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| Title: Shirley's Art Works 699 & Xieyi 381-A73-Shirley's 91st Assignment in Chinese National Academy of Arts --May 22-28, 2012 |
| Artist: Shirley Zhang |
| Size: 97cm x 180cm (38.18inches x 70.86inches) |
| Completed Time: May 28, 2012 |
Remarks:
This is my 381st Chinese Xieyi Painting and my 699th painting since 2003, the 91st assignment in Chinese National Academy of Arts.
I learned to paint this painting from Mr. Ren Bonian (1840鈥�1896) - one of the greatest artists in Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912) for 7 days, near 90 hours.
In traditional Chinese paintings or pattern, we usual call the painting or the pattern with 5 kinds of birds -- phoenix ( 鍑ゅ嚢 - f猫nghu谩ng ), red-crowned crane(涓归《楣� - d膩n d菒ng h猫锛�, mandarin duck( 楦抽腐 - yu膩ny膩ng ), Citrine Wagtail( ?? j铆l铆) , yellow warbler (榛勮幒 - hu谩ng y墨ng) 浜斾鸡鍥� W菙L煤n T煤.
W菙L煤n means the five cardinal relationships between the ruler and subject,father and son, husband and wife, between brothers and between friends in feodal China.
Phoenixes ( 鍑ゅ嚢 - f猫nghu谩ng ): symbolize the relationship between ruler and officials.
Red-crowned cranes (涓归《楣� - d膩n d菒ng h猫锛�: Symbolize the relationship between father and child.
But usually, Red-crowned cranes symbolize the luck, honor, respect, long live, therefore, some Deputy to the People's Congress suggested to make it as Chinese National bird.
Citrine Wagtails ( ?? j铆l铆) : Symbolize the relationship between brothers.
Yellow warblers (榛勮幒 - hu谩ng y墨ng) : Symbolize the relationship between friends.
Mandarin Duck( 楦抽腐 - yu膩ny膩ng ): Symbolize the relationship between wife and husband.
In feudal China, according to the theory of Mencius (372 B. C - 289B.C.) who was the second sage in the Confucian school, the relationship among people should:
鍚涜嚕鏈変箟 ? Jun chen you yi : Between the ruler and the officials should have morality and justice, officials should be loyalty to their rulers, the ruler should care for his/her officials.
鐖跺瓙鏈変翰-- fu zi you qin : Parents and children should be close and kind.
澶鏈夊埆 ? fu qi you bie : between husband and wife, should have something distinguish, everyone does its owe duties for the same family.
闀垮辜鏈夊簭 ? Zhang you you xu : Between brothers, younger should follow elder and the elder should look after the younger.
鏈嬪弸鏈変俊 -- Among friends, should have good faith and follow the credit standing.
If everyone does his/her best among these relationships, then, whole of the world will be peaceful and harmonious.
I painted this painting just wanted to express this kind of idea as one of my works to take part in the graduated exhibition.
So, when I painted it, I was very carefully and hoped to express the rich culture connotation inside. Even though I was so tired after working for a long time, I was so happy in my heart when I completed it.
I am thinking, when I have time, I will try to paint it once more since I do not satisfy many places on it yet.
How do you think of this painting, do you enjoy it?
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn or shirleyz004@yahoo.com ,you can also publish your opinions on Message Board . :-)
--Shirley Zhang
May 28, 2012
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