張大干是丹青巨匠,在當世與齊白石并稱“南張北齊”,徐悲鴻對他更是推崇:“張大干,五百年來第一人,”20世紀50年代,張大干游歷世界,獲得巨大的國際聲譽,被西方藝壇贊為“東方之筆”,少有人知的是,丹青圣手張大干也是赫赫有名的美食大家,而且是廚界高手,張大干既愛吃,又懂吃,這兩條是判斷美食家的重要標準。
Zhang Daqian is a famous Chinese painter. He and Qi Baishi. also an influential Chinese painter, are honored with the title “Zhang in the South. Qi in the North”, meaning the best two Chinese painters of the time. Xu Beihong. a modern Chinese master of fine arts, had given high praise to Zhang, saying that he is the best painter in the recent five hundred years. Zhang traveled around the world in 1950s, which gained him a great reputation with the title of “the distinguished painter in the Eastern world” in the Western art world. However, seldom do people know that this master of art also has a strong interest in food, and knows a lot about it. These two points are critical for justifying him as a gourmet.