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The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

When it comes to spring blooming flowers, there is nothing as light and white as a pear blossom, but it is extremely gorgeous. As the Qing Dynasty literary scholar Li Yu said: "Snow is the snow in the sky, and the pear blossom is the snow on earth; where the snow is scarce, it is fragrant, and the pear blossom is also good at its beauty." ”

Pear blossoms in the mainland has thousands of years of cultivation history, thousands of years, pear blossoms have never lacked the admiration and love of literati inkers, it is the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's "Long Hate Song" in the "jade face lonely tears dry, pear blossom a branch of spring with rain"; also in the Ming Dynasty Zhang Cangshui's ink "dream into the pear blossom is one color, it seems that the pine snow into three people"; but also Tang Yin's "Twenty-four Songs of Words" in the "pear blossom cold and thin, dream leisurely, copper pot leakage, lonely pillow four more heads." ”

On this occasion when the willow wind is light and the pear blossoms are raining, the "Forbidden City Flower Letter" column launched by The Paper News and Ancient Art specially combs the pear blossoms in the calligraphy and paintings and arts and crafts of the past to entertain readers.

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Pear Blossom Surging News Picture

(Biography) Song Huizong "Pear Blossom" axis

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

(Biography) Song Huizong "Pear Blossom" Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Emperor Huizong of Song (1082–1135), emperor of Xuanhe, was the eighth emperor of the Song Dynasty. Emperor Huizong was passionate about art, and during his reign, he raised the status of painters to the highest position in Chinese history, and established the Hanlin Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, which was the court painting academy at that time. Painting is an examination method for promotion, and every year using poetry as a topic has stimulated many new creative stories. All these have greatly stimulated the development of the artistic conception of Chinese painting.

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

(Biography) Song Huizong "Pear Blossom" Axis (Partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Zhao Tuo paid special attention to flower and bird paintings. The Xuanhe Pictorial Notation records his collection of 2,786 paintings of flowers and birds, accounting for 44 percent of the total collection. It can be seen how deeply it is favored. The "Painting Succession" records that Zhao Tuo once wrote the "Crane Diagram of The Dragon Zhuang". Historically, regarding Zhao Yao's artistic achievements, commentators have regarded his paintings of flowers and birds as the highest. The originality and influence of Zhao Tuo's art on future generations are also mainly reflected in his paintings of flowers and birds.

This painting has the title of Qing Gaozong's book: Horizontal slope snow blossoms are invincible to spring, and the branches of the finch flowers are on the water's edge. The position is high and humble, and how to know people alone is ignorant. Ace unitary (1765) Kasuga Imperial Title.

Song Su Shi "West Lake Poems" volume

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Song Su Shi "West Lake Poems" volume (partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

The seventh of this volume is written with the sentence "Red sleeve weaving Ayaqua persimmon, Green Flag Gu wine taking advantage of pear blossoms".

Su Shi's scroll at the end of the book is self-titled: "When Yu Yu was guarding Hangzhou, he traveled with guests on the West Lake, explored the Range Rover, sent happiness and comfort, and enjoyed the joy of the arrival, covering ten years in Ziyi." Reminisce. It's like yesterday. And the guest who wants to think of the winner of the West Lake, every inquiry from Yu, can not be known as a reward, but the most careful person who records his mind. Where there are eight out of ten poems, interspersed with a number of words, and with poems, and those who ask questions in between, they are held up to show them, so that the viewer can understand. It can also be used as a sleeper tour. Dongpo residents. ”

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Song Suchen "West Lake Poems" volume (partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

This volume has the Yuan Dynasty painter Ni Zhanba: the relics of Mr. Dongpo, Yu appreciates a lot, but there is no such as the god of the scroll Miaoye. Mr. Gai has been keeping hang for a long time, so he enjoyed it in the West Lake. Carefully reading the books in the volumes, such as beads walking on the plate, such as jade out of the pu, such as moon printing water, such as cone painting sand, there are non-descendants can be like a writer, pushed for everyone to believe in the husband. On April 10 and 8 of the 201st year, Yunlin gave birth to Ni Zhan.

Xu Youzhen, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, wrote in cursive: Su Zi has died in the present bone, and the wind god chao Mai zi Zhong Zen. Ling Yunjian's pen flying light monster should be the most precious legend in the world. East Sea Xu Youzhen.

Song Ren "Flowers and Birds" axis

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Song Ren "Flowers and Birds" Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Song Ren "Flowers and Birds" axis (partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Song Wuqian ,Pear Blossom Partridge

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Song Wuqian "Pear Blossom Partridge" Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Song Wuqian "Pear Blossom Partridge" (partial) is selected from the collection of "Past Paintings" in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Song Mayuan "Painting Pear Blossom Mountain Bird" axis

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Song Mayuan "Painting Pear Blossom Mountain Bird" Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Ma Yuan (1140-1225) came from a family of painters, and the painting academies of the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Guangzong and Song Ningzong were to be edicted. Good at painting landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, landscapes and rivers to take the law of Li Tang, the pen strength is sharp and broad, the method is tough, the leaves are often sandwiched, the trunk is thick, and the state of more horizontal slopes. The pavilion boundary painting is exquisite, and it is lined and dyed. Hi as a small scene in the corner, known as "horse corner". The characters depict nature, and the flowers and birds often take the landscape as the scenery, and the feelings intersect and are full of fun. Together with Li Tang, Liu Songnian and Xia Gui, they are called the "Four Houses of the Southern Song Dynasty".

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Song Mayuan "Painting Pear Blossom Mountain Bird" Axis (Partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

(Biography) Song Qianxuan, "Sketch Album "Pear Blossom Feathers")

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Qian Xuan (1239-1299), a painter of the late Song dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, was collectively known as "Wuxing Eight Jun" along with Zhao Mengfu and others. The characters Shunju, Yutan, Xunfeng, Xiachuan Weng, alias Qingfu Old Man, Chuan Weng, Xi Lazy Weng, etc., were from Huzhou (present-day Wuxing, Zhejiang). The Southern Song Dynasty Jingding three years of township tribute to the soldiers, into the Yuan Bushi. Gong poems, good calligraphy and painting. The painting is extremely mixed: the landscape is studied by Zhao Lingyong; the characters are studied by Li Gonglin; the flower and bird teachers are Zhao Chang; and the green landscape teacher Isaac Zhao Boju. The characters and paintings were praised at that time. Inheriting the literati painting theory of Su Shi and others, advocating morale theory, and advocating the painting of the Jia family. He advocated the "morale" in painting, and inscribed poems or words on the paintings, which sprouted the distinctive characteristics of literati paintings that closely integrated poetry, books and paintings.

Yuan Chen Zhongren 《Pear Blossom White Swallow》

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Yuan Chen Zhongren "Pear Blossom White Swallow" Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

This painting is selected from the "Yilin Yungu" volume, with the inscriptions of the Qing calligrapher Yinghe Kaishu: Pear Blossom Hall Qunhui, Bai Xue and Yang Chun. Silver swallows are brilliantly cut, and pink moths are colorful. Yingzhou Feiyu rain, Xianyuan sweeps Qiong dust. The heart is quiet for a long time, and the glory shines evenly.

Yuan Wang Zhenpeng 《梨花》

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

This painting is selected from the "True Works of the Song and Yuan Dynasties" volume. Wang Zhenpeng's self-titled book: Skimming the water and muddying the moon, and the snow on the pear blossom branches invaded the clothes. The spring wind is steep and thin, so it is good to fly towards the Zhaoyang Hall. Taiyuan Wang Zhenpeng painting.

Ming Tang Yin,"Twenty-Four Songs"

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Ming Tang Yin's "Twenty-Four Songs of Words" (partial) is selected from the "Jingxuntang Fa Ti" (9) volume, the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

This painting is selected from the "Sutra Teachings" (IX) volume. Among them, the ninth rule: the remnant moon shines in the makeup building, the quiet is sad, and the swallow is sad. After dusk, Wang Sun swims in waves, and time flows. Pear blossom cold and thin, dream leisurely, copper pot leakage, lone pillow four more head.

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Seventeenth Rule: The letter is full of no evidence, and when he wakes up, he has been stable. The east wind blows away, blowing away the pear blossom shadow, soft and timid, light grass on the dust. Only the zhu yan in the mirror is damaged, and it is difficult to buy spring with the amount of gold. Wounded God hurts god's forehead, and can be disgusted with Bo Xingren.

Ming Luzhi "Pear Blossom Sketch" axis

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Ming Luzhi "Pear Blossom Sketch" Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Among the Wu school painters, Lu Zhi's experience in planting flowers and trees is quite rich, according to his friend Wang Shizhen (1526-1590), Lu Zhi loved gardening, especially the cultivation of chrysanthemums, and there were hundreds of flowers and trees in the garden of Zhilu Mountain Residence. This ink pear blossom may be filmed in situ, the branches are turned powerfully with a pen, the ink color is thick, light, dry, and moist, and the flowers are blooming, half-open, with buds, and the posture of pitching to the back, one by one, it is a subtle observation of mountain life.

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Ming Luzhi "Pear Blossom Sketch" axis (partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Lu Zhixing's self-title: Grass Green Jiangnan Xing has been urged, the moon group who with the trial of new cuts. Zhijun has been on the Jingshan Mountain, and the head of the painting creek has brought rain. Lu Zhizuo.

Ming Zhou's Crown "Pear Blossom Mountain Bird"

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Ming Zhou's Crown "Pear Blossom Mountain Bird" is selected from the "Celebrity Painting Fan" volume in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Zhou Zhimian, born in 1521, was an outstanding painter of the Ming Dynasty, a native of Changzhou (present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu). The year of his death is unknown, but he was active during the Wanli dynasty. Good at flowers and birds, pay attention to observing and experiencing the shape and appearance of flowers and birds, and the dynamics of birds drinking and pecking, flying and stopping. Make good use of the sketching method to paint flowers, dye leaves with ink dots, and write with a part-time work method, known as the hook flower point leaf method. The flowers and birds he has made are real, vivid and influential. Freehand flowers and birds, the most charming. The color is also fresh and elegant, and the livestock and various birds and birds are carefully pecked and pecked, so the pen has a business.

(Biography) Ming Qiuying, "The Book of Flowers and Birds", Pear Blossom Spotted Dove

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

(Biography) Ming Qiuying, "The Book of Flowers and Birds "Pear Blossom Spotted Dove", collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Qiu Ying (c. 1498 – c. 1552), zi shi father, number Shizhou, originally from Taicang, Jiangsu, and later moved to Wu County (now Suzhou), a ming dynasty painting master. Qiu Ying was born in the cold door, dropped out of school at an early age, studied lacquer, and later studied under Zhou Chen and became a painter. Qiu Ying won the strengths of all the people, gathered the great achievements of the predecessors, and formed his own unique artistic style. He is omnipotent with landscapes, flowers, boundary paintings, figures, and ladies, not only working with color, but also good at ink and white painting, and can use a variety of brushwork to express different objects. Shiren referred to him, Together with Zhou Chen and Tang Yin, as the Three Great Masters of the Yuan Sect, and later generations referred to him together with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, and Tang Yin as the "Four Houses of Ming".

Ming ren "Pear Blossom Bird"

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Ming Ren "Pear Blossom Bird" Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Ming Ren 《Pear Blossom White Swallow》

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Ming Ren "Pear Blossom White Swallow" collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

This painting is not available, and is selected from the "Noodle Collection" booklet. There is an inscription on the fan surface of Wen Peng Kai's book: Surprised to see xuanbirds in the past, snow plume jade bones should be rare. Yue Fei Ji Ji Zhouhua, Hanhai Aconitum Envoy Return. Mistakenly entering the pear blossom only to listen to the language, lightly dipped in the silk as if to add clothes. Zhu curtain does not separate Liangzhou Road, Ren Ercha pool up and down. Wen Peng.

Ming Zhang Cangshui "Ink Poems" volume

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Ming Zhang Cangshui "Ink Poems" Volume (Partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Zhang Cangshui (1620-1664), courtesy name Huangyan, zi Xuanxuan, Cangshui, a native of Yinxian County, Zhejiang, chongzhen 壬午 (1642) was a native. He greeted the King of Lu with a watchman and was stationed overseas in Zhoushan from the Jianguo. In 1662, King Xue of Lu, in 1664 Huangyan lived in exile, was attacked by Qing soldiers, and was killed by the insistence. Nowadays, there are "Zhang Cangshui Collection" in the world, and poems such as "Ice Maple Collection", "Odd Zero Grass", and "Northern Expedition" are included. This volume is Zhang Huangyan's ink poems and "Ice Maple Collection Quotations", and the poems mostly express loyalty and grief. After the ink poem, a friend wrote it with tears, and Zhang Huangyan gave this manuscript when he was detained in Hangzhou. There is a sentence in the poem that reads, "Dreaming of pear blossoms is one color, it seems that pine snow has become three people".

Qing Qianlong Imperial Yong flower poem "Pear Blossom" ink

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin
The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Rectangular ink with an edged border. On one side there is a qianlong poem by the Filled Gold Book: "Imperial Wing Pear Blossom." Xi Bai is lazy and red, and the root is suspected to be the Crystal Palace. Very beautiful once what hindered, spared the general forest downwind. "On one side, two branches of pear blossoms protrude from the lower left, and the flowers and leaves are luxuriant and bloom. On the ink side, there is a "Qianlong Year system of the Great Qing Dynasty" in chinese style. It is a box of ink stored with forty-seven other pieces, which is a set of Qianlong imperial flower poems.

Qing Zhang Ruoyi "Pear Blossom with Moon"

The Forbidden City Flower Letter | Pear Blossom: a branch of spring with rain, cold and thin

Qing Zhang Ruoyi "Pear Blossoms with the Moon" Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

This painting is selected from two volumes of "Summer Resort Pictures and Qianlong Inscription Poems". On the left side of the painting is the Kangxi imperial poem "Pear Blossom with the Moon", which is interpreted as: enter the pear tree, cross the three forks, and follow the stream west to Kelishi. According to the rock frame house, the curved corridor up and down, the floor pavilion is jagged, the green ridge is the screen, the pear blossoms are thousands of trees, and the clouds are light and the moon is light. The scenery is particularly clear, and the cloud window leans on the stone wall. The moon is accompanied by pear blossoms, and the scenery of the four seasons is beautiful. A thousand rocks and earthy gas. Love is like daylight, and Toshi knots Danxia. The night was silent, and the pilgrims came to praise.

(Some of the content of this article is compiled from the relevant materials of the National Palace Museum and the National Palace Museum in Taipei.) )

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