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Scroll Painting of Chongyang Wind and Rain
Chrysanthemums bloom in abundance, while slanting wind and drizzle animate the scene.
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Take you to see a different Along the River During the Qingming Festival
This world-famous masterpiece of social customs painting of the Northern Song Dynasty has spawned countless copies, imitations, different versions and re-creations. Among them, Ming Dynasty’s Qiu Ying’s “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” is the most famous.
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Rediscovered Splendor: Imperial Artists Unveil Song-Ming Porcelain Masterpieces from Qianlong’s Secret Archives
Each album contains ten pieces of ancient porcelain (mostly works from the Song and Ming dynasties) selected by Emperor Qianlong. They were all drawn to facilitate Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty to appreciate the porcelain in the paintings.
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Yuan Dynasty Ten Masters Album: The Miniature Cosmos of Literati Painting and the Spirit of Ink
The Ten Masters Album distills the Yuan literati’s cosmic vision into palm-sized leaves. As Huang Gongwang proclaimed, “Painting is the imprint of the mind.”
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Yongle Palace mural Chao Yuan Tu – an important masterpiece in the history of Chinese painting
As the art critic Wang Bonin noted, “This mural’s true value lies in its power to transcend time—a celestial parliament that speaks equally to the 14th-century pilgrim and the 21st-century viewer”.
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Guiding Bodhisattva.Gold, Grace, and the Bodhisattva’s Promise in Tang Silk Splendor
Despite earthly glory, she follows the bodhisattva with humble reverence, her clasped hands and downward gaze embodying the Tang elite’s pursuit of spiritual liberation beyond mortal splendor.
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The Cold Food Observance, from Ashes to Immortality: How a Banquet of Words Defied Time
The scroll’s spatial composition (bubai 布白) transcends mere aesthetics, becoming a cartography of the poet’s psyche—where ink and void converse like lamentations and silences.
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Time-Travel Through Petals: The 2,000-Year-Old Art of Reading Nature’s Clock in Chinese Paintings
“Flower-Signal Wind” refers to the seasonal breeze that brings the message of blooming flowers. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, the period from Lesser Cold to Grain Rain comprises eight solar terms over four months. For each segment, a flower that most accurately embodies its blooming season is chosen to symbolize the “Flower-Signal Wind.
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Roaring Strength on Paper: Experience the Intensity of Dai Song’s Tang Dynasty Bullfight
The bulls are portrayed with robust, muscular forms and a palpable vitality, evoking an impression of raw power that seems capable of overwhelming multitudes.