摘要
THE former home of Qi Baishi’ stands in Kuache Alley in the Xicheng District of Beijing. Qi Zilai, the granddaughter of Qi Baishi, still lives in the same room in the northwest corner of the courtyard where she was born. One day in 1942, her mother felt birth pangs right after her grandparents and father left, leaving only herself and an aunt at home. A midwife was quickly sent for, and by the time the grandparents had returned, the Qi family had a new granddaughter. The loud cry of the newborn baby brought indescribeable happiness to Qi Baishi, and he named her Zilai ("self-inviting") to express his fondness for this
