Reading comprehension: the folk art image of lamp painting

(1) Regarding the definition of light painting, the late folk artist Wang Shucun mentioned various lanterns, gauze lanterns, original lanterns and so on. In his "Folk Art". Among them, there is a kind of silk lantern painting, which is a silk painting painted on the lamp screen, so it is also called lamp painting. In addition to hand painting, there are also woodcut lamp paintings. Now Wuqiang, Southwest Shanxi and Shandong in Hebei Province also have woodcut operas in the Qing Dynasty.

(2) Wang Shucun defined lamp painting as the early form of chinese comic. He said: Most of the early lantern paintings were landscape flowers and birds. By the middle of the Qing Dynasty, due to the prevalence of traditional Chinese opera novels, a large number of traditional Chinese opera novels appeared in lamp paintings, such as Selling Horses, A Cluster of Snow, The Water Margin, Liaozhai and A Dream of Red Mansions.

(3) In addition to ordinary drama story lamp paintings, there are some paintings that may be called drama lamps. In the Three Kingdoms drama "Xu Mu scolded Cao", Cao Cao, wearing a red official uniform and an official hat, sat in a chair in front of a long table, right in the middle of the picture; In the lower left corner, Xu Mu, wearing a dark yellow robe, is leaning on a red cane in his right hand, and his left hand is stretched forward, pointing his finger in the direction of Cao Cao's face. The background on the upper left is a screen, which should be the scenery on the stage in shape. The chair that Cao Cao sits in is placed in front of a long table, which is also a description of the stage scene.

(4) The dramas painted (independent dramas) include heroes, golden branches and broken bridges. These operas are considered to be the works of the royal painter of Ruyi Pavilion in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, because there was a record in the archives of Ruyi Pavilion that Shen Zhenlin painted characters 18 pages. Shen Zhenlin was a court painter who was good at painting figures and landscapes during Tongzhi period. It is said that the painters of Ruyige didn't sign their names as usual: the other kind is novel illustrations and characters, which they think belong to the path and despise signing names.

Besides historical dramas, there are also some family ethics dramas and emotional dramas. In a scene of selling water, Li Yangui stood outside the garden with a load of water on his shoulder, dressed in shabby clothes, but still with a little scholar's refined temperament. There are also four figures in the garden, such as Mrs. Folding Fan, a group fan maid and an old mother on crutches, which makes people suspect that it is the West Chamber.

⑥ Lamp painting is the picture effect of light reflection. Generally speaking, lamp painting pays attention to the vivid expression of characters and bright color contrast, and has no detailed requirements on the proportion of human body and the details of facial features. Usually it's just a random painting. At that time, these lamp paintings may be very common folk paintings. Because of their age, they look kind and simple today, especially the expressions of the characters, which are almost unforgettable. Zhang Qin, a collector, said that the images of these people are actually very kind.

(The number of Science Grand View Garden 14(20 10) has been abridged)

5. From the text, as a traditional culture, what are the characteristics of lamp painting? Please give a brief overview.

6. The article introduces in particular what is the intention of Ruyige painter to sign two kinds of works without convention?

7. The language of popular science is mainly explanation, but this paper describes the scenes in "Scold Cao" and "Sell Water" with vivid language. How to understand this?

8. At the end of the article, it is said that people's images are actually very kind, but they are never frivolous. Does this view contradict some people's view that folk culture is vulgar? Please combine the full text and talk about your own views.

Reference answer:

5.① From the perspective of creative themes, most of them were landscape flowers and birds in the early stage, and most of them were opera novels after the middle of Qing Dynasty; (2) From the perspective of production methods, there are hand-painted and woodcut; (3) From the form of expression, there are drama story lamp painting and drama lamp painting; (4) Light painting is usually more casual, focusing on the vivid expression of characters and bright color contrast.

6. On the one hand, it shows the great influence of lamp painting, and the royal painters also paint for it, taking care of each other with the lamp library set up by the palace interior office in the Qing Dynasty (2 points). On the other hand, it can be seen that the painter of Ruyige thinks that it is a path and is not worth signing, which highlights the status of lamp painting in society (2 points).

7.① The language of popular science is mainly explanation, but description is often used to visualize the object of explanation. ② Using descriptive techniques to describe the scenes in "Scold Cao" and "Sell Water" is more helpful for readers to understand the artistic material and artistic value of lamp painting. "Scold Cao" embodies the characteristics that lamp paintings are based on historical dramas, and "Selling Water" embodies the characteristics that lamp paintings reflect delicate life feelings.

8. The vulgarization of non-contradictory folk culture refers to vulgarity, not vulgarity, not to mention the frivolity of lamp painting. Literally, some lamp paintings are based on historical dramas and draw on ancient and modern stories, such as Scolding Cao. The scene is outstanding and the characters are distinct, leaving people with endless imagination space. Even if the content is easy to understand, it vividly reproduces the pictures in literature, which is profound and rich.