邓小平右手拿着毛笔，正在看自己刚刚题好的“中华儿女”四个大字，那脸上的笑容，那审视的眼神，仿佛在说：我爱写“中华儿女”四个字，写得还可以吧？
经过3个月的制作和精雕细刻，邓小平铜像大功告成。阮文龙带着连日劳作的疲乏和制作成功的喜悦，不顾腿脚不便，亲自护送邓小平铜像来到北京丰台区朝阳公园金台艺术馆。
翌日早晨，朝阳普照着花木茂盛的朝阳公园。前来参加邓小平铜像揭幕仪式的人们和新闻记者、电视台记者，有序地站立在蒙着紫红色金丝绒布的邓小平铜像前面。当主持人宣布为邓小平铜像揭幕时，分列在铜像两侧的全国人大副委员长蒋正华和阮文龙，神情庄重，仪态大方，十分合拍地揭下紫红色金丝绒布。
一座高2.2米的金光灿灿的邓小平铜像耸现在众人面前，耸立在热烈的掌声中，也出现在电视镜头里。
揭幕完毕，蒋正华副委员长颇有兴致地对阮文龙说：“雕塑要为社会主义精神文明建设服务，要为老百姓所欣赏。你捐赠的邓小平铜像正是这样的好作品。”
阮文龙非常阳光地笑着，点头说：“我要朝您说的方向去努力。”
李大钊铜像
邓小平铜像揭幕仪式后的当天下午，阮文龙想看看北京的城市雕塑，于是《中华儿女》派了一位文化记者陪同。记者很健谈，一路上从城市建设谈到城市雕塑，从历史名人谈到当代名人，其中就谈到李大钊：“李大钊是中国共产党的创始人，中国最早的马克思主义者，创办《每周评论》宣传马克思主义。他领导党的北方区，是全国新文化运动的中心。这位杰出的党的早期领导人，1927年4月6日被军阀张作霖逮捕，28日在北京英勇就义……”
阮文龙忙说：“我觉得李大钊英勇就义的地方应该树立一尊李大钊铜像。”
记者笑了，说：“你的想法真有创意，只是李大钊就义的地方现在已是高楼林立了。不过你要做李大钊铜像的话，不妨回去找找浙江省政协副主席李青，他是李大钊的孙子，这是我去浙江采访时知道的。”
阮文龙微微颔首，轻声说：“听你讲李大钊，我心里很激动。如果没有李大钊这样的党的创始人，我们的国家没有今天，老百姓也不会有现在的好日子，我阮文龙也不可能来到北京。我告诉你，我的祖父没有屋住，没有田种，流落到曹娥江的入海口，在滩涂上搭起草棚，垦荒度日。共产党来了，我家的草棚变瓦房。到了我这一代，我在杭州买起了房子，把父母亲也接到了杭州。一个人要有良知，要懂得感恩，要懂得饮水思源。今天，听你讲后我就有一种冲动，要为党的创始人李大钊做铜像。”
记者转过身来，紧紧地握住阮文龙的手，动情地说：“我们不妨到北京大学去一下，因为李大钊当过北京大学图书馆主任，北大做了李大钊铜像，去看看做个参考。”
下午天气格外晴朗，阮文龙的心情和晴和的天空一样美好。他挎着照相机，在记者陪同下前往北京大学。
在记者带领下，阮文龙来到了李大钊铜像前。阮文龙对着铜像鞠了一躬，首先向李大钊表示崇敬，然后用从事雕塑的专业眼光打量铜像，拍下照片。
阮文龙回到杭州后，与当时的浙江省政协副主席、李大钊的孙子李青联系上了。在电话里，阮文龙发自肺腑地对李青说：我要做李大钊铜像，并捐赠给党，这是我的一种心情。因此，我想取得你的帮助和指导。李青的回答很亲切：不忘建党历史，用做李大钊铜像的方式来追忆革命先烈，很有意义。
接着，李青还介绍了李大钊人生、境界、品格和个性：李大钊1889年生。为了拯救中国，李大钊在北京组织马克思主义学说研究会和共产主义小组，代表中国共产党去莫斯科出席共产国际第五次代表大会，帮助孙中山确立联俄、联共、扶助农工三大政策，又担任共产党中央执行委员。李大钊为中华民族、为中国共产党呕心沥血、鞠躬尽瘁，以他的赤子之心焕发出生命的光辉，照耀在党史上。
终于，李大钊半身泥像做出来了。阮文龙围着泥像时而左看右看，时而又对照李大钊图像比比划划，不断修正，一丝不苟。
李青应邀而来，被带到雕塑车间看爷爷的泥像。李大钊那饱满的天庭，方圆的下颏，端方的脸庞，标志性的八字胡，以及透出五四时代气息的中式衣领，特别是微微上扬的双眉，眼镜后面那双睿智、沉着、坚毅的眼睛，仿佛在观察旧中国衰弱的病根，在激励中华民族前赴后继的拼搏精神，在思索共产党人的历史重任。
阮文龙和李青商定：李大钊铜像做好后，无偿地捐赠给省政协，陈列在会议厅里。
两个月之后，李大钊铜像捐赠仪式在浙江省政协七楼会议厅举行，省政协和省残联领导出席了庄严而隆重的仪式。
省残联的领导在讲话中充分肯定和赞扬了阮文龙的高尚之举：“阮文龙从一个普通的打工者成为一个雕塑家，并在事业有成之后，感恩共产党，回馈全社会，追求人生和艺术的真善美，作为一个残疾人来说是十分不容易的，也是十分高洁的。”
为老革命家塑像
及时掌握浙江全省各地乃至全国各地要建雕塑的信息，这对阮文龙的雕塑事业至关重要。为此，他建立了雕塑信息网络。那是几年前初夏的一天，阮文龙走进办公室，打开刚刚收到的《中华儿女》杂志，被一篇介绍无产阶级革命家习仲勋的文章吸引住了。习仲勋当年与刘志丹一起创建陕甘宁边区，他的经历可以说是陕甘宁边区革命斗争史的缩影。20世纪60年代初期习仲勋曾任国务院副总理兼秘书长。党的十一届三中全会之后复出，习仲勋领导广东搞改革开放，站在时代潮流的前沿，为全国人民所瞩目……
正在这时，一位员工进来告诉阮文龙：陕西省富平县的习仲勋故居，要建一座习仲勋半身铜像。
阮文龙笑指着《中华儿女》杂志上习仲勋的图像，说：“你看，这就是习仲勋像，他是一个值得人们尊敬和纪念的老革命家。我想做习仲勋铜像，做好了无偿捐赠，这事由你和陕西富平县方面联系。”
为了寻找习仲勋的图片资料，阮文龙来到新华书店，买了两本关于习仲勋的书。
时隔半年之后，习仲勋的泥像做好了。阮文龙请来一位熟知习仲勋的女士来看泥样。
12月9日上午，阮文龙来到门外迎候贵客。从车里出来的女士朝阮文龙伸出了手。握手时，阮文龙心中升起一种亲切感，说：“我听过你的歌，在北京人民大会堂，我作为浙江的残疾人代表参加‘国际残疾人日’的活动，那次你来给大家唱歌。”
女士微笑着说：“是的，我为中国残联唱过歌。”
在习仲勋塑像前，女士时而站着观看，时而伛身细看，特别是塑像五官的部位，她看得仔仔细细，显出一种女性特有的细腻。忽地，她微微转过脸，对阮文龙说：“这塑像做得很像，以前西安美院也做过，还是你做得像。”
阮文龙开心地笑了，说：“还有什么要修改的地方，提出来都好改的。”
“已经很像了，唯有眉眼之间可以做点微调。”女士还说，“我读艺校时也画过人体素描，也懂一点的。”于是她抬手在眼部做了个示意动作。
阮文龙颔首说：“雕塑是在细节中见真章，细节做好了才有整体的成功。”
女士看完临上车时，她转过身来又一次握住阮文龙的手，脆声说：“我感谢你。”
习仲勋铜像做好了。阮文龙与陕西富平县习仲勋故居电话联系后，随即将铜像托运了过去。
半个月后，阮文龙收到陕西富平县习仲勋故居寄来的红色捐赠证书和感谢信。信中说：“阮文龙先生：您捐赠习仲勋铜像，非常具有历史和现实意义……。”
Artist Creates Bronze Statues in Gratitude
Zhao Zheng
Ruan Wenlong is a physically challenged artist and entrepreneur based in Hangzhou. Born in 1964 in Shaoxing in eastern Zhejiang, he was stricken with infantile paralysis at the age of three. During his early adulthood years, the young man worked as a shoe-repairer and painter to support himself. It was not until the reform and opening up to the outside world initiated by Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s that Ruan got a chance to get training in fine arts and finally entered Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (the predecessor of present-day China Academy of Art) to study in 1993. He signed up with a postgraduate program at Hangzhou Normal University in 1998. He founded Yalong Sculpture Art Company in 1999 and now runs the Hangzhou-based sculpture business with an annual business volume of 150 million yuan.
For his accomplishments as an artist and entrepreneur, Ruan has been honored as one of China’s top ten physically challenged entrepreneurs. He is grateful to Deng Xiaoping for positive changes his life has taken.
This warmhearted gratitude was exactly what was in his heart when he received a long distance phone call from Beijing in early 2004. The caller was the man in charge of “Sons and Daughters of China”, a bimonthly publication of the central committee of the Chinese Youth League. Ruan had met the man in Beijing on the World Disabled Day in 2003 and they exchanged telephone numbers. Ruan was asked if he would like to create a bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping so that it could be placed in a park that faced the office building where the publication editorial committee was housed. Ruan said yes without hesitation and offered to donate the statue to the Chinese Youth League. The editorial committee wanted a statue that portrayed the moment the great man was inscribing the name of the publication.
Ruan made the sculpture in three months. He escorted the artwork to Jintai Art Museum in Chaoyang Park located in Fengtai District, Beijing. Youth League leaders and the people from the publication were deeply impressed by the 2.2-meter-tall statue. The statue was unveiled the next day by Jiang Zhenghua, a vice chairman of the standing committee of National People’s Congress.
In the afternoon of the unveiling ceremony, Ruan Wenlong went on a tour to see sculptures in downtown Beijing, escorted by a culture journalist from “Sons and Daughters of China”. They traveled and talked. The conversation turned to Li Dazhao (1889-1927), a founding father of the Communist Party of China who died in Beijing on April 28, 1927. Ruan asked the journalist where Li was executed in Beijing, explaining he thought a bronze statue of Li Dazhao should stand where he died. High-rises now stand at the place where Li Dazhao faced death, explained the journalist, but Ruan could consult Li Qing in Hangzhou, a grandson of Li Dazhao and vice chairman of CPPCC Zhejiang Branch.
Mentioning Li Dazhao, Ruan was excited. He explained to the journalist about his gratitude to the CPC. Without founding fathers of the CPC like Li, he would not have had such a good life. His grandfather was so poor that he did not have a house to live in and did not have a piece of farmland to grow grain. He ended up in a deserted tideland near the sea, built a thatched hut and began to open up the wasteland. After the CPC came to power and found the New China in 1949, the family began to lead a good life. It had a tile-roofed house. Ruan had bought a large apartment in Hangzhou and his parents had come to stay with him. A man should have conscience and should know whom to thank for the good luck, Ruan explained. He said he had had the impulse to create a bronze statue of Li Dazhao.
He began to collect textual and photographic materials on the martyr. When the clay statue was ready, he invited experts over to take a look and asked for suggestions and advice. With all the positive feedback from experts and fellow artists, Ruan invited Li Qing over to take a look. Looking at the statue, the grandson turned emotional and speechless. When he finally found words, he expressed his appreciation to Ruan for making a statue after so many years had elapsed since the death of his grandfather.
Before July 1st, 2006, the statue was completed and donated to the CPPCC Zhejiang Committee in celebration of the 85th anniversary of the CPC. The donation ceremony was held at the conference hall on the seventh floor of the CPPCC Tower in Hangzhou, attended by leaders from CPPCC and the Zhejiang Disabled People’s Association.
One early summer day in 2006 Ruan was reading a story about Xi Zhongxun (1913-2002) published in “Sons and Daughters of China” when a colleague came into his office and said the former residence of Xi Zhongxun in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province in northwestern China was planning to erect a bronze statue of the veteran revolutionary.
Ruan decided to make a statue and donate it to the memorial museum in Fuping County. At that time, Xi Jinping, the second son of Xi Zhongxun, was the CPC chief of Zhejiang Province. Ruan created a small clay statue and photographed it. The photograph was sent to Xi Jinping. The feedback came: the image did not resemble the senior very much. Together with the feedback was a family album in which there were many photos of Xi Zhongxun.
On November 3rd, 2006, Xi Jinping visited Ruan. He examined the statue from all the angles and commented that compared with a statue designed and made by Xi’an Academy of Arts, this one had a striking resemblance to his father and that this statue conveyed a sense of modesty, commonness and tenderness that appealed to him. The only imperfection, he pointed out after comparing the image with the photos in the album, were the eyes.Xi suggested how the eyes would be ideal. On December 9th, 2006, Xi Zhongxun’s wife Peng Liyuan came to visit the design. She said the eyes needed further fine-tuning and everything else was great. She thanks Ruan on behalf of the Xi family.
Half a month alter, Ruan Wenlong sent the completed statue to the former residence of Xi Zhongxun in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province.
For Ruan Wenlong, creating and donating bronze statues of revolutionary leaders is a way of expressing his gratitude for the good life he is leading.