Category Archives: Chinese culture

Folk Life in Chinese Genre Paintings

Posted on December 6, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Genre painting is one of important subjects of Chinese figure paintings that usually takes folks’ daily life as its content. As a distinctive form of Chinese paintings, genre painting is extraordinarily close to the life of the mind of masses … Continue reading →

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Eight Immortals the Chinese gods in Paintings

Posted on December 4, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Each Immortal has a magic tool that can give life or destroy evils. Tieguai Li had an iron crutch and gourd, Zhang Guolao always rode the donkey back to front, Han Zhongli waved his palm-leaf fan, Lan Caihe carried his … Continue reading →

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What are Chinese Scroll Paintings

Posted on December 2, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Chinese Scroll mounting is a traditional mounting form to make Chinese paintings/calligraphy as scrolls that is time-honored and has distinct national characteristic. According to the surviving historical records, the scroll mounting was invented as early as 1,500 years ago. And the … Continue reading →

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Fengshui Meaning in Chinese Pomegranate Paintings

Posted on November 28, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Pomegranate is regarded as the auspicious fruit in China. Because of its bright color and numerous plump seeds, it is an emblem of posterity, prosperity, solidarity, and luck in Chinese bird-and-flower paintings. In folk, when take a wife or marry a man, people often place … Continue reading →

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Chinese Modern Paintings

Posted on November 26, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Beginning with the New Culture Movement, Chinese artists started to adopt using Western techniques. It also was during this time that oil painting was introduced to China. In the early years of the People's Republic of China, Chinese artists were … Continue reading →

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Painting of Dragon in Chinese Mythology

Posted on November 20, 2013 by CNArtGallery

The dragon is the largest supernatural creature in Chinese mythology and embodies strength and symbolizes a supernatural force. It is the highest auspicious image of art in China and the leader of all living things. The dragon is capable of … Continue reading →

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Noble and Precious Animal Deer in Chinese Paintings

Posted on November 14, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Chinese Deer Painting: Symbolize Long Life for giving blessing of longevity. In ancient China, people thought the deer is an immortal animal with a long life. When a deer was 500 years old, its color would turn to be white, while … Continue reading →

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Symbolical Animal Cow in Chinese Paintings

Posted on November 12, 2013 by CNArtGallery

The ox or the cow was the emblem of modesty and diligence and the second of the symbolical animal corresponding to the Twelve Chinese Zodiac signs. In the West, ox is the symbol of wealth and power, according to the legend … Continue reading →

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Tang Yin a Great Masters of Landscapes

Posted on November 8, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Tang Yin, better known by his courtesy name Tang Bohu, was a Chinese scholar, painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming Dynasty whose life story has become a part of popular lore. Tang Yin also assimilated the techniques of scholar … Continue reading →

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Zhao Mengfu a Chinese Scholar and Painter

Posted on November 4, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Zhao Mengfu has been honored as an early master within the tradition of the literati painters, who sought personal expression rather than the representation of nature. Zhao Mengfu paintings were among the first after the collapse of the Song dynasty … Continue reading →

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