The "seal" fire lasted for three months, and the "vegetables" at home were worth 10,000 gold. Recently, the vegetables that are usually ignored by everyone can be regarded as a wave of existence, and the attention of the people of the whole country to it is full!
In fact, there has always been a group of people who have a "soft spot" for vegetables, and they are ancient and modern flower and bird painters.
Fruit and vegetable painting, which is one of the flower and bird paintings, is the subject that best reflects the life of the city and the countryside, and is also the subject that can resonate with the viewer the most.
Most families like to write these fruits and vegetables that they see every day into their paintings, and give them deep spiritual connotations and beautiful meanings, giving people a fresh and pleasing visual enjoyment.
1. Cabbage – a source of money
Cabbage, homophonic "Baicai", means that the wealth is rolling and the fortune is continuous.
Moreover, cabbage is known as "green and white elegant, not withered in winter, common at four o'clock, and there is a loose exercise".
Cabbage is like the literati painters at that time, willing to be poor and lonely, innocent, and pure-hearted.
Qi Baishi's "Innocent Heirloom"▼
Chen Banding "Cabbage"▼
2. Luffa - longing and worrying
Loofah, homonym "thinking", meaning longing and concern.
In addition, the loofah belongs to the plant of the Cucurbitaceae family, so the loofah also has the meaning of blessing.
The loofah, with its curly vines, delicate yellow flowers and palm-sized leaves, is a delight to the eye.
Huang Huanwu "Luffa"▼
Lou Shibai "Loofah Chicks"▼
3. Ashi - Fukuroku
The gourd, homophonic "Fulu", has been the mascot of fortune and fortune since ancient times. The gourd has a small mouth and a big belly, and the color is yellow like gold, which symbolizes the wealth of the Quartet. Moreover, the gourd is a vine plant, and "vine" is homophonic with Wan, so it has the meaning of "Wandai". The gourd with stems and branches and leaves represents the prosperity of the family, the prosperity of the generations, and the generations of generations. The five gourds, called the "Five Blessings", can bring auspicious fortune and wealth at home.
Qi Baishi's "Gourd Picture"▼
Wu Changshuo "Gourd"▼
4. Pumpkin – Abundant harvest
Pumpkin, with endless vines and many seeds, means many children and grandchildren, long luck, glory and wealth. In addition, because the pumpkin grows on the ground, the flesh of the melon is simple and sweet, and it has the meaning of a happy life and a long time. The yellow pumpkin is very auspicious when you look at it, so it also represents the harvest and abundance of autumn.
Qi Baishi's "Pumpkin Picture"▼
Zhao Shaoang "Pumpkin"▼
5. Eggplant – Longevity
Eggplant is long and thin in appearance, so people use homonym to think that eggplant is something that can bring people "longevity". In addition, the eggplant has a calyx at the top, which looks like a person wearing a hat, so it also means that the high-ranking officials are in the middle.
Yu Zhizhen "Eggplant"▼
Zhang Daqian's "Eggplant Picture"▼
6. Lotus root - a good couple
Lotus root, lotus root homonym "even", on behalf of the couple, meaning that the good couple is natural. Lotus root, out of the mud but not stained, means honest and noble. And it is transparent, a little transparent, implying that the child born is smart.
Luo Ping "Lotus Root Picture"▼
Shi Tao "Qing Lotus Picture"▼
7. Peaches – Healthy and long-lived
The peaches in Chinese painting are generally called "longevity peaches" to express love and wishes for the elderly. We often watch "Journey to the West", the peaches in it are only ripe once in 3,000 years, and they have the effect of immortality, so Chinese painted peaches are always related to "longevity", implying health and longevity.
Qi Baishi's "Shou Tao Picture"▼
Zhao Shaoang "Peach"▼
8. Persimmon – All the best
Persimmon in Chinese painting represents a lot of beautiful meanings, such as the fiery red persimmon symbolizes the red fire, a piece of Dan heart. Because of the homonym of persimmon "thing", the ancients integrated many kinds of festive and auspicious connotations into it, such as "four generations in the same house", "everything is safe", "good things come in pairs", "everything goes well" and so on.
Qi Baishi "Tomato Bird"▼
Zhao Shaoang "Everything goes well"▼
9. Grapes – People thrive
Grapes, the fruit is in a bunch of many grains, which means that there are many sons and many blessings, people are prosperous, and fruits are abundant. At the same time, it also symbolizes a million profits, which is a very good lottery for businessmen. Purple grapes also imply purple energy, harvest, wealth and nobility.
Huang Huanwu "Grapes"▼
Su Baozhen's "Grape Map"▼
10. Pomegranate – Fertility and Blessings
Pomegranate, the fruit is like a red jewel, the fruit is sweet and sour, delicious and juicy, in the eyes of the Chinese people for the auspicious feng shui thing, there are many sons and blessings, harvest and prosperity, harmony and auspicious meaning.
When painting pomegranates, it is common to draw a few open pomegranates, which is called "pomegranate opening a hundred seeds", and it also has the meaning of smiling and always open.
Wang Gequan "Pomegranate Picture"▼
Tian Shiguang "Durian Open Hundred Sons"▼
11. Lychee – good luck
The "li" of lychee is homophonic to "li", which means lizi, auspicious, multi-profit, and good luck.
Coupled with the eye-catching red, in the folk, the lychee has become a symbol of auspiciousness, and the three are painted in a row, meaning "three yuan in the connection". People also use cracked lychees as a symbol of "good fortune".
Zhao Shaoang "Lychee"▼
Rong Shushi "Lychee Bird"▼
12. Loquat – Happy reunion
Loquat, with a perfect appearance, is full of golden colors, looks delicate and lovely, full of wealth and peace, and means a happy family reunion. Loquat has a lot of hard seeds in it, and it is also considered a symbol of fertility and good fortune.
In addition, the loquat tree is also evergreen all year round, and its vitality is very vigorous, with the meaning of hope and vitality.
Wu Changshuo "Loquat Picture"▼
Imatani 《枇杷》▼