Do you know how many of the ten hounds that the Qianlong Emperor kept in the palace were? Let's take a look!
According to the literature, at that time, the imperial court made the need for the emperor to carry out hunting paddocks, and the court specially set up an "eagle dog place".
The "Continuation of the Pavilion" says: "The Eagle Dog Place, to the East China Gate inside Chang'an Avenue, set up the president two, appoint the bodyguard concurrently, I feed the former eagle dog for more purposes in the search, his shepherds are all the children of the family, allowing his python robe weft hat, the highest quality among the deacons."
It was not a top priority to use it now, and the order was to move to dongguangnei longhouse. ”
From this record, it can be known that most of the hounds painted by Ai Qimeng are hounds fed by "eagle dogs", which can be said to be the emperor's pets.
Introduction to the "Ten Dogs"
"Ten Dogs" is a color album on paper created by the Qing Dynasty painter Ai Qimeng, a total of 10 open, with a specification of 24.5cm in length and 29.3cm in width, and the material is paper, which is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
On the left side of the album are inscriptions in the style of poems and poems, six of which are from Liang Shizheng and four from Wang Youdun; on the right, all of them are painted with dogs, followed by river scenery and landscapes.
In the background, you can see vigorous trees (pine, ink bamboo, willow, plum blossoms, shrubs, etc.), strange rocks, streams or secluded waterfronts, but the shapes are different.
The dog depicted is in a very different posture, either bowing its head to drink water, or standing in contemplation, or looking back at the distance.
About the Author
Ai Qimeng [Qing] (1708-1780) character Xing'an, born in Bohemia, original name, Catholic Jesuit missionary, Qianlong decade (1745) came to China, one of the four Western painters, learned painting from Lang Shining, under the direction of Lang Shi, so that Western law was used, and soon received attention from the Qing court, and was enshrined in the inner court.
Ai Qimeng painted working figures, walking beasts, and feathers, and together with Lang Shining, Wang Zhicheng, and An Deyi, they were called Siyang painters, forming a new style of painting, which had a certain influence on court painting.
Ru Huangbao: Anthology. Multiply. The Seven Hairs read: "Autumn Yellow Su, White Dew Ru."
Ru white, autumn yellow coat color, lean body, exude a clear temperament.
However, the dog was quiet on the outside, but very fierce on the inside: "It is like a sea, and it is endless." The Yellow Panther is a very valuable hunting dog.
Eyelid Wolf: Shan[ describes a quick glance in the eyes.
The star wolf is a dog, not a wolf. But from its domineering name, it can be seen that this dog has sharp eyes, a keen sense of smell, and a quick movement, which is not an ordinary dog.
Cangshui Qi: Qiu, the hornless dragon in ancient legends, can gallop through the heavens.
Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Volume 28 Under. The biography of Feng Yan says: "Si Su is sloppy and gallops, riding on the green clouds and pretending to be together."
Qu Yuan. "Departure from the Troubles" and clouds "Donkey Yu Yu to multiply the Crane Xi, Yu Ai Feng Yu marched." "The momentum of the cangshui is evident.
Golden-winged Fox: 猃 [xian], "Long-beaked dog". Golden-winged, the legendary bird that flies into the sea and spreads its wings to fight the water, can separate the seawater.
The Golden-winged Fox, with its coat as gold and its speed as fast as its flight, is a very valuable hound.
Ban Jinbiao: Biao, tiger. Spotted brocade skin like a tiger's brocade spots, it looks lean, but it is mighty and confident.
Moyu Mantis: A mantis, an animal that resembles a dragon and has no horns in ancient Chinese legends. The fur of the ink jade mantis is dark and translucent, very rare and expensive.
Magpie: Magpie, black back, shoulders, abdomen, wings are white. Named after the "Empty Magpie", the dog is named after the magpie, one is that the coat color is similar to the magpie god, and the other is to describe the hound's "riding on the momentum and rising rapidly".
Frost Harrier: The Harrier is a bird of prey with sharp eyes and fast flight.
The coat color of this dog is crystalline and soft like frost flowers, and the temperament is very outstanding.
Snow Claw Lu: Lu, black. Therefore, the whole body of the dog is black and bright, only the four-clawed snow white tail end is white, so it is called "Snow Claw Lu".
This dog has a strong posture and is as fast as a flying fern.
Lacquer Dot Lynx: Ai Qimeng's Ten Horse Dogs diagram is slightly different from That of Long Shining, and Lang Shining is different from this one called "Cang Lynx" and the others are the same.
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The picture shows the portrait of the European thoroughbred hound raised by the Qianlong Emperor in the palace.
The author uses Western sketching techniques, uses anatomy, and meticulously portrays the body posture and fur texture of the hound dog with short and thin brushstrokes, which has a strong realism.
The name of the dog is indicated on the folio of each picture, which is of high historical value for the study of the royal dog of the court.
The landscape in the picture was created by a Chinese painter. The joint creation of Chinese and Western painters is a major feature of the court painting of the Qianlong Dynasty.
The life map is all vivid.
Set up a color strange, not Bingzhen and so on.
This is Qianlong's supreme praise for the painters of the "Ten Horses and Dogs" and the painters express the feelings of "auspicious year auspicious omens, loyalty and patriotism" through the meaning of the dog's "wisdom and loyalty", which contains the heart of "ten perfect (dogs) ten beautiful (jun)".
After some understanding, I believe that everyone has a deep impression of "Ten Dogs", welcome to leave a message in the comment area to write their own views!