Liu Yuxi, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote the following poem "Appreciating Peonies":
The peony demon in front of the court has no qualifications, and the pond hibiscus is pure and unsympathetic. Only the peony is the true national color, and the flowers move the capital during the blossom season.
The last sentence, "The blossom season moves the capital", can be said to be the grace and magnificence of the peony, and the world's preference for the peony is vividly expressed.
Liu Yuxi's peony can be said to represent the highest praise of the world for peony. In the previous article, it is written that the hundred flowers are slightly inferior in front of the peony, but if the hundred flowers and the peony are fused together, then the picture must be wonderful.
In fact, each flower has its own unique symbol and story, when the hundred flowers collide with the peony, it is not only a picture of the competition, but also a beautiful meaning and symbol.
Today we take a look at the hundred flowers of "Fighting for Wonder and Beauty", from Zou Yigui, a famous calligrapher and painter of the Qing Dynasty.
Who is this Zou Yigui?
Zou Yigui (1686-1772) was a Qing Dynasty official and painter. The word original praise, the number of the hill, the late number of the second know the old man, Jiangsu Wuxi people. Good at painting flowers, learning Yun Shouping painting method, the style is beautiful. The Draft History of the Qing Dynasty states that he was "a painter of flowers and an expert after inheriting the Hun Grid." Try to compose "Hundred Flowers Scroll", the flower title is a poem, enter the upper, deeply appreciate it, and write a hundred sentences for the title.". He is the author of "Little Mountain Painting Notation" and "Daya Continuation".
Zou Yigui has created countless paintings in his life, the most representative of which is this "Yutang Rich and Noble Map", "Yutang Rich and Noble Map" is a hundred flowers competing for beauty, there are peonies, magnolias, begonias, rhododendrons, etc., a hundred flowers are all over the whole, but not complicated, eye-catching, every detail in the painting is worth carefully studying and tasting.
Peony symbolizes wealth, magnolia flowers have the meaning of "jade hall", representing gold and jade full hall, rhododendron flowers mean prosperity, begonias grow in royal gardens, is a symbol of nobility and elegance.
Several kinds of rich and atmospheric flowers are clustered together, which will inevitably appear crowded, but these flowers have shown a different style under the pen of Master Zou Yigui, let's take a look:
The whole article emphasizes the simplicity and tranquility, the peony does not use a strong color, but a light powder, and the edge is dyed with heavy powder, which looks delicate and lovely, crystal clear, elegant and solemn and does not appear frivolous.
The most eye-catching thing above the peony is the magnolia, which is mesmerizingly white, in contrast to the pink peony, the white is elegant, the pink is delicate, and the hundred and one pinks echo each other, and under the background of the bluestone, it is indeed beautiful and cannot be opened.
This painting is full of flowers, but the real place occupies the main position is the peony and magnolia, the peony symbolizes the rich, the magnolia is on the top, representing the Gordon Jade Hall, wishing for a high position, wealth and nobility, it is really an auspicious and beautiful painting.
Today, through many efforts, we will make a 1:1 high-definition copy of Zou Yigui's "Yutang FuguiTu" to restore the original style of the painting and give it to all appreciators.
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——Edited by Qian Yuan