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Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

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Today is the first festival of autumn. Ancient agricultural societies attached as much importance to "Li Qiu" as they did to festivals. In this season, the most calculated thing is farming.

"Autumn, grain ripe also." Around the autumn of 2022, the wheat in Heilongjiang Reclamation District has been returned to the warehouse one after another, playing a prelude for the autumn harvest; Tibet Tsaya, where successive slices of barley wheat have matured and are the first to begin harvesting; In Wuhu, Anhui, more than 30,000 mu of "regenerated rice" ushered in the first harvest; In Zhong County, Chongqing, in August, sorghum has entered the ripe season, strings of red sorghum ears are full of grains, the breeze blows, and the air is scattered with a burst of fragrance...

There has been no shortage of paintings in the paintings of grains such as grass ears, sorghum and millet to celebrate the harvest and express auspicious meanings. For example, the Song People's "An He Tu" axis writes several stems of sorghum, the grass spikes are numerous, the composition is exquisite, and each object is vivid; Yuanren's "Jiahe Tu" axis paints rice raw double spikes, the composition is very simple, the theme is strong, and there is a sense of simplicity and novelty; In the Qing Dynasty, Jiang Tingxi's "Painting the Four Rui Qingdeng Diagram" axis depicts two sorghum trees full of spikes, although they are made with penmanship, they are not stagnant, and they are also interesting to sketch.

The Paper, Ancient Art, combs through the historical paintings of the National Palace Museum and the National Palace Museum in Taipei for the benefit of readers.

Song Ren An and Tu Axis

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Song Ren An He Tu Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

In the autumn countryside, the grass leaves turn yellow, and the wild sorghum and grass ears are tired, and it is already the autumn harvest season. Under the stems and leaves, five quails roam among them, and four other birds rest on it, either to straighten their feathers or to peck at grains.

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Song Ren An He Tu Axis (Partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Although there is no author's name in this painting, the composition is exquisite, and each object is vivid, which must be the hand of the painter of the academy.

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Song Ren An He Tu Axis (Partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Among them, the part of the quail is the same as the charm of the Northern Song Dynasty Cui Wu's "Quail".

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Song Ren An He Tu Axis (Partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

If the sorghum part is compared with the "grass flower wild birds" of the Ming Lu Dynasty, the pen of "grass flower wild birds" is obviously more changeable than the Teton twist, and this painting has the meaning of the Southern Song Dynasty. The characters "鹌" and "安", "禾" and "He" are homophonous, and the name is "An He Tu", which has become a work of auspicious significance.

(Chuan) Song Qian selects rice maps

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

(Biography) Song Qian Selected Rice Map This painting is selected from the "Song and Yuan Collection Paintings" album collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei

The side of this canvas has the title of the book: "Qian Shun lifts the rice map." ”

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

(Biography) Song Qianxuan Divided Rice Map (Partial) This painting is selected from the "Song and Yuan Collection" album collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Qing Ren Zong Xing Shu Royal Title: Rice Harvest Harvest Harvest, Happy Nian Kang, Choose Fine and Rough Farming Busy. Wu Ben zhi according to gravity, the wind of the July period is detailed. Jia Shu (1814) Meng Xia Yue Imperial Title.

(Biography) Song No rice field autumn finches

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

(Biography) Song Wuqian Rice Field Autumn Bird This painting is selected from the "Song Ren Collection" album collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei

This painting is autumn in the fields. There are two spotted birds in the field, one standing on the ear of the grain and trying to peck, the tail is slightly upturned, and the other stands on the stem, looking up. The depiction is vivid, the markings on the bird are extremely fine with the pen, the grain spike is first dyed with garcinia yellow, a little white powder, and then the sharp brush is painted, the painting spike grass line pen is slower, first dyed with old green stains, half light and half dark, the tail end is slightly scorched yellow, and the ochre color is applied, and the pen and ink color is simple, but it is extremely described. This is the seventh opening of the "Song Ren Collection".

Song Wu Bing Jia He Grass Worm

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Song Wu Bing, Jiahe Grass Worm This painting is selected from the "Collection of Famous Paintings" album collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Wu Bing (12th century), a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu. During the Southern Song Dynasty (1190-1194), he once held a position to be edicted in the court painting academy. This painting is selected from the "Famous Painting Collection" volume. Paint two rice plants, standing in the field pavilion, bunches of rice ears, already bowed and hanging low.

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Song Wu Bing Jia grass grass worm (local dragonfly)

Butterflies, flowerflies and dragonflies, some of which fly in the air, or some inhabit the leaf tips. Since the leaves on the upper right and the ears of rice above overflow the boundaries of the canvas, it is speculated that the surface may have been defaced before it was cut from large to small to the form seen now.

Yuanren Jiahe diagram axis

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

YuanRen Jiahe Tu Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

In ancient times, agriculture was the mainstay, and rice was double-eared, or rice harvest, which was a kind of auspicious rui, also known as Jiahe. The rice in the painting grows taller than ordinary rice, with lush stems and leaves, and the ears of rice are full and heavy, showing a good omen of a good harvest.

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Yuanren Jiahetu Axis (partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

On the pen, except for the rice ears, they are all dyed with flower blue and ochre in a boneless way. Jiahe top stands in the center of the canvas, the composition is very simple, the theme is strong, and it has a simple and new feeling.

Yuanren Katani Songbird Diagram Axis

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Yuanren Jiagu Songbird Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

A stone protrudes between the slopes, the fine grass is frosted, the color is withered, there is a bush of millet rice behind the stone, three wax mouths perched on the top, and pecking at the spikes. The ground is covered with flowers and six quails. Three gathered on the rocks, one flew from a distance, two in the left corner, one leaning over and pecking at the grains of rice.

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Yuanren Jia Gu Songbird Picture Axis (Partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Yuanren Jia Gu Songbird Picture Axis (Partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

The brush stroke is double-hooked, the pen strength is very strong, and its painting style is close to the style of the Ming Dynasty imitation Song Dynasty courtyard painting school.

Ming Xuanzong Jiahe diagram axis

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Ming Xuanzong Jiahe Tu Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Ming Xuanzong Xingshu Imperial Title: Xuande Ding Wei (1427) September 29. Yubi wrote Jiahe Tu to give the eunuch Mo Qing.

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Ming Xuanzong Jiahe Tu Axis (partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Emperor Xuanzong of Ming (1399-1435), known as Changchun Zhenren, grandson of Emperor Mingcheng zhu Di, eldest son of Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaoji, the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, calligrapher and painter, era name "Xuande".

Ming Xuanzong was extremely accomplished in calligraphy and painting, and the Hanmo books were extremely exquisite. "Dot ink sketching, so as to win with Xuanhe (Song Huizong)", calligraphy can be seen outside the circle. He works in painting, landscapes, figures, animals, flowers, birds, grass and insects, and has seals such as "Treasure of Guangyun", "Treasure of Wuying Temple" and "Yongxi World".

Ming Shen Zhou Daotian Guo Suo

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Ming Shen Zhou Paddy Guo Suo This painting is selected from the "Famous Paintings and Treasures" album collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei

This painting has Shen Zhouxing's self-title: a flower in the valley of water, and the wind and clouds are empty in both eyes. Rampage the rivers and seas, trails of fish and dragons. Cheung Chau Shen Zhou played and asked.

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Ming Shen Zhou Paddy Guo Suo This painting is selected from the "Famous Paintings and Treasures" album collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Qing Gaozong Xingshu Imperial Title: Rampage of the River and Sea Mixed Fish And Dragon, has been written by the Virgin. However, the rice is also stolen, and He Zeng's hunger can be forgotten. Qi Shame Zhou Su, Tsai Wei Solo Le West Mountain. Send a message to the hermit, annunciation should be self-measured.

Ming Zhang Yu Rui Gu Tu Axis

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Ming Zhang Yu Ruigu Chart Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

This inscription reads: "壬寅 (1362) came to Yizhi in the early summer. ”

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Ming Zhang Yu Ruigu Diagram Axis (partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Ming Zhang Yu Ruigu Diagram Axis (partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Ming Zhang Yu Ruigu Diagram Axis (partial) Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Zhang Yu (1333-1385) was a literati of the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. The character Laiyi, more character attached to Feng, the number of Jingju, Xunyang (present-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi), later moved to Wuxing (present-day Huzhou, Zhejiang), together with Gao Qi, Yang Ji, Xu Ben known as the "Four Jies of Wuzhong", and together with Gao Qi, Wang Xing, Xu Ben and other ten people, known as "Northern Guo Ten Talents", is also one of the ten talents of the early Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Yuhao's writings, the words are pure and elegant, the poems are deeply contemplative, simple and elegant. The calligraphy is delicate and interesting, as if Xie Zhuang Yuefu. Lishu imitates Han Zemu and Kaishu to copy Wang Xizhi's Cao'e monument, although it is not exquisite, but it can deviate from the world and enter The Elegance. Painting landscape Fami father and son and Gao Kegong, pen power Cang Xiu, pin in Fang Congyi. He is the author of four volumes of the Collection of Quiet Residences.

Qing Jiang Tingxi painted four Rui Qingdeng diagram axis

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Qing Jiang Tingxi Painting Sirui Qingdeng Axis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732), a native of Changshu, Jiangsu. The word Yang Sun, the number of unitary Jun, also known as the West Valley. Guan zhi Wenhuadian University scholar, gong painting flowers and grass insects, sketching with yi pen, boneless flower and bird painting inherits the style of Yun Shouping.

Paint two sorghum trees full of spikes and dotted with bald eagles, chrysanthemums and spring stones. The painting method inherits the style of Yun's family, although it is made with a pen, it is not stagnant, and it is also interesting to sketch. At this time, Jiang Shi was fifty-five years old, and was transferred to the Ceremonial Department, and in the same year he was transferred to the Household Department. Jiang Shi rarely added an official position to the painting, and this picture is written in upright letters such as the right attendant of the ceremonial department, which should be a work that should be made. And Si Rui wrote about various auspicious things, which should be to praise Yongzheng for inheriting the throne as the meaning of Shuntian Yingmin.

Qing Yin Chan Cultivation And Weaving Atlas Collects pages

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Qing Yin Chan Cultivation and Weaving Atlas Collect pages Collected pages From the collection of the Palace Museum

This is one of the atlases of cultivation and weaving. In this painting, Yin Chan (Prince Yong), dressed as a farmer in a wheat field, is leading the crowd to harvest. This picture is exquisitely written, the color is elegant, and the characters are vivid and vivid, depicting the scene of the laborer's hard work very vividly.

Originating from the Southern Song Dynasty, the cultivation map is a series of maps on the ancient mainland to record farming and silkworm weaving in detail to persuade farmers to teach mulberry. Because of its "drawing to the fullest extent, poetry to the fullest", the image vividly and delicately depicts the scenes and detailed production processes of laborers' cultivation and silkworm weaving, thus playing a huge role in popularizing agricultural production knowledge, popularizing farming technology, and promoting the development of social productive forces, and it has also become an extremely precious artistic treasure.

The Song Dynasty's "Cultivation and Weaving Map" volume consists of 21 cultivation maps and 24 weaving maps. In the twenty-eighth year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1689), the Kangxi Emperor viewed this map during his southern tour, and was full of emotions, so he ordered the inner court to enshrine Jiao Bingzhen and redraw the "Cultivation and Weaving Map" according to his original intention, making 23 ploughing maps and 23 weaving maps.

The Yongzheng Cultivation and Weaving Map is based on the "Cultivation and Weaving Diagram" engraved and printed during the Kangxi Period before the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, and the content and specifications are modeled on the Jiao's book, which was carefully drawn by the Painters of the Qing Court. The difference is that the main figures in Yin Chan's cultivation and weaving charts, such as farmers and silkworm women, are portraits of Yin Chan and his Fujin, which is only seen in the previous generations of cultivation and weaving maps. There are 52 pages in the map, of which 6 pages are unfinished derivative pages, and the remaining 46 pages are 23 pages of cultivation and weaving, each painting has Yin Chan's handwritten poem, and there are two seals of "Yong Prince Treasure" and "Dust Breaker". According to the characteristics of the painting method, this album may have been written by the court painter Chen Ming at that time.

Qing Yang Dazhang Flower bird book Rice spike mantis

Li Qiu | Jiahe in the paintings of the Forbidden City: grain ears, sorghum and millet...

Qing Yang Dazhang Flower and Bird Album Rice Spike Mantis Collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei

This painting has the imperial inscription of the Qing Gaozong Xingshu: When the rice is ripe in the west wind in August, the long spikes of the partial banner are drooping. The praying mantis did not raise a kiss, but also fell branches from the edge of the favor.

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

Editor-in-Charge: Weihua Gu

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