Li Sixun (651-718) was a Tang Emperor, a native of Tianshui, Gansu, and a general of Emperor Xuanzong's reign as a general of the Right Wu Wei.
The river sky is wide, the sails are repulsive, and the breeze is sparkling across the water. The mountain paths are layered, the various trees are staggered, and the foreground halls are hidden between the Changsong Xiuling Mountains, and the pine leaves are simple and simple. There are several figures in the painting, and the traveler rides on horseback to wear the head of the Middle Tang Dynasty.
The paintings of landscapes, trees, and stones are vigorous, similar to the Dunhuang middle and late Tang Dynasty murals. This painting is almost identical to the composition of the left half of Sui Zhan Ziqian's "You Chun Tu" collected by the Forbidden City in Beijing, and the two pictures are actually from the same base, this picture is a hanging scroll, and the scene is preserved as part of the original hand scroll or screen.
According to the characteristics of the costumes and architecture of the late Tang and Northern Song Dynasties that appear in the painting, this painting should be a copy of the painting academy from 1101 to 1125 (Northern Song Huizong), and its base is related to the style of Zhan Ziqian painting. In the painting, the left courtyard building is built according to the mountainous terrain, and in order to adapt to the topographic environment, the courtyard door is opened on the east side, the north and south corridors are connected, and the halls in the courtyard are in a north-south direction, which is not a traditional axisymmetric layout. The painter takes a view of the composition method, and the viewer can peek into the courtyard of the hall, and the main house is covered with gray tiles on the top of the mountain, and there are buckets under the eaves. In the forehead between the two pillar heads (horizontal components between the pillar heads, the Sui and Tang Dynasties have been generally placed between the column heads, which is conducive to the stability of the overall structure. There is a tween on it, and it is "one bucket and three liters". The house is built on a staircase with windows and lattice doors on the walls.
The poles, pillars, beams and fangs are painted with vermilion paint, and the green landscape is surrounded by golden and green. According to the system of houses in the Tang and Song dynasties, "Non-officials do not have to be able to afford door houses, and non-palace temples do not have to paint dongyu and vermilion lacquer beams and pillar windows." This building is of a higher level and has a beautiful structure, so the painting should be the official's country courtyard house. The origin of Chinese painting on the surface of wood is very early, and the Shangshu Shujing "If it is made of catalpa material..., it is only its Tu Dan" the so-called "White Wall Danjab" and "Zhu Zhu SuBi". Before the Tang Dynasty, the color of the building was mainly Zhu and white, the walls were all white, and the wooden frame parts were all vermilion.
