The Spring Festival holiday has just passed, and many people are still immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year.
In ancient times, people called the Spring Festival the New Year Dynasty. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Biography of Zhou Pan: "The Dynasty gathers all beings and talks about the whole day." Li Xian's note: "Years of Dynasty, Years of Dan." ”
As the most lively and grand traditional festival in China, every Spring Festival, every household is full of joy of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. Let us look through those yellowed ancient paintings to recall what kind of scenes the ancients had for the New Year?
Ming Dynasty Li Shida's "Qingtu of the Village of the Dynasty"
(Picture from the official website of the Palace Museum)
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The painting depicts the busy and festive scene of Shengping in the village. In the distance, the mountains are undulating, the pine branches are vigorous and powerful, and the houses are dotted on both sides of the river. In the village, the elderly visit friends to feast and drink, laugh and laugh, and some children laugh and set off firecrackers, and some walk while banging gongs and drums, and have a lot of fun. Men and women, young and old, with different postures, vivid looks, no stereotypical posture.
In the painting, a boy holds a vase of plum blossoms in his arms and offers it to the old man holding a ruyi, symbolizing the auspicious beginning of the new year. The most special thing is that the whole work is painted with ink dipped in fingers, which has a kind of quaint and elegant taste.
Qing Dynasty "Qianlong Emperor's Year of Dynastic Travel"
After the Qianlong Emperor inherited the throne, every time the traditional festivals of the Han people were inherited from generation to generation, relevant celebrations would be held in the imperial palace. On this day, he will be reunited with his family, light bamboo and set off cannons in the palace garden, and pray for peace and good luck.
This painting was created by Chinese and Western painters. Lang Shining, who is good at realistic portrait painting, paints the statue of the Qianlong Emperor, and Chinese painters Shen Yuan, Zhou Kun, Ding Guanpeng and others paint children, houses and trees, and the organic fusion of Chinese and Western painting art renders the warm atmosphere of the royal new year. Qianlong's kind gaze and gentle demeanor show that in addition to being an emperor, as an ordinary parent, the picture is full of infinite love and warmth.
Ming Dynasty Zhu Jianshen's "Year Dynasty Good Omen Map"
Before the Ming Dynasty, hanging bells was an important custom activity during the New Year's Festival to drive away ghosts and evil spirits. In the painting, Zhong Kui is staring at the flying bat, holding Ruyi in one hand and supporting the shoulder of the little devil with the other hand, who holds a tray containing persimmons and cypress branches in both hands, implying "Pepsi Ruyi".
On the canvas there is the inscription of Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu Mi Shen: "Cypress Ruyi." A pulse of spring back to the heating, the wind and clouds are worth the time. Draw a picture today to be a good sign, as expected every year and a hundred things. ”
Wu Changshuo of the Qing Dynasty
From the beginning of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the "Year Dynasty Qing Offering" is the theme of the painters at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, and the content of the Qing Offering is generally the melon and fruit flowers with the meaning of the meaning and harmony of auspiciousness, in addition to increasing the atmosphere of the New Year and the meaning of blessing.
Wu Changshuo combines bottle plums, daffodils, pucao, and xiushi, and his penmanship is elegant and free, which is very elegant and elegant. The top left corner of the screen is self-titled: "Years of Pilgrimage." The years of writing desk flowers, like the ancients made the migration of things in the years, are also intended. Yi Di Han Wu Changshuo. ”
One picture after another embodies people's good wishes for welcoming the new year and praying for blessings. In the new year, let us continue to set sail and move forward with our dreams.
Source: The official website of the Palace Museum
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