Chinese version published in WeiXin 3/21/2022
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One continuous stroke
Endless nostalgia
一筆劃 不盡鄉愁
Sun-Hoo Foo 符傳孝 (109-74-32) 1-2
March 14 2022
Because of the Japanese invasion, my grandmother spent 390
yen to entrust the village folks to take my dad on a ship named "Southern
America," and he sailed for three days and three nights to Malaya, so he
can be cared for by my grandfather. That year, my dad was only 15 years old,
and he barely finished his 3rd year at Qiongya Middle School.
During that era of suffering, he worked very hard. He was
selected from one of many drivers to serve a general. Later on, his painting
talent was noticed by his boss. After the Japanese surrendered, his boss
returned to start an architect firm, and invited him to work as a draftsman. He
studied at the evening school to become an architect. His company, Booty &
Edward, sent him to plan and supervise the construction of the Omar
Ali Saifuddien Mosque, which is still the icon of the country of Brunei.
He and mom raised six children and several brothers and
nephews, and he helped his Hainan relatives and friends in need. He definitely
believed that China would one day become stronger, and he almost sent me back
during the Great Leap to build the motherland. Because there was not enough
room, he used shelves to partitioned a space in the living room for me. In
1957, after the Soviet Union sent the first satellite into space, he used a
continuous black line to paint a mural on the yellow outer wall.
The mural resembles the map of China. He believes the red-colored Hainan Island at the bottom of the mural, like a beating heart, is the origin of the power to energize China. Next to the three-colored blocks of ‘yellow, white and yellow,’ is the huge, futuristic, red rocket of China flying at a 45-degree angle towards the right, carrying a red satellite on the tip, ready to explore the universe. Taiwan is green here. The five colored blocks in the big center circle of China symbolize unity of the five major ethnic groups. Only by working together can China be strong. If one were to look carefully, the painting hides a huge【S】representing superiority but not the destructive super power!
Every time I look at this photo, I think of my father. Borrowing
his inspiration, I use his mural at the end of my slideshows or videos. He points
us to the right direction.
一筆劃 不盡鄉愁
符傳孝
因為 日本侵略，祖母用390大洋托 鄉親用船把瓊崖中學就讀才近三年的家父乘上名為“美南”的輪船，航行了三天三夜送到馬來亞依靠海外謀生的祖父。那年他才15
歲。抵達新加坡碼頭。登岸後，幸有從兄等照料，吃住都不要錢，還帶他到移民廳辦理登記手續，入家鄉人開的咖啡店喝咖啡，同鄉人相識。
在那個苦難的時代，他刻苦耐勞，勤奮好學。日本無條件投降後，夫妻決定在自己住宅前擺攤出賣小吃。正好，住宅前面對大路，時有行人經過。便在門前擺一張大桌，還大膽地掛起：《超然廣告畫相社》的招牌為人畫相。他在宅門口，掛一個招牌，名曰公開招攬書寫廣告與畫相業務。他是憑著自學獲取繪畫技藝之後而為之的。原來，他在日本農場部寶頓、詩頓膠園任書記員時，利用業餘時間，向一位畫相師學畫相。為了招攬顧客，他把自己以前畫的人像掛在宅前牆壁上，果然獲得人們的贊賞。於是，便有人上門向他訂畫。
日本投降後的一段時間，他的親戚，同在農場的一些朋友，還找不到工做，都為生活無著而苦惱。有一天，曾在農場管理養豬的工頭吳子順找到大煥，說是他的岳父出賣48只豬得款5000馬幣交給他作本，要求大煥幫忙找份生意做。大煥便聯繫購買一部戰前英軍用過的軍用卡車。經過修理後，用來走貨運。他有空也去跟車。於是他也學會了開車和修車。
後來，朋友介紹他到部隊駕駛汽車，說駕駛軍車報酬高，出車每天可得2.72元，出滿勤每月可得81.6元。這比畫相、作廣告要強。英軍後勤部為軍車隊修理汽車後，駛到遠處碼頭，然後才裝船運回英國。軍車運完後，他們又失業了。只好和朋友購買舊摩托車進行修理，爾後出售。
每天到管理處詢找工作都不成，不料在路上卻遇上一位他在軍車隊修理時，幫助過的印尼人，說他自己工作的工程隊還缺司機，希望家父去應徵。沒想到，百里挑一，
他被選為中校的專用司機。週末載中校全家到外郊遊的空檔，他就在車上修理小收音機，附近畫畫， 因而被老闆賞識。中校後來退伍轉為建築師，把又失業的家父聘為繪圖員學徒。他又就讀夜學考得建築師執照，公司送他去規劃監造現今仍然是汶萊國圖標的回教堂( Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque)。
戰亂時代，朝不保夕，他不忘照顧朋友，朋友也幫助他。他時時刻刻，省吃儉用。教養六個子女和多個弟弟侄子之外，
還忘不了救濟海南親友。他腦海裡堅信中國一定會強大起來，還差點把我送回去建設祖國。
因為寢室不夠 ，他為我在客廳用櫥架圍隔成房間。 1957那 年 蘇聯把第一顆人造衛星送上太空後，他就在寢室奶油色的外牆，用一筆不斷的黑線勾畫出他腦海中連續不斷，不能切割分開的祖國思念。
他認為壁畫下端紅顏色的海南島，就像搏動的心臟，是這個團結強大能量的起源。黃白黃三片色塊下，以45度角向右飛翔的，是祖國將來建造的巨大紅色火箭，鼻尖上還載著紅色的爱心衛星，為人類服務。綠色的是台灣。中間 大園圈的五種色塊象徵中國五大民族的團結，只有齊心協力，中國才能強大。仔細看， 畫面還藏著巨大的【S】super 超級大國！
每次望著這张照片，我都會想起家父。想到他们那一代的苦难，那一代的坚韧，我也禁不住把他這张壁畫，他对祖國的思念， 當做我的視頻, 幻燈片集的結尾。
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