Monthly Archives: June 2013

Chinese Shrimp Paintings

Shrimp live in both fresh water and salt water. Shrimp is one of delicious food all over the world. Famous China painters Qi Baishi loved to draw shrimps paintings or scrolls. Shrimps is actually more difficulty to be painted than other … Continue reading

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Chinese Pheasant Painting

Chinese Pheasant Painting: Pheasant is called "jin ji( 锦鸡)" in Chinese, which wounds like "gold and auspiciousness(金吉)", so it has very auspicious meanings. In ancient China, people believed pheasant to have the function of dispelling evil spirits, spo they often … Continue reading

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How To Paint Chinese Bamboo Painting

Chinese painting is of cultural implication, and Chinese bamboo painting is famous. Today, Artisoo gallery will teach you how to draw a Chinese bamboo painting in the flowing steps. Find suitable bamboo to paint. If you have bamboo growing in the garden, … Continue reading

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Chinese Great Wall Painting

Chinese great wall painting has special meaning in China. What is the meaning of Chinese Great Wall and Chinese Great Wall painting? It is the crystallization of Chinese ancient people's wisdom. It becomes an incomparable symbol of Chinese ancient civilization. The … Continue reading

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Chenshan Botanical Garden Hosts Chinese Painting Exhibition

On May 15, 2013, an ancient ardor-themed Chinese painting exhibition held its launching ceremony in the entrance hall of Chenshan Botanical Garden. The exhibition aims to publicize the beauty of ancient ardor trees in Shanghai in a combination of innovative and … Continue reading

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Chinese Painting One Hundred Horses

Chinese paintings feature some of the world's longest held artistic disciplines and traditions. These paintings with an array of distinctive oriental styles record China's long history and reflect its beautiful landscapes. The following are the 10 most famous paintings of … Continue reading

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Han Xizai Gives A Night Banquet

"Han Xizai Gives A Night Banquet" is a scroll drawn by Gu Hongzhong, a painter in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907-960). It is now housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing. The main character Han Xizai in … Continue reading

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A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains

"A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains" by Wang Ximeng, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), is a landscape painting masterpiece of ancient China. It is now part of the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. Wang was one of the … Continue reading

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One of Famous Chinese Landscape Painting-Nymph of the Luo River

Chinese landscape paintings usually centered on mountains. The exquisite Chinese painting--Mountain and river, belongs to Chinese landscape painting. Mountains had long been seen as sacred places in China--the homes of immortals, close to the heavens. Philosophical interest in nature could also … Continue reading

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Chinese Animal Painting

Chinese animal painting is a kind of painting depicting animals, just as the name implies. Generally, the animal painting focuses on the auspicious animal in China, such as the dragon, phoenix and Kylin. When they appear, Chinese people believe that they … Continue reading

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