In 2022, "Beautiful Life" written by Zhou Jianping was published. Delicious delicacies, fragrant mouth and tongue, a "Hanjia Cuisine" with both color, fragrance and taste is an artistic interpretation of "a better life". The artistic lifestyle represented by "Hanjiacai" is exactly the life philosophy that Han Meilin and Zhou Jianping have always advocated.

The full text of the end of the article "Beautiful Life" is now released for readers.

Title: "Beautiful·Good Life"

Author: Zhou Jianping

Published: Chinese Publishing House

Time: 2022

"It is better to have fun to have fun alone" Zhou Jianping

We are mostly employees of the four Han Meilin Art Museums. Over the years, in addition to cultivating their work ability, more importantly, Merrill and I have subtly conveyed to them the concept of "the art of life, the life of art". Even the big pot of rice in the canteen cannot be careless and must have quality.

Merry Lynch and I often "visit privately" the canteen on a verbose private place. When I saw that the canteen’s breakfast was unchanged, white porridge, boiled eggs, steamed buns and pickles for a long time, I called the canteen’s masters to criticize them. I said, “Can you use your brain to make some tricks? If you can’t, I will do it.” The masters quickly reflected on it. Not long after, the quality of the canteen’s breakfast has been greatly improved. It is said that recently, homemade tofu brains have begun to be used, which shows the principle of “water cannot be activated”.

"Hanjia Cuisine" is not just a small dining table in our house. Merrill Lynch suggested that he fund the establishment of the Korean Pavilion "employee fund". It is normal for him to use a "buffet" to reward employees, employees' families and relatives and friends on various holidays every year. Therefore, the Han family’s “big pot rice” enjoyed by more than 100 people also adheres to the essence of “Han family cuisine”. The kitchens upstairs and downstairs are working together. Everyone delivers the dishes themselves, sets the tables themselves, and finally feels the joy of "big pot rice" together.

I won’t talk about some of Chef Ling’s specialties. What we didn’t expect was that a Sichuan cold noodles by Sister Xu at home became the first must-eat list. Everyone would queue up with plates to wait in line. It can be seen that the happiness of "big pot rice" is a strong sense of participation and the taste of "home".

In order to create a team spirit, we missed either the Chinese Festival or the Foreign Festival. We made rice dumplings together on the Dragon Boat Festival, we ate mooncakes and set river lanterns together on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and we divided turkeys and made pumpkin pies on Thanksgiving. During the Spring Festival in 2020, dozens of employees who stayed in Beijing to guard due to the epidemic made dumplings together at home, ate New Year’s Eve dinner, set off electronic fireworks and made games together. These are all in the category of "Hanjia cuisine".

Of course, such a happy and ultimate "Han Family Cuisine" is not something that only our own people can "play secretly". When there are major events, we treat the guests the same treatment. Mo Yan and Da Feng compete on the same stage to make dumplings, Yu Qiuyu and Cai Zhizhong taste panda ice cream and Korean desserts with Merrill Lynch art elements, the "late-night canteen" born after the 80s and 90s, and the thank-you dinner at the Duke's Mansion of Venice... Every time we gather together, there are not only delicious food, but also the "Merry Lynch" piglet napkins, little tiger plates, Tianshu placemats, and one-person tableware... Many times I have seen the guests carefully take Merrill Lynch Art custom-made lollipops and napkins into their bags for souvenirs. Every gathering of large-sized versions of "Han Family Cuisine" contains the sincerity and enthusiasm of the "Han Family". Only dozens of "big pot rice" can fully reflect "the art of life, the life of art".

▲Merry Lynch Art Custom-made Lollipops

Art needs to be shared, and food is even more so. Merrill Lynch and I have worked hard to create "Han Family Cuisine" over the years, in order to share the people around us who we love and love us, and to share a beautiful life with more people.

Practice for happiness.