Wenchang Murals in Hainan Traditional Dwellings

Wenchang people like to compare the decoration of houses, and it has always been a custom to paint murals when building houses. Murals are widely used and have a strong local flavor. There are two kinds of figure paintings, dragon, phoenix and unicorn, which symbolize good luck.

As for the layout of frescoes in residential buildings, the upper and both ends of the gatehouse, the herringbone eaves of the veranda in the main hall, the upper wall on the west side of the main hall gate, the door arch and the window arch are generally painted and decorated, which makes the whole house more elegant and solemn. Murals are widely used and have a strong local flavor. People like to draw folk mascots at home, such as magpies climbing plum blossoms on the main gallery; Or pine, bamboo and plum symbolizing noble character; In Happy Ever After, it means goldfish and begonia, as well as lotus and carp. On the wall on the west side of the main hall gate, if you draw a lion playing with a ball, the arch of the window door is often painted with pine cranes symbolizing longevity and the so-called rich shepherd Dan flowers. And people like to carve windows into happy characters. Among them, many residential murals are paper relief, lifelike, lifelike.

The color of these murals of Wenchang people will not fade for a long time, mainly because of the preparation of pigments. In the past, the pigment used by folk mural artists was a natural color powder stone, which was mixed with rice wine and brown sugar. Now, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, people begin to pay attention to architectural decoration. In order to adapt to this situation, folk mural artists not only inherited the high branches of traditional painters, but also made innovations in subject matter, composition and expression techniques. In addition, they are still working hard on color, using poster color, red, peacock orchid.