Among Qi Baishi's many painting themes, vegetables and fruits are the ones that can most touch the homesickness of the elderly, and he places these daily sights on a deep spiritual connotation, beyond the content and form of painting. Qi Baishi's favorite painting of various vegetables is something he has eaten and grown since he was a child, which is related to his childhood memories and homesickness.
Pomegranate – the family thrives
Qi Baishi's Pomegranate, 1922
Chinese regarded the pomegranate as a mascot, a symbol of the prosperity of the family and the many blessings of many children. The Beijing Academy of Painting has a painting of Qi Baishi's 1922 Pomegranate, his third year of settling in Beijing. The longing for his hometown and the attachment to his relatives always haunt his mind, and he still remembers the vegetables and fruits that have maintained his and his family's livelihood - "those who are full of stomachs win half a year's food, and those who have ambitions do not forget their fragrance", "full of earthly taste, especially feel the aroma of vegetable roots." ”
Grapes – many seeds and many blessings
▲ Qi Baishi 'Grape Map》
The old man of Shiraishi often painted grapes, and there were many grape seeds, so it meant "many children and many blessings". Between the rattan and the ink leaves, the crystal is crystal clear, like a string of purple pearls, showing exuberant vitality, and also creating a bright and optimistic tone of the picture.
Cherry – happiness and sweetness
▲ Qi Baishi "Cherry Diagram"
In the early summer, the old man took a plate of cherries and sat under the grape rack in his courtyard to taste this delicacy beautifully. When he was satisfied, there were still a few left, so he placed them on the table outside the house, lifted the curtain, and entered the house. I was about to draw something with my pen, and I looked outside the house, and a little bird was standing on a plate, about to sneak one. Good! Just draw this scene, how fun! Time can pass, but the scenes and moods frozen by the brush have always stayed and are reminiscent!
▲ Qi Baishi 《Cherry Bird》
▲ Qi Baishi 《Cherry》
Lychee – great luck
▲ Qi Baishi 《大吉大利圖》
Lychee into the painting, take its harmonic sound, allude to "auspicious", "dali", "dolly" and other auspicious meanings. The old man of Shiraishi had a fondness for lychees before his death, and his love for lychees can be confirmed by his paintings.
▲ Qi Baishi 《Litchi Diagram》
Loofah – thoughts and worries
▲Qi Baishi "Loofah Diagram"
In ancient times, it was usually the allegory of Fluke, taking the consonant sound. Because loofahs are plants of the cucurbitaceae family, both gourds and loofahs have the meaning of Fluke. Now loofah is also used to express thoughts and concerns, but also to take the harmonic sound, thinking hanging.
Cabbage - a hundred fortunes gathered
▲Qi Baishi 《Fruit and Vegetable Diagram》
The first meaning of cabbage, taken from the harmonic sound of cabbage, means "hundred fortunes", which has the meaning of gathering wealth, fortune, fortune, and gathering of wealth; the second meaning of cabbage, taken from the color and shape of cabbage, means innocence, indicating self-reliance, purity and flawlessness.
Qi Baishi had a hard life, and although his living conditions had greatly improved in his later years, he was still light and simple. He does not deny his poor origins, often eating cabbage from the shrimp skin of the past, and often sleeping in the wooden bed he used to sleep on. Once said: "Duck soup boiled radish cabbage, far better than the full Han feast twenty-four flavors." Yu Zhiwen Zhenggong's words are still rich and noble, but if the winter shoots are fried cabbage, do not borrow his taste, the Manchu feast is really not as good as it is. ”
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▲Qi Baishi "Shou Tao"
Qi Baishi painted peaches, first with boneless capitalization directly with magenta splashed with large peaches, infiltrated with a little lemon yellow, and then wrote out the leaves and branches with flower blue and ochre ink, and then used thick ink to outline the leaf tendons, setting the color thick and colorful. It is in sharp contrast to the safflower ink leaves created by its painting of lotus flowers.
▲Qi Baishi "Longevity"
▲Qi Baishi's 91-year-old painting "Shou Tao"
▲Qi Baishi 《寿桃》
Persimmons – everything goes well
▲Qi Baishi 《Persimmon Diagram》
"Persimmon" is harmonized with "thing", so it is used to mean "everything is as expected". Fresh persimmons also imply great profit, and Qi Baishi's persimmon diagrams are rich in content, exquisite in composition, fresh and beautiful.
▲Qi Baishi "Everything is Smooth"
Persimmons are painted with quail, and they take their harmonic pronunciation "everything is smooth".
▲Qi Baishi "Everything Meets the Head"
Persimmons and taro are painted together, which is "everything meets the head",
It means that there can be opportunities in everything.
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