Category Archives: Figure painting

Folk Life in Chinese Genre Paintings

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

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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Great Painter in Chinese Figures Paintings

From Qin Dynasty to Three Kingdoms, figure painting was expressed in the forms of mural and lacquer painting with bold strokes and strong colors. After Jin Dynasty, especially during Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties, technique in figure painting were constantly … Continue reading

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The Ancient Figures in Chinese Paintings

In the eyes of Chinese people, wine and tea are the two most important things to express their emotion and voice their mind. Especially in ancient China, drinking wine usually can show people’s strong feelings to sorrow or happiness. As … Continue reading

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Ancient Beauty in Chinese Paintings

At the first sight, you may be attracted by this Chinese painting because it really reveals another kind of beauty to us. As you can see from this painting, the beauties are all fat and plump and in modern age, … Continue reading

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