In 2022, the world-renowned Beijing Winter Olympics will soon open. Culture is an important part of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the surging news learned that in order to promote the organic combination of cultural heritage and winter Olympic events, to help the Beijing Winter Olympics, "Chasing Dreams Of the Winter Olympics - Winter Painting and Sports Relics Special Exhibition" opened today at the Liaoning Provincial Museum, exhibiting the Northern Song Dynasty Li Gonglin (biography) "Ming Emperor Batting Picture Scroll", Ming Qianyu's "Snow Stack Picture Scroll", Qing Zhang Zongcang's "Snow Creek Sail Shadow Picture Scroll", etc., which not only depicts the winter scene, but also can glimpse the ancient sports activities.
Northern Song Dynasty Li Gonglin (biography) "Ming Emperor Batting Picture Scroll" (partial) Liaoning Provincial Museum collection
Chinese paintings are rich in art, and winter painting is one of its important components. In winter, the mountains and rivers are covered with snow, and the cold forest is strong; the "three friends of the cold years" stand proudly in the snow and bloom in the frost; when the twilight is cold, everything is silent, and the birds are dormant, which is pitiful. Since ancient times, the mountains, flowers, birds, etc. related to winter have been the objects of song and chanting of the rioting inkers, and the painters of the past have also used full brush and ink to create a picture of affection.
Exhibition site
Ancient Chinese sports culture has a long history and has a special value in the process of China's historical development. Ancient sports activities such as polo, archery, hunting, equestrianism, chess, etc., some continue to this day, some have been replaced by other forms, and their cultural relics are an important physical basis for us to understand the ancient sports culture form, and also an important way to deepen the understanding of China's traditional cultural heritage and its connotation.
Qing Zhang Zongcang 《Snow Creek Sail Shadow Picture Scroll) (partial)
Northern Song Dynasty Li Gonglin "Ming Emperor Batting Picture Scroll", ink and white drawing on paper, hand scroll, length 32.1 cm, width 523.2 cm, Liaoning Provincial Museum collection, full volume does not Shi Danqing and shines.
"Ming Emperor Batting Chart" depicts tang Xuanzong's batting entertainment scene, with a total of 16 figures painted on the painting. The person in the middle of the picture is Li Longji, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Tang Ming rode a horse under his crotch, with a focused look and a quick hand. Hitting the ball is "hitting the bow", also known as hitting or hitting the ball, which is modern polo. For a very popular amusement activity in the Court of the Tang Dynasty, the player rode on a horse and hit a leather solid ball with a club, and the rules were a bit like today's hockey.
Although Li Gonglin was included in the list of literati painters, he was better at characters and kurama in addition to the landscapes, flowers and birds that later literati painters were good at. In this regard, he inherits the tradition since Gu Kaizhi, but also has some creativity, self-reliance and novelty, and is extremely skilled in portraying the personality and mood of the characters. He established the white painting method that used to be only used as a powder book as a kind of painting, making it an independent subject.
Northern Song Dynasty Li Gonglin (biography) Ming Emperor Batting Picture Scroll Liaoning Provincial Museum Collection
Ming Qianyu "Snow Stack Picture Scroll", Liaoning Provincial Museum Collection
Qing Zhang Zongcang", "Snow Creek Sail Shadow Picture Scroll", Liaoning Provincial Museum Collection
Liaoning lacquer backgammon Collection of Liaoning Provincial Museum
Exhibition posters
Exhibition Name: Dreaming of the Winter Olympics - Special Exhibition of Winter Scene Paintings and Sports Cultural Relics
Exhibition time: January 29 - March 27
Venue: Liaoning Provincial Museum