The charm of the Year of the Dragon under the brush

■Editor's note

The dragon is a symbol of traditional Chinese culture, containing mystery and majesty, representing auspiciousness and power, possessing supreme power and wisdom. It not only represents the cultural spirit of China, but also reflects the beliefs and traditional concepts of the Chinese. It incorporates the characteristics of a variety of animals to form a unique dragon image. The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon is approaching, and our folk artists have created a variety of novel paintings through their own art forms with the theme of dragons to welcome the arrival of the Year of the Dragon. Today, let's take a look at the auspicious dragons in their works! (Li Xiaoli)

Zhangjiakou Evening News reporter Li Xiaoli

"The dragon and tiger leap to welcome the New Year, and the flavor of the year is strong and new. On the occasion of the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, Zhao Lianwei used a unique brush to create a number of works with the theme of the zodiac dragon to express his best wishes for the new year.

"Auspicious Year of the Dragon", "Heaven and Earth", "Finishing Touch", "Dragon Descending Ganlin", ...... The dragons in the picture have different forms, either fangs and claws, majestic and vigorous, or soaring in the sky, or lurking in the abyss...... Dragons, ancient and mysterious, impress with their unique form and great strength. It is the only imaginary animal in the zodiac, and its image has never been seen before, and people have introduced and imagined it based on ancient carvings and texts. Zhao Lianwei draws the essence from it, according to the characteristics of the dragon introduced and his own understanding of the dragon and his feelings about the Year of the Dragon, carefully conceived and created, with the combination of freehand brush and ink techniques, the various faces, postures and spirits of the dragon are drawn with one stroke, so that it can be vivid and vivid, and reproduce the wonderful beasts.

In traditional culture, both dragons and elephants have auspicious meanings. Zhao Lianwei created the "Auspicious Year of the Dragon" by combining the dragon and the elephant in a homophonic way, and the whole picture presents a harmonious atmosphere, adding a sense of wealth and auspiciousness, and expressing good wishes for the New Year.

In the work "Heaven and Earth", a flying dragon shuttles between the clouds and mist, and on the earth, dragon dancers dressed in uniform take vigorous dance steps, dancing the golden dragon to celebrate the New Year. Zhao Lianwei said: "This year is the Year of the Dragon, and the dragon is the mascot of the Chinese nation. I created this work to reflect the scene of the Chinese New Year celebration in heaven and earth, to show the ideological spirit of the unity of heaven and earth contained in Chinese culture, and to wish prosperity in the Year of the Dragon. ”

With the theme of "Blessing in the Year of the Dragon", "Golden Dragon Zefu" depicts a giant dragon soaring in the sky, with firm eyes, vigorous posture and strong dragon claws, showing a majestic and unstoppable power. Around the dragon, Rui Qi overflowed, he spat out auspicious blessings, and all the people cheered to welcome the new year. It symbolizes that everything goes smoothly in the year of the dragon, full of wealth and good luck. The whole work has smooth lines and rich ink colors, giving people a strong visual impact.

The dragon is everyone's favorite mascot, in order to let auspiciousness enter the people's homes, Zhao Lianwei created the "Golden Dragon into the house auspicious coming", in order to show that the spring breeze enters the house, the house is prosperous, the family is healthy, everything is good, symbolizing auspiciousness and blessing.

Zhao Lianwei has been fond of painting since childhood, and after graduating from Zhangbei Normal School, he has been engaged in art teaching in junior high school and high school. In the seven or eight years after his retirement from the Wanquan Vocational Education Center, he created four or five hundred works, mainly realistic figure paintings of Chinese painting, and published many art works in various newspapers and magazines, participated in art competitions many times, and won high awards several times. He said: "There are two kinds of painting methods in Chinese painting, Gongbi painting and freehand painting, Gongbi painting is painted on cooked rice paper, which does not penetrate, and the expression is neat and meticulous, and freehand painting uses raw rice paper, which can penetrate and express the effect of ink and water. However, I use raw rice paper to paint more detailed things, and it is difficult to draw them in detail, which is the biggest difficulty in the creative process. ”