Phoenix painting, popular in the Ming dynasty of cultural and creative themes of handicraft painting why decline?

Anhui Wuhu iron painting this intangible culture of painting craft is famous, as a national gift to many countries. In the Great Hall of the People hung iron painting "Welcome Pine" and iron calligraphy "Qinyuanchun? Snow" and other excellent iron painting works. Wuhu iron painting can be said to be a household name, but also in Anhui Province in the northern part of the Anhui Province is well-known art Lingbi Qishi, as from the Ming Dynasty has been famous to the late Qing Feng painting is gradually declining, the reputation of the different past. Feng painting originated in Fengyang has a history of thousands of years, has been the emperor's culture, the culture of the famous generals, flower drum culture, Feng painting culture, the culture of reform, glass culture is the pride of Fengyang's historical and cultural resources, but as the three best in northern Anhui Province, Feng painting has a history of more than 600 years is now not as prosperous as in the past.

Fengyang Nanxiang buried Zhu Yuanzhang's mother's grave, there are Phoenix Hill and other places, there has been a phoenix landing legend, local folk painting artists through the legend of the phoenix, painted a wonderful colorful art of the image of the phoenix. Fengyang, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, has the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum fifteen miles outside the city, and not far away are the graves of two royal concubines. At that time, the connection between Nanjing and Beijing is to pass through Fengyang, from Linhuai Wei to the Huaihe River north, so all over the exams, official, over the tomb of the civil servants and military officials, the emperor's children and grandchildren would like to bring some handicrafts as a local specialty to bring back. At that time, the phoenix painting easy to carry the symbolism of good luck, but also on behalf of their own to the emperor's hometown.

Phoenix paintings are famous at home and have been exported overseas. In the local East Street, there is a famous phoenix painting street. There are dozens of styles of phoenix paintings, such as: Danfeng Chao Yang, carrying a son to the court, a hundred birds facing the phoenix, phoenix playing peony, five phoenix buildings, and the rising sun and other paintings. There are ink and wash phoenix paintings rendered in ink, and there are also colorful phoenix paintings. Colorful phoenix paintings of pigments, including cinnabar rattan yellow stone lime stone green, etc. There are also hook gold decorations, made out of phoenix paintings golden colorful.

After the decline of the Ming Dynasty, the phoenix painting this delightful crafts from generation to generation, until the War of Resistance against Japan only two left. One was a craftsman with the surname Hua, and the other was Yin Jiecheng. Japanese invasion of Fengyang, Feng painting received destruction, Feng painting store all closed down, until the liberation of no one asked for.

The only living phoenix painting heirloom at that time was Yin Jiecheng, an old craftsman who painted phoenixes. The Japanese invaded Fengyang, and his father left the world with a grudge, but the precariousness of his life made the phoenix paintings unneeded at all. Only during the Chinese New Year festivals did he paint a few for his friends and relatives. The treasures of phoenix paintings and painting tools passed down from his ancestors were also carefully preserved, but they were burned in the later campaigns. The art of handmade phoenix paintings has gradually gone downhill due to the decline of talents and the decrease in demand, which is not promising.

Through the efforts of all sectors, Feng painting was recognized as an intangible cultural heritage in 2006, and the local government opened a high school program on Feng painting. Feng painting was featured on CCTV and other programs. Phoenix painting is actually a very good cultural and creative works, this has a very good color of the Han culture of intangible cultural heritage should be our learning and carry forward, phoenix singing nine gao, from generation to generation!