| Title: Shirley's Art Works 1089 - Integrated Art 103: Yi Wang Er San Li- Yi Wang Er San Li -- A Famusing Numeric Song -- March 11,2016 |
| Artist: Shirley Yiping Zhang |
| Size: 48.00cm x 180.00cm( 18.89 inches x 70.86inches) |
| Completed Time: March 11, 2016 |
Remarks:
 Listen to Shirley Singing the Poem in Chinese March 14, 2016
Listen to Shirley Singing the Poem in English
Listen to Shirley Explaining the Poem & Follow Me to Read It
Follow Shirley to Read the New Words & the Poem
Read Shirley's Comments about This Poem March 10, 2016
See Shirley Created Paintings for the Poem March 11, 2016
This is my 103rd Picture that I have created / painted for Chinese Classical Poems, and my 1089th painting since 2003.
As soon as I came back China, I felt that I have found my root so that I was in the mood to create, so it is the 3rd painting I have created since Feb 20. Originally I started on March 2, because of many things, I stopped working on it for several days, until I dealt with these things in my hands, I could be able to work on it once more.
How do you think of it? Do you enjoy it?
On the top of the page there is the music I created for the poem in 2005 and in 2016. Because I had no time yet and aso for my music professor has taken my music to check and correct, so, I have not recorded the English part yet.
Below is the article I wrote for the poem and hope you enjoy it:
Hello, friends, today, I would like to introduce a little easy but quite interesting Chinese classical poem which is consist of numbers.
銆怉bout the Author銆慣his is a poem was created by an anonymous person. Even though there are several versions about its author or the dynasty which was created, they are uncertain. Therefore, here, we do not need to discuss about it.
The Main Meaning of the Poem and the Lyrics of the Song in English
Have A Look Over, Two, Three Miles
By An Anonymous Author
Have a look over, two, three miles,
Four, five houses in a village with smoking chimneys
Six, seven pavilions (and) towers on the mountains,
Eight, nine, ten flowers by the road,
Eight, nine, ten flowers by the road.
Eight, nine, ten flowers by the road.
Original Poem, Lyrics of the Song in Chinese and Pronunciations
You can click on any Chinese Character to open the New Character Board and see its Chinese pinyin, meaning, pronunciation and follow me to read it, you can also click on the links to enter the Painting Column, to see more paintings and art notes that I wrote for the poem.
涓�鏈涗簩涓夐噷 - Y墨 w脿ng 猫r s膩n l菒
鏃犲悕姘� - W煤 M铆ng Sh矛
涓�鏈涗簩涓夐噷 - Y墨 w脿ng 猫r s膩n l菒锛�
鐑熸潙鍥涗簲瀹� - y膩 c奴n s矛 w菙 ji膩锛�
浜彴鍏竷搴� - T铆t谩i l矛u q墨 zu脿锛�
鍏節鍗佹灊鑺� - b膩 j菒u sh铆 zh墨 hu膩銆�
鍏節鍗佹灊鑺� - b膩 j菒u sh铆 zh墨 hu膩銆�
鍏節鍗佹灊鑺� - b膩 j菒u sh铆 zh墨 hu膩銆�
銆怑njoy the Poem銆�
There is only four lines, twenty Chinese characters in this little poem, but includes 10 numbers from one to ten, and just with the so less characters and so many numbers, it has "painted out" a beautiful landscape includes several little views for us.
Now let us learn it one line by one line:
The first line: 涓�鏈涗簩涓夐噷 - Y墨 w脿ng 猫r s膩n l菒. 涓� y墨, num. means one; 鏈泈脿ng , v. w脿ng means look over, gaze into he distance; 浜� 猫r, num. means two; 涓� s膩n means three锛涢噷 l菒, here is a Chinese unit of length ( = 1/2 kilometer ), for helping you remember, here I just translate it as 鈥� mile 鈥�. This line means, when I have a look over, I can see the view over the two or three miles away. In this short line with five words, there are three numbers: One, Two, Three.
The second line: 鐑熸潙鍥涗簲瀹� - y膩 c奴n s矛 w菙 ji膩. 鐑焬膩n, n. means smoke, here means the smoke from kitchen chimneys; 鏉慶奴n, n. means village; 鐑熸潙 y膩 c奴n, phrase, means the village in the smoke from the kitchen chimneys? 鍥� s矛, num. means four; 浜攚菙, num. means five; 瀹秊i膩, n. means house, family. This line means there are four or five houses in the village which is covered by the smoke from the kitchen chimneys.
In this line, you can find another two numbers: Four, Five.
The third line: 浜彴鍏竷搴� - T铆t谩i l矛u q墨 zu貌. 浜璽铆, n. means pavilion; 鍙皌谩i, n. means tower, platform; 鍏璴矛u, num. means six; 涓僸墨, num. means seven; 搴u貌, n. seat, place, here it is a measure word for mountains, buildings, and other similar immovable object. This line means there are six or seven pavilions and towers over there or on the mountains.
In this line, includes two numbers: Six, Seven.
The fourth line: 鍏節鍗佹灊鑺� - b膩 j菒u sh铆 zh墨 hu膩銆傚叓 b膩, num. means eight; 涔� j菒u, num. means nine, 鍗� sh铆, num. means ten; 鏋� zh墨, n. branch ,swig, here it is a measure word for the long, thin, inflexible object, for example a gun, a flower, three pencils. This line means there are eight, nine or ten flowers here or there, I imagine by the road. :- )
In this line includes another three numbers: Eight, Nine, Ten.
When we have learned this poem until now, we can feel a very clear characteristics of this poem. That is the author has skillfully used numbers to create a big (includes several small) beautiful landscape or prospect.
Therefore, it has been chosen into the books for Chinese children and the textbooks of Chinese elementary schools. Many Chinese children can recite it as soon as they can speak. :-)
銆怚nspiration銆�
1. Sometimes, if we can organize something simple together, thing can be clearer, cleaner and even more beautiful. So, no matter a manager, an artist or a writer, no matter we are studying or working, we have to try to train us to have the ability to be able to make those complicated things simple, then we can manage a company, design a painting or write an article more efficiency, beautiful or wonderful.
2. The combination of something rational and emotional sometimes can help thing more perfect and mellow and full. Usually, numbers are something more rational and poem is something more emotional, but, when both of them were combined together cleverly, interaction, they have created a special artistic result. This is similar to the situation, when we use a cold color, we mix a little bit warm color into it. Although it is still cold color, but the painting result is much more better. Also like we cook, when we want to cook a dish with the salt taste, but we put into a little sugar inside, the dish is still salt, but the taste has been changed more delicious.
I guess this is just the reason why a smart manager or a president enjoy his or her company or even a country having a multi-culture instead a pure or a single culture?
I had created my first music to match this poem in 2005 and then I created three paintings to match both of the painting and the music in 2007. Recently, as soon as I came back from the USA in Feb, 2016, I had some new idea on creating a new painting and writing a new article for it. So, now, I have re-done the painting, music, translation, articles and so on. I do hope what I have done will be some help with your Chinese culture and language study.
If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn . You are also welcome to publish your opinions in Message Board as well.
Shirley Yiping Zhang
Written, Sung, Translated and Recorded on March 6, 2016/ July 12, 2010/Nov 4, 2005 |
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