摘要：文化是一个国家、一个民族的灵魂。文化兴国运兴，文化强民族强。 没有高度的文化自信，没有文化的 繁荣兴盛，就没有中华民族的伟大复兴。文 化更是一个民族的脊梁和灵魂，它铸造着 国家和民族的心灵和品格，一个民族 有了文化自信，才能立于世界民族之林;人民有了信仰，国家才有力量，民族才 有希望。而文化自信是促成这些目标的至关重要的因素。
阮庆祥，1940 年出生山东肥城，现居北京。当 代油画 家，并擅长书法创作，高级舞台美术师，空 政电视艺术中 心正师职退休干部。秉承家传， 自幼 酷爱绘画。早在中学 时代，曾看到了达芬奇的专题 片，深受教育，从那以后暗 下决心，励志毕生从事 美术事业。1964 年毕业于上海戏剧 学院舞台美术系。 毕业后被特招到空军政治部文工团话剧 团工作、六 十多年来，在从事舞台美术创作的同时，长期 潜心 油画和书法的学习与创作，直至当下。
1977 年舞台美术创作荣获全军舞美奖，1979 年舞美创作获空军文化部艺术二等奖 ;2004 获得了国家计生委宣传画大赛优秀奖 :2008 年，个人油画 作品专辑出版并全国 发行 ;2010 年以来，多次应邀 参加全国性各种专题书画大赛，连续二十多次荣获 金奖。并先后荣获“全球华人二十一世纪最具影响 力艺术家 ” 、 “ 国际和平奖 ”艺术家 ” 、 “荣耀中 华-中国艺术终身成就奖 ” 、 “纪念建国六十五 周 年十大杰出艺术家 ”和“中国当代最具收藏价值书 画家 ” 等称号。其多幅油画和书法作品均为美国、 东南亚、国内团体及个人收藏。现为中国东方文化 研究会社会艺术专业 委员会高级油画研究员，2024 年被共和国勋章 · 中国功勋 人物评选委员会授予 《共和国勋章 · 中国功勋模范人物》 同年 5 月 28 日由意大利达芬奇博物馆，佛罗伦萨市政厅 ·达芬 奇国际艺术奖联合授予《达芬奇国际艺术终身成 就 奖》。同年获荷兰皇家艺术学院《芃髙国际艺术终 身成 就奖》，获中国文旅部颁发的《中国书画最髙 荣誉奖》，获联合国文化艺朮中心聘为荣誉副院长。
Ruan Qingxiang, born in 1940 in Feicheng, Shandong, currently resides in Beijing. Contemporary oil painter, skilled in calligraphy creation, senior stage artist, retired official of the Air AdministrationTelevision Art Center. Adhering to family tradition, I have had a passion for painting since childhood. As early asmiddle school, I saw Leonardo da Vinci's feature films and was deeply educated. Since then, I have secretly made up my mind to devote my life to the art industry. Graduated from the Department of Stage Art at Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1964. After graduation, I wasspecially recruited to work in the Drama Troupe of the Political Department of the Air Force. For more than 60 years, while engaged in stage art creation, I have been devoted to the study and creation of oil painting and calligraphy for a long time, until now.
In 1977, the stage art creation won the Military Stage Art Award, and in 1979, the stage art creation won the Second Prize of the Air Force CulturalDepartment Art Award ; In 2004, he won the ExcellentAward in the National Family Planning CommissionPropaganda Painting Competition. In 2008, hispersonal oil painting album was published and distributednationwide ; Since 2010, I have been invited multiple times to participate in various national themedcalligraphy and painting competitions, and have won gold medals for more than 20 consecutive times. And has successively won titles such as "Global Chinese Most Influential Artist of the 21st Century","International Peace Award" Artist "," Honor of China- Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Art "," Top 10 Outstanding Artists Commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China ", and" Contemporary Chinese Most Collectible Painter ". Many of his oil paintings and calligraphy works are collected by groups and individuals in the UnitedStates, Southeast Asia, and China. I am currently a senior oil painting researcher at the Social ArtProfessional Committee of the China Oriental Culture Research Association. In 2024, I was awarded the"Republic Medal · ChineseMeritorious Model Person" by the Republic Medal · China Meritorious PersonSelection Committee. On May 28 of the same year, I was jointly awarded the "Da Vinci International ArtLifetime Achievement Award" by the Da Vinci Museum in Italy and the Florence City Hall ·Da VinciInternational Art Award. In the same year, he wasawarded the Penggao International Art LifetimeAchievement Award by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts, the highest honor award for Chinese calligraphy and painting by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and was appointed as an honorary vicepresident of the United Nations Cultural and Art Center.
