The highly publicized Shanghai Museum's annual exhibition "Spring Breeze: Jiangnan Culture and Art Exhibition" opened at the Shanghai Museum this afternoon. As a comprehensive special exhibition with Jiangnan as the theme, the exhibition will exhibit a total of 197 representative works of art (groups) in many categories, including bone horns, stone tools, bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, engraved books and books. Among the important exhibits are Wang Xizhi's "Xingshu Qiuyue Ti" (拓本), Ren Xuan's "Ancient Picture Scroll of the Collection of Sorrows", Dong Yuan's "Xiashan Tu" volume, Wen Zhengming's "Jiangnan Chunzi Intention Volume" and so on.
"Kangxi South Tour Map" at the exhibition site
The surging news saw at the scene that the exhibition hall of "Spring Breeze: Jiangnan Culture and Art Exhibition" was arranged in a melodious way, and the audience seemed to be in an exquisite Jiangnan garden, with pavilions, white walls, white walls, corridors and leaking windows, and even restored scenery arranged with literati study, showing the elegant and exquisite Jiangnan charm. Located in the prologue hall, there is a four-meter-long display case with a copy of the Kangxi Southern Tour (Volume 7) on display.
"Kangxi Southern Tour Map" (partial)
According to Gu Xianzi, deputy research librarian of the Technology Research Department of the Shanghai Museum, the reason why the "Kangxi Southern Tour Map" was placed in the prologue hall was to tell everyone the importance of Jiangnan in history. The 7th volume of the "Kangxi Southern Tour Map" on display is more than 30 meters long, which can be said to be a huge volume, and this time Shangbo is also specially customized for its display cabinet, exhibiting more than 4 meters long, trying to present the grand scene at that time. Historically, the Kangxi Emperor made 6 southern tours, and after the end of the second southern tour, he gathered many painters from Jiangnan to jointly paint the grand ceremony of the Kangxi Southern Tour at that time.
According to Gu Xianzi, the final edition of the Kangxi Southern Tour has a total of 12 volumes, scattered around the world, and Shangbo exhibits a powder copy of volume 7 this time, showing the prosperous scene of this section from Wuxi to Gusu.
"Because the chalk is a relatively general manuscript, the characters on it are relatively sketchy, especially the Kangxi Southern Tour map must have Kangxi, but there is no Kangxi in the chalk book of this volume, just a canopy is used to indicate its position." "Unfortunately, the final version of the 7th volume of the Kangxi Southern Tour Map has now been dispersed overseas, so this volume is also particularly precious." Gu Xianzi said.
Exhibition site
Bypassing the prologue hall, the exhibition will be divided into five major sections: "Hanging Ancient Texts - Wu Yue, The Dream I Want to Dream of", "An Li Dasheng - Why Not Shout and Xu Xing", "Foundry Mingzhi - Literary Style And Flow Still Exists", "Elegant And Leisurely - Good Ancient Customs and Objects in the Southern Kingdom", "HuaiQi Mingzhuo - Hanging directly on the clouds and sails to the sea", with more than 190 artifacts telling the story of Jiangnan.
Liangzhu culture necklace
Warring States The Yue King's purpose is to sword
Wu Wangfu Chajian Late Spring and Autumn Collection of Shanghai Museum
"Hanging Ancient Texts - I Want to Dream of Wu Yue", intended to trace the origin, with hemudu culture bone, Liangzhu culture jade necklace and Wu Wangfu Chajian in the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, Yue Wang's will for the sword, Wang Xizhi's "Autumn Moon Paste", Tang Dynasty Yu Shinan's "Dayun Post Page", etc. to show the transformation of Jiangnan social folk customs from Shang Yong to Chongwen; "An Li Dasheng - Why not groan and Xu Xing", starting from the "Five Rites", with liangzhu culture bird pattern jade bi, Wuxi Hongshan Yueguo noble cemetery unearthed original porcelain imitation bronze, Three Kingdoms · Wu Zhuran's tomb unearthed the Gong Yan Le Tu lacquer case, etc., showing Jiangnan's "Cangyu Shi and Knowing etiquette"; "Foundry Industry Inscriptions - Literary Style and Currents Still Exist", with five generations and ten kingdoms • Wu Yue QianYinjian, Ming Dynasty Tang Shunzhi's "Cursive Du Poetry Scroll", Ming Dynasty Cai Shixin's "Portrait Scroll of Wang Yangming", Qing Dynasty Yun Shouping's "Flower Album", Qing Dynasty Gong Xian's "Jiangcun Picture Scroll" and other cultural relics to show Jiangnan characters, telling about the responsibilities, thoughts and integrity outside of Jiangnan's "poetry"; "Elegant and leisurely - southern ancient customs and good things" to the Qing Dynasty Ren Xuan "Ancient Picture Scroll of The Collection of Ancient Paintings", The Five Dynasties Dong Yuan's "Xiashan Picture Scroll", the Yuan Dynasty Ni Zhan's "Tingshu Yao cen Tu Axis", the Ming Dynasty Wen Zhengming's "Jiangnan Spring Word Intention Volume", etc., reproduce the poetry, calligraphy and painting creation of ancient Jiangnan literati; "HuaiQi Mingzhuo - Hanging Directly on the Clouds and Sails to the Canghai Sea" is mainly based on the cultural relics of the Grand Canal and the Maritime Silk Road and the cultural relics and artworks of Shanghai, expounding the relationship between The Culture of the Shanghai School and the classical Jiangnan.
Three Kingdoms Wu Zhuran tomb unearthed Palace Night Feast Diagram Lacquer Case
Ming Xu Wei Bamboo stone peony figure axis
According to Gu Xianzi, the calligraphy and painting works related to Jiangnan in the exhibition are also very brilliant, among which it is particularly worth mentioning such as Wang Xizhi's Song Tuoben's "Xingshu Qiuyue Thepium Volume", the Qing Dynasty Ren Kaoru's "Ancient Picture Scroll of the Collection of Sorrows", the Five Dynasties Dong Yuan's "Xiashan Map Volume", the Ming Dynasty Wen Zhengming's "Jiangnan Spring Word Intention Volume" and so on.
Eastern Jin Dynasty Wang Xizhi Cursive Autumn Moon Post Page (Song Tuoben)
"Autumn Moon Thesis" is a letter written by Wang Xi to reply to the midsummer greetings of friends, cursive, because the first sentence of the beginning is "The White of the First Day of July", also known as the "July Post". "July 1st" in the ancient calendar is the first day after the establishment of autumn, the ancient MokeSo people on this day have a lot of feelings when the tragic autumn works came out, Wang Xizhi is no exception, "suddenly autumn moon, but there are sighs" words can be proved.
Southern Dynasty Bamboo Forest Seven Sages and Rong Qi Period Brick Painting Rubbings
"The Southern Crossing of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was a very important historical event for the cultural development of Jiangnan, Wang Xizhi's ancestral home was in Langya, now Linyi City, Shandong, and in the process of moving south, he went from Shandong to Jiangnan, which is now the Shaoxing area of Zhejiang. Coincidentally, this "July Post" was written by Wang Xizhi after he moved to Shaoxing. ”
"After the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jiangnan also became different from before, with humanities gathering and Yashi generations. Taking calligraphy as an example, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the "four major families" Wang, Xie, Xi and Yu calligraphy were famous in the world; taking painting as an example, Gu Kaizhi, Lu Tanwei and Zhang Shengxuan, the "three great masters of the Southern Dynasty" headed by Gu Kaizhi, were born, setting up an immortal monument for the painting world of later generations. Gu Xianzi said.
Ren Kaoru 《愙斋集古圖卷) (partial)
Qing Ren Kaoru's "Ancient Picture Scrolls of the Collection of Sorrows" is divided into two volumes, and this time the exhibition is the upper volume. The protagonist sitting cross-legged on the bed in the center of the painting is Wu Dayi, Wu Hufan's grandfather, who was a famous epigrapher and collector in the Qing Dynasty, and can be seen sitting and talking with guests, surrounded by his treasures. "In his early years, Wu Dayi bought a Bronze Ding of the Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of gold in Xi'an, and released that there was a character for '愙' in the inscription of the Ding, so he called this Ding '愙鼎' and called himself '愙斋'."
"In the life of the literati in ancient times, scribes often did some very elegant things in the study, such as writing, painting, and collecting ancient treasures, which were important daily pastimes. There are about tens of thousands of cultural relics and treasures that Wu Dayi has overlooked, of which bronze and ancient jade are the mainstays, and some of the treasures on the "Ancient Picture Scrolls of the Collection of Ancient Pictures" have been explained by inscriptions, and some bronzes and inscriptions are attached to the pictures. Through this picture scroll, it also reflects the leisurely and elegant living conditions of the ancient Jiangnan scribes.
Yuan Ni Zhan 《丁树遥岑圖 Axis》
Wen Zhengming's "Jiangnan Chunzi Intention Volume" (partial)
As a model for Wu Chinese people to depict Jiangnan, Wen Zhengming's "Jiangnan Spring Word Intention Volume" is a work that most fits the theme of Jiangnan. The volume is composed by Wen Zhengming with the meaning of Ni Zhan's "Jiangnan Spring", describing the spring scenery of Jiangnan with the beginning of the leaves, the grass growing and the warblers flying, and a beautiful scene. The author was sixty-one years old at the time of the depiction of this volume, at a time when the painting style was mature.
"The depiction of the scenery is extremely delicate and delicate, the tree shape is simple and elegant, and the pen is thin but contains lush vitality. The color inherits The small green method of Zhao Mengfu, especially light and elegant, combined with meticulous pen and ink, so that the picture seems to be shrouded in a light blue light mist, full of confusion and joy. ”
At the end of the volume, there are more than a dozen inscriptions by Wu Chinese people, shen zhou, Zhu Yunming, Yang Xunji, Xu Zhenqing, Tang Yin, Cai Yu, Wang Pet, Yuan Chen, Wen Jia, Wen Peng, Mo Shilong, Yang Wencong, and so on.
Qing Gongxian, "Gangmura Picture Scroll" (partial)
The Five Dynasties of Dong Yuan's "Xiashan Picture Scroll" has made a brief appearance at the previous Exhibition of Dong Qichang's Calligraphy and Painting Art, which is extremely precious. Dong Yuan was a painter of the Southern Tang Painting Academy, who was referred to as a Jiangnan person in the Xuanhe Painting Notation, and the paintings were also painted with the scenery of Jiangnan in summer. It is reported that due to the long age and fragile cultural relics, out of the need for cultural relics protection, the "Xiashan Picture Scroll" was only exhibited for one month.
In addition to the calligraphy and paintings and seal carvings of "Yangchun White Snow", Jiangnan also has "fireworks". Tea, wine, incense, flowers and other "four kinds of idle things" nourish the exquisite elegance in Jiangnan life, rhino horn, bamboo carving, yan, ink, embroidery and other elegant play reflect the ingenuity of Jiangnan creation, shadow puppets, rap books, jewelry, red pottery, purple sand, etc. constitute the daily leisure in Jiangnan.
Qing Dynasty Zhejiang Haining shadow puppet people
The guqin is one of the important symbols of Chinese literati culture, and the exhibition also exhibits a Ming Dynasty guqin, the Jiyuan Ruqin, built by Zhang Zhen, a famous player of the late Ming Dynasty. It is a Zhongni-style piano, the so-called Zhongni-style legend was created by Confucius, the whole body of the piano has no decoration, and the overall style is subtle and generous. The guqin has been there since the Zhou Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was very prosperous, from the royal to the people are very keen to learn the piano to make the piano, even if the literati doctor is not good at piano exercises, he also has a bed at home to show elegance.
Ji Yuan Ruqin
The bone horns and bamboo carvings exhibited in this exhibition can also be said to be very Jiangnan. Because Jiangnan is rich in bamboo, the literati doctor likes bamboo very much. The bamboo is hollow, section by section, meaning humility and purity, and has become a symbol of a gentleman. For example, in the exhibition cabinet, a Zhu Zhizheng "bamboo carving Gaoshitu pen holder", the main part of the carved Gaoshi, holding a pen in his right hand in the ink of the dipping platform, looking back between the pine trees, there are two bats not far away, which means "blessing in front of the eyes".
Zhu Zhizheng Gao Shitu pen holder
"The subject matter of Fu in front of you can be seen in many arts and crafts of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and we call it Tu bi yi and yi bi auspicious. The author of this bamboo carving work, Zhu Zhizheng, was a very important bamboo carving artist in Jiading, and he and his father Zhu Miao and grandfather Zhu He were all famous bamboo carving artists at that time, and called Jiading 'Three Zhu'. ”
Ming Xuande Jingdezhen kiln blue and white tangled branches flower pattern holding pot
In addition, there are opera counters, which show opera from the Jiangnan region. For example, under the display case is a Chenghua rap book excavated from a Ming Dynasty tomb in Shanghai, above which is a shadow puppet in Haining, Zhejiang, and next to it is a blue and white flower from the Jingdezhen kiln, which depicts the bridge section of Cui Yingying sending Zhang Sheng to the examination in "The Tale of the West Chamber".
Gu embroidery triacid diagram lenses
"Chenghua rap book is also worth mentioning, starting from the Southern Dynasty folk song "Picking Lotus Song", the Jiangnan region has attached great importance to opera, and to wenzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, southern opera has developed. At that time, the paper script was rare for us to see, which was one of the few sets unearthed. ”
The long volume of "Gusu Prosperous Map" exhibited in the last part of the exhibition area echoes with the "Kangxi Southern Tour Map" in the prologue hall.
Xu Yang Gusu Prosperous Picture Scroll (Partial) Collection of Liaoning Provincial Museum
There are several very important sections in the history of Jiangnan, namely the Six Dynasties period centered on Nanjing, the Song and Yuan dynasties centered on Hangzhou, and the Ming and Qing dynasties centered on Suzhou. The exhibit "Gusu Prosperous Map" is called an encyclopedia of Suzhou. "It shows the urban style of Suzhou during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and some people have carefully counted the people, buildings, and bridges on it, and painted more than 10,000 people and more than 400 bridges."
"There are more than 200 merchant signboards on this painting, reflecting the prosperity of Suzhou's commodity economy at that time." Gu Xianzi said, "It is worth mentioning that the shops on the painting not only sell local products from Jiangnan, but also sell some famous products from other places, and even overseas items." The so-called "place of economic prosperity must be the place of cultural prosperity", through this picture we can imagine that the life of Jiangnan people at that time must have been quite rich.
"The last part of the exhibition focuses on Shanghai, recalling the famous trading port Qinglong Town on the south bank of the Wusong River during the Tang and Song Dynasties, the newly opened Huangpu River estuary and the construction of Shanghai City after the Ming Dynasty, and finally ending with Wu Hufan's "Layered Rock Accumulation Cuitu Axis", Liu Haisu's "Green Landscape Map Axis", and Yan Wenliang's oil painting "Huangpu River Night Navigation Map", as if the Haipai culture inherited the excellent traditional Chinese culture represented by classical Jiangnan, and finally combined East and West and moved toward pluralism." Gu Xianzi said.
Yan Wenliang《 "Night Navigation Map of Huangpu River"
Xiong Yuezhi, an expert in Jiangnan culture research and Shanghai history, once talked about the "relationship between Jiangnan culture and Shanghai culture", he said: "Shanghai is a part of Jiangnan, and the relationship between Shanghai and Jiangnan is a partial and overall relationship, so among jiangnan culture, there are various kinds of characteristics that are infiltrated with Jiangnan culture, but Shanghai culture has its own regional particularities and has its own local characteristics, which is the relationship between the part and the whole." ”
Topaz flowers at the exhibition site