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What does silk book mean?

Silk book refers to calligraphy and painting based on silk book.

Silk book is a kind of material used for calligraphy and painting, which is made of natural or artificial silk fabrics. Silk is delicate, smooth, elastic, absorbent and breathable, and is suitable for drawing works with delicate lines and rich colors. In the history of China, silk calligraphy was widely used in calligraphy and painting, especially in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Calligraphers at that time liked to create with silk books, because the texture and color of silk books could well express their feelings and artistic conception.

With the passage of time, the application scope of silk copies has gradually expanded, not only in the field of calligraphy and painting, but also in printing, textile and other industries. Now, silk has become an irreplaceable important material, and its quality and characteristics are constantly improving and upgrading. In a word, silk is an excellent material, and its unique properties make it an indispensable part in painting, calligraphy, printing, textile and other fields. No matter from the historical or modern point of view, silk books are of great significance and value.

Silk sentence making

1. Although these meticulous silk paintings were created by traditional painting techniques in China, the artists showed a strong contemporary artistic meaning by distorting the image of potted plants.

2. The landscape of the lot was originally made of colored paper, so it should be revised into colored silk.

3, no money, full picture, Southern Song Dynasty, silk book, 26.9 cm long.

Confucius painted on silk in the Song Dynasty is said to have been painted by Ma Lin, a court painter in the Southern Song Dynasty. He has a prominent forehead, a plump nose, teeth sticking out of his lips, and a big robe with big sleeves.

When characters are painted on silk, silk or silk fabrics, they are called silk books.

6. I once saw an ink painting of Zhu Da's pine deer in Anhui, which was painted on silk.