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Title: Shirley Created Art 531-Integrated Art 043: For Du Mu's Poem -Ji Yangzhou Hai Chuo- An Autumn Song of Jiang Nan -Oct 1,2010
Artist: Shirley Zhang
Size: 103.00cm x 44.00cm (40.55inches x 17.32inches)
Completed Time: Sep 30, 2010
Remarks:
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in English Oct 2, 2010
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese Oct 2, 2010

Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese & English Sep 18, 2010
Listen to Shirley Singing the Poem in Chinese Sep, 2007

Listen to Shirley to Explain,Sing the Poem & Follow Me to Read It
Follow Shirley to Read the New Chinese Charaters & the Poem

Read Shirley's Comment on the Poem

See Shirley Created Paintings & Calligraphy for the Poem Oct 2, 2010
See Shirley Created Paintings & Calligraphy for the Poem Sep 21, 2010
See Shirley Created Picture for the Poem Oct 17, 2009
See Shirley Created Picture for the Poem Sep 9, 2007


This is my 43rd Combined Paintingthat I created for Chinese Classical Poetry, andmy 531 painting since 2003.Also, it is the 62nd(89th) painting (practice) that I have done in 2010.

A question from an American friend -- What is the characteristic of Jiangnan Culture reminded me think of my third hometown in Jiangnan.

The first idea that jumped into my mind is the Word "a region of rivers and lakes". Plus the time was just near the vacation of the Chinese National Holiday, a light homesickness feeling and a lot of warm recalling came into my heart.

Since my health does not support me to go back my third hometown to visit my father and my family members in Jiangnan or fly to Australia to see my son in the vacation as my had planned, I would like to create a painting to express my feeling. :-)

Instead of expressing my feelings with birds and flowers as usual, I chose the landscape of Jiangnan, mainly with the houses, the villages and the mountains and the water... Can you imagine? During the painting process, the more I am painting these, the more I loved to paint them...

I am so happy that I feel that I have suddenly found a new way to express the same feelings that I had learned by birds and flowers. I do feel that the houses and the villages can express something relates to Human Being more than a bird and a flower... :-)

With this idea, I wrote the poem below on my painting and I do hope you enjoy it:

MAIN MEANING OF THE POEM:

The mountains are green,
the water is blue.
The fall ends in Jiangnan,
the grass is not yellow.
Twenty-four bridge,
Bright moonlight,
Where are you teaching people blowing flute?

CHINESE CHARACTER AND PRONUNCIATION

You are welcome to clink any Chinese Character to open the New Character Board and to see the Chinese pinyin, meaning, pronunciation and follow me to read them in Chinese

寄扬州韩绰判官--Ji Yangzhou Haichuo Paiguang

杜牧 -- Du Mu

青山隐隐水迢迢--qīngshān yǐnyǐn shuǐ tiáotiáo,
秋尽江南草未凋--qīujìn jiāngnán cǎo wèi diāo。
二十四桥明月夜--ěrshísì qiáo míngyuè yè,
玉人何处教吹箫--yùrén héchù jiào chuīxiāo。

How do you think of these painting? Which one seems like better?











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 Wrote It in Peking University Shenzhen Hospital
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2010