Speaking of Chinese painting, in addition to landscape figures, flowers and plants, many Chinese painting masters have a special love for the "grounded" cabbage.
Zhang Daqian once had an inscription that "learns to grow vegetables behind closed doors, and knows the aroma of vegetable roots." Skimming away the meat, the taste is long."
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Among Qi Baishi's many painting subjects, cabbage works are the ones that can most touch his homesickness. Qi Baishi was born in a poor family of "half a year of grain for bran vegetables", with cabbage as the king of vegetables alone, never forgetting "three generations of ancestors biting their roots", and believing that "the root of the vegetable is the most fragrant". He placed these daily sights on a deep spiritual connotation, beyond the content and form of painting.
Qi Baishi once painted a large picture of freehand cabbage, the picture is dotted with bright red peppers, he inscription: "Peony is the king of flowers, lychee is the first fruit, no matter cabbage is the king of vegetables, why not?" ”。
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Wang Xuetao also loves to put cabbage into the painting, in his cabbage picture, there are autumn crying insects, blooming chrysanthemums, like a fun and leisurely life picture.
Li Kuchan, like Mr. Qi Baishi, is very simple. Later generations summed him up: "The painting is very good, and the life is very poor." His favorite cabbages bear this out. He used cabbage to explain his behavior, regulate his behavior, and with his actual ability, he did things that suited his natural nature, thus expressing his views on the world, on life, and on art.
Beijing News reporter Wang Ping
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