His face was full of sorrow
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Recently, China Post's "Year of Nongyin" Tiger Zodiac Stamps were recently issued to the public, a set of 2 stamp designs are named: National Fortune Changlong, Tiger Yun auspicious, interpreting the concept of "country" and "home".
"National Fortune Changlong" depicts the image of a shangshan tiger with a lofty view and lofty ambitions, conveying the meaning of the country's prosperity and ambition;
"Tiger Yun Auspicious" depicts a warm scene of a gentle tiger mother with two young tigers, implying that children and grandchildren are prosperous and the family is happy.
The above is the official depiction, and the folk depiction is: "The first is the sorrow of singleness and loneliness, and the second is the sorrow of the suffering of children and mothers." ”
Netizen: It's so sad! These two tigers looked too sad!
Is melancholy realistic? Or negative?
Looking closely at these two sad tigers, the description of netizens is not exaggerated.
The male tiger is a standing tiger, neither an arrogant mountain tiger, nor a mighty mountain tiger, not to mention a sad face, feeling a face of grievance;
The female tiger carries two tiger cubs, which is not in line with the three-child policy, and it is said that the tiger's eyes are round, and now it has become a squint.
Netizens deepened the interpretation of this stamp painting of the Year of the Tiger - male tiger: emaciated body shape, sparse body hair, full of sadness, confused eyes... Mortgage Car Loan Credit Loan
Tigress: Does my squinty eyes look good? Do I still want to give birth to three tigers?
· Sadness and realism · Sadness, some netizens do not reject this depiction, at the beginning of 2022, the epidemic has begun to rage again, can you not worry? The cultural sector is keeping pace with the times.
This year's anti-corruption has caught a lot of big tigers, no wonder the tiger family is unhappy.
Netizen: The postal stamp of the Year of the Tiger draws the mood and spiritual outlook of the Chinese people at the moment of the Year of the Tiger, which is worthy of being the work of the master.
· Such a sad look is not suitable for full release · But some netizens feel that this tiger is full of personal emotions, the male tiger is full of sadness, the female tiger wants to cry without tears, and the young tiger feels that there is hatred in the eyes... The issuance of stamps as the mascot of the New Year is really an orderly public order and good custom and the image of the country.
More serious netizens believe that this is an all-round peaceful evolution and a very serious problem.
In addition to the polarization of netizens' comments, many painters have different analyses of this.
Some painters have analyzed that the tiger in the painting is indeed a little timid, and does not reflect the wild nature of the king of the mountains and forests. Some painters also said that the author Mr. Feng Dazhong has more than 20 years of experience in painting tigers, deliberately weakening the color difference of the picture, the tiger he paints is not without loss of benevolence, courage and gentleness, and the tiger also has happy, sad, and missed times.
The author responds to this... In this regard, the author Mr. Feng Dazhong said, "Animals also have joys and sorrows, so the tiger should crack this code, break through its animal attributes to paint, anthropomorphize it, and strive to convey a spiritual emotion." ”
Mr. Feng Dazhong, who is it? He is a national first-class painter, enjoying the special allowance of the State Council expert, Feng Dazhong's painting style is serious and elegant, painting tigers break through the stylized clichés, give tigers humanistic charm, and create their own artistic symbols, which can be called "unprecedented, after the enlightenment", known as "the world's first tiger"...
For the treatment of the composition and design of the picture, Mr. Feng Dazhong also responded.
"I have been painting tigers for nearly 60 years, and this year I can design the Zodiac stamps for the Year of the Tiger for the country, which is an affirmation of me."
Different from the previous three rounds of Yinhu Zodiac stamps, the image of the tiger designed by Feng Dazhong is more realistic, which also continues his consistent style of painting tigers, obtaining the nature of the tiger and truly restoring the beauty of the tiger.
Through the intensive study and understanding of traditional tiger culture, Feng Dazhong explored a new direction for creating animal theme paintings.
"Animals also have joys and sorrows, so the tiger must crack this code, break through its animal attributes to paint, anthropomorphize it, and strive to convey a spiritual emotion." Feng Dazhong stressed.
No one expected that the zodiac stamps were originally relatively niche, only a little hot in the philatelic circle, and as a result, this year because the pattern was too special, so that the fire out of the circle. This is also a bonus
Zodiac signs, jubilant
Don't think that the zodiac stamps are all in this style, let's take a look at the zodiac stamps of the last two years to see how the painting style is.
· Year of the Rat Stamps · This is a set of 2 special stamps issued in 2020 of the "Year of Gengzi", the pattern of its stamps is the zi rat open the sky, the rat mega feng year, the picture uses the decorative small freehand painting method, combined with the rendering technology of traditional Chinese painting, showing the cute and cute movement of the zodiac mouse.
This set of Gengzi Rat Year zodiac stamps through deep excavation of cultural concepts, with "home" as the core concept, the image characteristics of the zodiac sign and the feelings of home and country in the Chinese skillfully combined, giving the zodiac image a vivid setting of "family fun".
The stamps were designed by renowned artist Mr. Han Meilin:
The most surprising thing is that this zodiac rat also hides the AR effect, and when it is aimed at the stamp, you can see the AR effect of the little mouse, which is very interesting!
· Year of the Ox Stamps · Through the combination of movement and stillness, strength and warmth, the special stamps of "Xin Ugly Year" vividly interpret and artistically display the spiritual connotation of the zodiac cow "down-to-earth, dare to fight, pioneering and enterprising, and diligent and dedicated".
The first "Strive to Be Strong" and the second "Year of the Ox", the bull looks very energetic, smiling, and looks like a bull. And the mother and son of the cow are also a look of deep affection.
On the day of the first release, the topic of "zodiac bull stamp issuance" rushed to the hot search, which caused a fierce response in the society.
This year's zodiac bull stamps triggered a phenomenon-level rush, and many philatelic enthusiasts braved the cold and lined up all night just to buy a "cow ticket".
· Year of the Pig stamps · Remember the Year of the Pig special zodiac stamp that encourages everyone to have three children? The image of this Year of the Pig stamp is a happy pig family with 3 piglets lying in front of two big pigs.
The name of this stamp is "Five Blessings Gathering", which reflects the concept of "family portrait" and also pins on the good wishes of the family reunion in the New Year.
Another stamp is called "Fat Pig Wangfu", the fat pig belly is hidden, the state is cute, and the dynamic running shows the joy of the spirit and the wind, symbolizing the rush to a better life.
Netizens about this stamp are very open to this, and at present, RiZhan Jun has seen the most cruel paragraph about the Stamp of the Year of the Pig:
The strongest meaning of the Year of the Pig stamp! Open up three children, encourage transnational marriage, and support the marriage of African brides! If you can't conceive, please call 120!
Is it the pluralism of art, or the expression of tradition?
Finally, back to our sad Year of the Tiger stamps, some netizens believe that art is originally to accommodate multiple expressions, after all, there are both tigers out of the mountains, there are tigers falling in Pingyang, and artistic creation is normal no matter from which angle it is cut.
The most important thing in art is expression, not a simple reproduction of objective existence. We have seen so many ordinary, common, "tiger-like" tigers, and it is not good to have so many melancholy, anthropomorphic, emotionally delicate tigers?
But more people seem to be more on the traditional point of view, after all, the New Year's Day, no matter how sad life is, you have to be happy. Yang Bailao still has to pull a two-foot red head rope for Xi'er in the New Year, what do you think?
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Weibo @ People's Daily @ Han Meilin
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