古元1919年出生于广东省中山县一户贫寒农家。1938年,抗日烽火四起,他目睹日本侵略者的残暴及国民党统治的腐败、黑暗,怀着一腔爱国热情,奔向革命根据地延安,投身于抗日救亡斗争。 古元到达边区后,先在培养抗日军政干部的陕北公学接受训练。后因领导上发现他有美术方面的 Ancient yuan was born in 1919 in Zhongshan County, Guangdong Province, a poor farmhouse. In 1938, during the war of resistance against Japan, he witnessed the cruelty of the Japanese invaders and the corruption and darkness of the Kuomintang rule. With a passion for patriotism, he headed for the revolutionary base in Yanan and devoted himself to the struggle against Japanese aggression and national salvation. After the ancient yuan arrived in the border area, he first trained North Shaanxi Public School to train anti-Japanese military officials. After the leadership found that he has the art