Everyone knows that the shrimp painted by Qi Baishi is full of charm, lifelike, smart and lively, which can be called a must in the painting world, in fact, the plum blossoms he painted are also unique and excellent.
Qi Baishi likes to paint plum blossoms very much, and he once inscribed a poem on a plum blossom picture: "The old dream of Xiaoyi Lonely City is barren, and flowers bloom and fall are common." The donkey plays the flute in the snow and cold, and only the plum blossoms relieve my madness. The words reveal the love for plum blossoms.
Plum blossoms are Qi Baishi's favorite theme, on the one hand, because they symbolize noble sentiments, and on the other hand, plum blossoms are also his memories of his hometown, entrusting him with strong nostalgia.
Qi Baishi wrote in his "Self-Statement":
"Lotus pond away from Yuxia Ridge, there are more than 20 miles, all of them are plum blossoms, I live in the plum blossom temple, named Baimei Book House. I once wrote a poem that said: 'The most important thing is the old house, the cold wind and incense path in the corner of the house, the three feet of snow in the twenty miles, and the afterglow and the lotus flowers. 'On the side of the Meigong Ancestral Hall, in addition to the plum blossoms, there are many wood hibiscus, and when the flowers bloom, they seem to be covered with a large piece of splendor, which is very beautiful. ”
This vivid memory of plum blossoms has always run through the life of the old man Shiraishi.
Qi Baishi "Cold Night Guests Come to Tea as Wine"
The plum blossoms painted by Qi Baishi do not have too much cold, glamorous, noble, lonely and arrogant, but have a trace of the warmth of fireworks in the world, such as "Guests Come to Tea and Wine on a Cold Night", "Plum Blossoms under the Lamp" and so on, all of which have the interest of life.
Qi Baishi plum blossom picture appreciation
1. The plum blossom symbolizes a hermit of noble conduct
The sparse shadow is horizontally slanted, the water is shallow, and the dark fragrance floats in the dusk of the moon, which is the most famous poem of Lin Hejing, and he depicts the portrayal of the plum blossoms. Plum blossom is a noble hermit, clear and elegant, and has a strong rectal character. Not only that, the Southern Song Dynasty patriotic poet Lu Fang Weng Yongmei's words "Fortune Operator" wrote: "I have no intention of fighting for spring, I am jealous of the group, and I am scattered into mud and dust, only fragrant as before." Through Yongmei, it expresses the poet's loneliness and the sentiment of always maintaining a high wind and strength no matter how frustrated he is.
2. The plum blossom symbolizes the beauty of the frost and snow
The ancients used plum blossoms as a metaphor for beauties, and plum blossoms deceived frost and snow, symbolizing the beauty and arrogance of beauties. For example, Fan Chengda's "The Snow Queen's House Mei Wei Kai, Cheng Zongwei": "Ruixue is white again and again, and Nanzhi is still affectionate." Dingzhi Sihua girl refused to marry Huanting. There is a legend in "Jin Lingzhi" that Princess Shouyang, the daughter of Emperor Liu Yu of the Song Dynasty, lies under the eaves of the Hanzhang Palace, and the plum blossoms fall on the forehead. This blends beauty and plum blossoms into one, showing the heroic appearance of beauty.
3. The plum blossom symbolizes the five blessings
Plum blossoms have five petals, and the five petals have five meanings: "happiness, luck, longevity, smoothness, and peace". This is to use plum blossoms to place people's hopes for a better life. The use of plum blossoms to convey a variety of feelings is unique in the world's national family.
4. Plum blossoms symbolize elegant temperament
The posture of plum blossoms is thick but not glamorous, cold but not light, and the charm of sparse shadows and elegant and pleasant fragrance are incomparable with other flowers. In people's hearts, the plum blossom is used as a metaphor for a person's speech and demeanor to appear elegant, noble, not vulgar, and is an external manifestation of inner temperament.
5. The plum blossom symbolizes the precious spirit of the Chinese nation
The plum blossom still blooms unyieldingly in the cold winter, symbolizing the indomitable, tenacious struggle and fearless spiritual qualities of the Chinese nation. Plum blossom frost and snow, indomitable, tenacious, is also considered to be the most dignified and proud of the flower species, although its growth environment is harsh, but still strong, happy to bloom, showing a pioneering spirit, to meet the hope of fearless spirit and optimistic character.