In the winding path of ancient Chinese art, there is a literary mansion called "Dream of Red Mansions", its splendor and profundity are enough to make everyone who steps into it excited.
Lu Xun said that the value of "Dream of Red Mansions" is "really rare".
Wang Shuo once said that Chinese novels, whether ancient or modern, are only written in words, and no one can make the right of "Dream of Red Mansions".
It is the wisdom and philosophy of the world, the rise and fall of the family, and the fate of the times.
As the pinnacle of classical Chinese literature, Dream of the Red Chamber has always attracted many artists to interpret it visually.
In this field, the artistic contributions of Qing Dynasty painters Sun Wen and Sun Yunmo are particularly prominent, with 36 years of hard work, painting 120 complete stories of "Dream of the Red Chamber", with exquisite painting skills and a deep understanding of the original work, the hundreds of thousands of words of "Dream of the Red Chamber" are vividly presented in front of readers.
In the spring and autumn of 36 years, the painstaking efforts of the master of Chinese painting have been condensed here, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to see it with their own eyes.
In 2004, Sun Wen's picture book made its public debut, which instantly attracted global attention and praise, and everyone at home and abroad unanimously agreed that this is a rare treasure in a century. Today, Sun Wen's picture books, as a national first-class cultural relic, have witnessed the precipitation of history and the glory of art.
"Dream of Red Mansions is a book that can be read for a lifetime, and the album of Red Mansions is a picture album that can be appreciated for a lifetime."
"Picking Flowers into a Dream: A Dream of Red Mansions in a Picture Book" (Art Treasures Interpretation Edition) is such a blockbuster Red Mansion art treasure that is unique on the market and can be read for a lifetime.
36 years of spring and autumn, a beautiful artistic feast
Kinmen Yuhu Immortal Mansion, Guidian Lan Palace Concubine's house.
More than 200 huge pictures, more than 3,000 romantic figures, and 36 years of hard work in the spring and autumn have condensed into a beautiful artistic feast.
Enlarge the details, split the parts, add annotations, appreciate the text and pictures, and reduce the original text with the text, and analyze them one by one, so as to retain the charm of Cao Xueqin's original text.
The award-winning designers of "China's Most Beautiful Book" are specially invited to create a treasure-level art treasure of the Red Mansion.
Heavyweight treasure gift box packaging, one book and one box, large 8 hardcover large books, bronzing process highlights elegance.
It contains three extra-long pull pages, which are the panorama of the Grand View Garden marked with the location of each location, the picture of the Yuanfei Province (nearly 1.7 meters), and the view of the Qingxu (nearly 1 meter), which reproduces the dreamlike red mansion on paper, which is extremely shocking.
The special "Picking Flowers" Life Elegance Collection Booklet, with four categories: house, clothing, boat, car, and instrument play, interprets the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the Grand View Garden, and tastes the traditional elegant play and fun.
With the book, the elegant gift of the Grand View Garden seasonal calendar, the scenery of the Red Mansion flower paper, 12 good days and good scenery decorative paintings.
Whether it is youth, or has experienced vicissitudes, whether it is rich and rich, or new to the world, everyone can find their own spiritual comfort in this "Picking Flowers into Dreams".
Keep it at home and read it at any time; Place it in the bookshelf and view it systematically; Or as a one-of-a-kind treasure of the Red Chamber on paper, as a gift to relatives and friends, "Picking Flowers into a Dream" is a collection of literary and artistic treasures of the Red Chamber, which will be the best choice for every reader.
It is a great happiness for Chinese to have "Dream of the Red Chamber", which writes all kinds of things in the world and contains the deep emotional code of Chinese.
"Dream of Red Mansions" has the sublimation of Sun Wen and Sun Yunmo's art, and their delicate techniques give this classical masterpiece a more unique charm.
Cao Xueqin's strength through the text on the back of the paper, and Sun Wen's delicate and exquisite brushstrokes, are all gathered in the art treasures of the Red Chamber "Picking Flowers into a Dream".
Look at the historical and cultural relics, see the dream of the Red Mansion in the Void of the Void, see the traditional painting skills, and see the ancient life of the Houfu Jade Food.
What do you think of "Picking Flowers into a Dream"?
In the face of "Dream of Red Mansions", which is profound and culturally magnificent, many readers will find it difficult to get started, and they will try frequently, but they will never be able to read it.
However, as an interpretation of the Dream of Red Mansions of the picture book, "Picking Flowers into a Dream" builds a bridge to Rongguofu for readers in a simple mode.
After long-term research and combing, the editors of this book have screened more than 160 wonderful pictures in Sun Wen's picture books according to the reading habits of today's readers, and marked the corresponding relationship between the parts of the picture and the original passages one by one by marking the serial numbers of each local plot, and at the same time supplemented the knowledge of traditional painting art to guide appreciation.
Follow "Picking Flowers into a Dream", open the door of Rongguo Mansion together, get a glimpse of the mystery of "Dream of Red Mansions", and feel the infinite charm of this literary masterpiece.
Zoom in to see the details, and see all the states of the Red Mansion in one volume
Sun Wen, who is also from the Qing Dynasty with Cao Xueqin, has a very close life background to the original Red Mansion, so the clothing, food, housing and transportation depicted in Sun Wen's picture book are extremely restored to the original work.
In the picture book, you can see all the details, clothing accessories, pavilions, carriages, horses, boats, screens, tables, pianos, chess, calligraphy and paintings, exotic flowers and stones...... Restore one by one, the penmanship is fine and meticulous.
In particular, the book also specially made three extra-long pull pages, including nearly 1.7 meters long Yuan Fei Provincial Relatives Map, open the long page, the details are clearly visible, carved beams and paintings, beautiful trees and strange stones, bamboo forest tree shadows, snail lanterns...... All of them were welcoming the provincial concubines, and the concubines exclaimed that "it was too luxurious".
Nowadays, every reader can also see such a "luxurious" scene with their own eyes in "Picking Flowers into Dreams".
Please rotate the screen 90° counterclockwise to view the 1.7-meter-long picture of the Provincial Princess.
"Picking Flowers into a Dream" is not only a precious material for the study of traditional clothing, architecture, gardens, utensils, and folk customs, but also an encyclopedia of beauty that reflects the ancient material life culture.
Split to see the part, intuitively corresponding to the original plot
Sun Wen often paints multiple plots, scenes, and characters in a single picture, which is a "montage" narrative technique commonly used in traditional Chinese art.
For example, this one:
Jia Yucun (the man in white) appears three times in the picture, which actually represents three different scenes, one is that Jia Yucun meets Zhen Shiyin, and Zhen Shiyin invites Jia Yucun to the study to chat and talk; The second is that Jia Yucun sat alone in the study and fell in love at first sight with the maid Jiaoxing outside the room; Third, on another day, Zhen Shiyin and Zhen Shiyin in Jia Yu Village talked about wine, ate wine and talked and laughed.
This book disassembles this situation in sub-shots, and marks it with (1), (2), and (3), and each part of the picture is captured and enlarged, corresponding to the original plot one by one, and the characters' smiles and smiles are clearly visible.
Original picture of the picture book:
After splitting the callouts:
If there is no special guidance to appreciate, it will be difficult for readers to distinguish what the plot of the picture is, and each character corresponds to who in the book, and the threshold for understanding will be higher and higher.
"Picking Flowers into a Dream" innovatively divides parts of the picture, and helps readers read the picture clearly by intercepting and enlarging and marking serial numbers.
The accompanying text is reduced to the original text to retain the charm of Cao Xueqin's original text
In order to retain the original reading experience, the editors of this book have abbreviated the original text and paragraphs of Dream of Red Mansions, striving to be close to Cao Xueqin's original pen.
The main versions on which the text is based are:
The first 80 chapters are dominated by the Gengchen book of the Qianlong Gengchen year (1760);
The last 40 chapters are mainly based on Cheng Jiaben, which was typeset by Cheng Wei at the beginning of the Qianlong Xinhai year (1791).
The abbreviated text retains the charm of the original work to the greatest extent, and while the pictures and texts correspond to the text, only reading the text, you can also enjoy a timeless and coherent plot of "A Dream of Red Mansions", and retain the original reading experience.
Annotate to explain art knowledge and guide you to appreciate ancient aesthetics
Sun Wen's paintings are not only meticulous and complete in content, but also reflect the characteristics of traditional Chinese paintings in terms of composition and technique.
On the whole, it is mainly based on fine brushwork, supplemented by freehand; In terms of color, it is mainly colored, supplemented by ink; In terms of lines, the iron line drawing is the mainstay, supplemented by the war pen drawing; In terms of brushwork, it is mainly hooked, supplemented by blending.
Sun Wen is good at using different expressions to show multiple relationships such as virtual and real, far and near, cold and warm, yin and yang, etc.
For example, this painting embodies a technique of painting snow scenes in traditional painting, first outlining the outline of the mountain rocks, leaving the mountains and rocks blank, and then smudging the rest of the places with light ink to contrast the white of the falling snow on the mountains and rocks.
In order to help readers better read the pictures, this book specially invites Mr. Zeng Zirong, who has been engaged in the popularization of ancient Chinese art and life aesthetics for nearly 20 years, to make annotations.
What's interesting about "Picking Flowers into a Dream"?
As we all know, the original painting of Sun Wen's picture book is very large, measuring about 43.3×76.5cm, so it is extremely rich in details, and every part is worth savoring, and there are many mysteries in it.
It is worth mentioning that "Picking Flowers into a Dream" is attached to a 0.6-meter-long panorama of the Grand View Garden marked with the name of the place, which is an exclusive content that other books related to "Dream of Red Mansions" do not have on the market.
After several years of research, the interpreter marked the names of each place in the Grand View Garden, so that the reader could see the residence of each character intuitively and clearly.
Please rotate the screen 90° counterclockwise to view the panorama of the Grand View Garden. The exact location of each house in this map is indicated, Daoxiang Village, Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Yihong Courtyard...... The editor spent several years checking in the pavilions and courtyards of the Grand View Garden in Beijing, and researched and compared the original text with Cao Xueqin and Sun Wen's paintings.
Not only that, in order to allow every reader to "visit" the Grand View Garden, this book has a special "Picking Flowers" special album - The Catalogue of the Material Life of the Grand View Garden, which provides a glance at the clothing, food, housing and transportation in the park, and explains in detail the knowledge of traditional life aesthetics.
The other book is based on the four major categories of house, clothing, boat, car, and instrument play, and selects the details of the picture, corresponding to the original picture to understand the knowledge, and immerse yourself in the elegant play and fun of the Grand View Garden.
For example, the difference between the top of the hard mountain and the top of the rest mountain, the load-bearing method of the ancient house, the shape of the ancient deep clothes, the woman's eyebrows, the purpose of the stern rudder house, and the meaning of placing bottles and mirrors in the ancient house......
What's more interesting is these, in the Grand View Garden, not to mention how rich the food is, but the iron oven barbecue, assorted buffet hot pot...... There is also ink, which is emotional, it is really worthy of Zhong Mingding's home of food!
Does the object in the woman's hand in the painting feel familiar? That's right, that's the iron of the time.
When she got older, Mother Jia put on exquisite reading glasses, and the world became clearer!
Do you still remember the self-striking bell that startled Grandma Liu, who entered Rongguo Mansion for the first time? Yes, it's the one pictured below.
Nowadays, the new Chinese style is so popular, why not take a look at the best soft decoration demonstration in the Grand View Garden. Screens, tables, pianos, chess, calligraphy and paintings, exotic flowers and stones...... Exquisite.
Look at the historical and cultural relics, see the dream of the Red Mansion in the Void of the Void, see the traditional painting skills, and see the ancient life of the Houfu Jade Food.
The fun in "Picking Flowers into Dreams" is waiting for readers to explore further.
How beautiful is "Picking Flowers into a Dream"?
An artistic feast, a stunning red mansion. A treasure of humanity, a treasure of choice.
This book specially invited the award-winning designers of "The Most Beautiful Book in China" to create, and the editorial team polished, adjusted, and perfected dozens of times, and finally presented this treasure-level art treasure of the Red Chamber to readers.
Packaged in a heavyweight treasure gift box, weighing nearly 10 pounds, with a large 8-open hardcover book, the bronzing process highlights the exquisiteness.
The inner page is printed on special paper, and the color is high-definition and non-reflective.
It contains three extra-long pull-out pages, reproducing the beauty of the Red Chamber on paper.
In addition, the book comes with a seasonal calendar of the Grand View Garden, a paper paper of the scenery of the Red Mansion, and 12 decorative paintings of good days and good scenes. Let the beauty of the Red Chamber go from the silk cloth paper to all corners of life.
"Dream of Red Mansions" is a pearl embedded in the treasure house of Chinese culture, a slowly unfolding picture of the times, and an intricate labyrinth of human nature.
And this "Picking Flowers into a Dream: Dream of Red Mansions in a Picture Book" is the perfect fusion of tradition and modernity, and is a wonderful symphony of words and images, so that every reader can feel the resonance across the times, as if they are in that dreamy mansion.
"Dream of Red Mansions is a book that can be read for a lifetime, and the album of Red Mansions is a picture album that can be appreciated for a lifetime."