The Unofficial History of ZHANG Daqian’s Staying at Xipu

At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War when Beiping fell into the Japanese hand, ZHANG Daqian re-
turned back to Sichuan and lived there for11 years, during which he stayed at Xipu, Pixian County, for a long time. And this was an important period in his artistic career. The revelation of the history concerning ZHANG which has rarely been men- tioned in relevant literature is not only of great help for the following studies of ZHANG, but reminding of people protecting the former homes of some well-known people in Sichuan.