Appreciating Plum in Early Spring Plum blossom is a famous ornamental plant in China. Plum blossom is noble, noble, beautiful, elegant and persistent, with excellent color, fragrance, rhyme and posture. In the cold winter, flowers bloom and fall, and the world is lonely in spring, which is deeply loved by poets and painters. They plant plums and admire them, or send them affectionately, or paint them. Now, please follow my brush strokes and slowly appreciate the "Plum Appreciation Map" drawn by ancient painters. Xun Mei Walking in the Snow by Dai Jin in the Ming Dynasty (photo 1) is a vertical silk edition. Now lost to the American people. Dai Jin (1388— 1462) was born in Jing 'an and Yuquanshan, and Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). In his early years, he was a craftsman of gold and silver jewelry, and later he switched to painting and calligraphy, making a living by selling paintings. Xuande presented paintings to the court. Good at painting landscapes, figures, flowers, birds and cordyceps, the originator of Zhejiang School. It's freezing, the snow is falling, the water is thin and the mountains are cold, and the trees are bleak. In the picture, a noble scholar and an extremely bookish are walking on a snowy day. Obviously, the target is the plum blossom blooming on the right front bridge. The whole picture gives people an ancient and elegant aesthetic feeling, and the noble and simple temperament of the characters is vividly on the paper. Tang Yin's Ming Guan Mei Tu (Figure 2), paper version, vertical axis, light color, vertical 10.

8.6 cm, horizontal 3

4.5 centimeters. Collection of Beijing Palace Museum. Tang Yin (1470- 1523), with the word Bohu, is excellent in poetry and painting, and is also called "the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River" with Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhiming and Xu Zhenqing. This painting is even more famous, together with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhiming and Chou Ying, it is also called "Wumen Fourth Hospital". In the picture, there is a Gao Shi standing on the stream bridge, his hands outstretched, and there are two plum blossoms in bud at the edge of the cliff behind him, which is very consistent with the author's poems. The whole composition draws lessons from the style of quadrangles in the Southern Song Dynasty and strives for victory in danger. The contours of rocks and trees are suitable, and smearing is more than rubbing. The clean and refreshing brushwork and quiet background have shaped the noble image of the protagonist. The lines of the characters are delicate and smooth, and the shapes are delicate and elegant. Poetry and painting are rare masterpieces handed down from generation to generation. Du Jin's "Xia Mei Qin Heng Tu" in Ming Dynasty (Figure 3), silk edition, vertical axis, coloring, vertical 20.

7.9 cm, horizontal 10

9.9 centimeters. Shanghai museum collection. Du Jin, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, took poetry as his work and was good at painting. There is the strictest way to draw a tower. He is also a sketch expert. Most of his figure paintings show ancient legends or anecdotes, with landscapes and garden scenery as the background, and some also write poems, showing a strong style of painting with words. This painting depicts the elegant scene of literati enjoying plums on the hillside platform. Old plum is as empty as a black dragon, red plum blossoms, and peaks appear in the distant clouds; The literati sat on the trunk, stroking the strings, looking up at the plum blossoms, and there were teenagers cooking tea and holding cups to serve them, which vividly showed the literati's elegance. Liu Mei Dai La Tu (Figure 4) in Ming Dynasty, vertical axis, silk edition, ink and wash, colored, vertical 186 cm, horizontal 9.

8.5 centimeters. Now it has lost to the Japanese people. Sheng Mao Ye was a painter in Ming Dynasty. Nianan, born in Zuo Yan, was born in Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). The mountains and rivers are good, there are almost clear forests, and the characters are exquisite and elegant. This painting depicts the desolate mountain house in the forest garden after winter solstice. Plum blossoms are about to open, and spring is coming. Close look at the canopy of willow branches as dense as smoke; Mid-shot plum stems have glumes; Clouds are floating in the distant valley. The self-titled "Shore guests are waiting for the Liu Shu of the Lijiang River, and the mountains are eager to bloom in the cold" is poetic and picturesque. The whole painting not only shows the clearness and spaciousness of the smoke forest, but also shows the coming of spring. Xiao Chen's "Walking on Snow in Xun Mei" in Qing Dynasty (Figure 5), vertical axis, paper, light color, vertical 123 cm, horizontal 5.

8.5 centimeters. Collection of Qingdao Museum. Xiao Chen, also known as Linxi, is from Yangzhou, Jiangsu. Gong is good at painting landscapes and figures. Imitating the traditional brushwork of Tang and Song Dynasties, it is light and beautiful, with bright colors and profound techniques. The cliffs, slopes, rocks and plum branches in the picture are all wrapped in silver. The whole background is rendered in light ink, showing a snowy scene. Plum trees are thriving. Plum blossoms are thin and lead-white, with white space around them, like flowers in the snow. Under the tree stood an old man on crutches, staring at the plum blossom with his head held high, intently and thoughtfully, with the charm of "meaning in it, feeling outside". Behind the old man stood a boy with luggage on his back. He seems to have no interest in plum blossoms, but he is lost in thought by the slow running water. This is an intriguing masterpiece. Don't lag behind the old pattern of "stepping on snow in Xun Mei" by painters of past dynasties. In the Qing Dynasty, Chen Mei's "Appreciating Plums under the Moon" (Figure 6) is a silk copy, with a length of 37 cm and a width of 3 cm.

1.8 cm. Collection of Beijing Palace Museum. Chen Mei, the year of birth and death is unknown. Word Dong,No. Dian Lun,No. Zhi Wo Toutuo, Louxian (now Songjiang, Shanghai) people. His paintings, first studied in Song Dynasty, then compromised by Tang Yin, a painter in Ming Dynasty, and joined in western paintings, so he can draw a picture of mountains and valleys. This painting depicts Xun Mei, a maid-in-waiting, enjoying flowers, reciting poems and playing with the moon. The left page is the scene of the first month. In the picture, a maid carrying a lantern leads five ladies-in-waiting in long skirts to walk slowly from another courtyard. Colored lights are hung under the eaves of the courtyard, and two Gu Mei plants are competing to open outside the window. Before the moonlight, four ladies were standing or sitting in the pavilion, enjoying flowers and chatting. The works are harmonious in color, patchwork, antique, solemn and elegant. Its production is exquisite. His painting skills are skillful, the scenery is vivid and the characters are lifelike. Huang Shen's Plum Blossom Map in Qing Dynasty (Figure 7) is a paper book with a longitudinal axis of 1.24 cm and a width of 65 cm, which is collected by Liaoning Provincial Museum. Huang Shen, the word Gong Mao, Gong Mao, the name Ying Puzi. Fujian ninghua people. He is good at drawing figures, inspired by the original works of Huai Su, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He painted with wild brushwork and became a freehand brushwork. There is a poem on the top left of Peng Mei Tu. The picture shows an old man with a plum in his hand. Plum blossoms are in full bloom, and the fragrance is elegant. The old man smells the fragrance while enjoying it and smiles. The idea of this picture is very simple, only one person and one plum. However, the clothes of the characters are intertwined, the square belt is round, the eyebrows are written with a pen, and the fine pen is double-lined; Plum blossoms lie on their backs, simple and vigorous. People and plums are integrated into one, which is very quaint.

Source: Oriental Collection