Jiangxi's wuyuan sketching report

Visiting place: wuyuan county, jiangxi province (mainly the east line and the north line natural landscape and humanistic landscape investigation);

Visiting time: from october 26th to november 2nd, 2004;

Visiting way: (1) humanistic landscape: investigating the locality and consulting with the related people, collecting related textual information, taking related pictures, and so on. (2) Natural landscape: taking relevant pictures, sketching on the spot, collecting relevant pictures, and so on.

1, the purpose of the study

"Division of creation" is an important source for the improvement of the painter's artistic level, therefore, the observation of life, the study of nature has an important significance for those who learn to paint, and the planned observation implies a clear purpose, and naturally the result is that for the unconscious observation, the harvest will also be twice as much as the result, and the gain will be twice as much as the gain. Harvest will also be twice the result with half the effort, which is also the purpose and significance of our visit. Our trip *** there are fourteen people, belonging to two majors, design and art and fine arts, different majors to study the focus is different, I am a fine arts major, so my first task is to collect creative materials, the focus of the study is on the natural landscape, as well as its and human landscape of the meaningful, traditional concept of the unity of man and nature of the combination, and the second is to increase the historical and cultural and architectural knowledge and increase the perceptual experience of these knowledge. The second is to increase the knowledge of history, culture and ancient architecture and to increase the perceptual experience of such knowledge.

2, the investigation process

The first station of this investigation is the east line, the second station is the west line. The east line mainly examined wuyuan county's jiangwan, xiaokei, wangkou and so on, the north line mainly examined sikou, qinghua ancient town, tuochuan, likeng, huangcun and so on. Generally speaking, first find some local informed people on the local special customs, folk customs, products, culture and tourist attractions for a preliminary understanding of the main purpose is to determine the next step of the investigation route and the difficulty factor, in fact, later also proved that this is the most time-saving practice, because for a place with a very deep cultural traditions, and the complexity of its topography sometimes also embodies a culture, such as the Rikeng Architectural planning has the spirit of gossip, like a labyrinth, if there is no prior preparation is likely to waste a lot of time on the road.

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Results of the study

This study tour is very fruitful, on the one hand, it has increased the perceptual understanding of the ancient architecture, accumulated traditional architectural knowledge, geographic knowledge, feng shui knowledge, planning knowledge, knowledge of ancient environmental protection and a variety of other humanities, and understanding of the wisdom of China's forefathers and cleverness; on the other hand, it has also accumulated a lot of information and pictures for the On the other hand, I have also accumulated a lot of data and pictures to collect good materials for artistic creation and further theoretical research. The following is the combination of this specialty, I think the more representative of the humanities or natural landscape to make some descriptions.

Wuyuan is an ancient county with a long history in northeastern Jiangxi Province, which is crowned as "the most beautiful countryside in China" by travel books. Neighboring Zhejiang and Anhui, it is rich in humanities and natural scenery. It is the hometown of Zhu Xi, the rationalist of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Zhan Tianyou, the father of China's railroads. Here the literary style is flourishing, the ancient monuments are all over, especially the ancient architecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties as the representative, and the natural scenery is more picturesque: fields, streams, ancient wood, bamboo surround the village, waterfalls, post road, road pavilion, arched bridges are scattered in the countryside. ...... wuyuan not only has the Jiangnan mountains and forests, the turquoise silk river, and there are also winding stone roads connecting one village by mountain and water, but also has a lot of natural scenery. The more prominent is the Hui architecture here, its style is reflected in the "pink wall Daiwa", that is, snow-white wall, green-black tile, the roof is engraved with various patterns of flying eaves and horns, pointing to the sky, in the blue sky and green trees reflecting the extra attention. Wuyuan ancient houses not only has the rich Huizhou characteristic, but also does not lack the unique pattern of craftsmanship.

Our first stop after our journey from Jingdezhen to Wuyuan was the town of Sikou. Historically known as a merchant village, the existing houses are mostly built during the Qianlong and Jiaqing years of the Qing Dynasty, and a small number of them were built in the Ming Dynasty. The architectural style of the houses is similar, mostly one-story to three-story wooden frame, surrounded by wind and fire walls, the main door for the Shikumenfang, water-worn brick facade. Layout is often three rooms, divided into the front hall, back hall, kitchen, before and after a shallow patio. Square pillars and stone base, lattice doors and windows, green stone pavement. The most marvelous thing is the vivid "three carvings" (wood carving, brick carving, stone carving) art of the ancient houses. Yan Village is famous for the architectural pattern of a group of houses, and if it rains, you can step on the glistening green stone road and walk to the end of the village from the head of the village, walk through the halls into the house without getting wet, and Yan Village now retains 57 ancient houses. The characteristics of the manor house are very special, and you can still catch the watercolor painting-like light, misty and nourishing images on the river bank surrounding Yan Village. The ancient dwellings in Sixi are characterized by a deep courtyard style, with gilt plaques, veranda parapets, patios and study halls, which are both solemn and interesting. In some villages, there are still some ancient stagecoach routes, which are like ribbons winding from village to village and stretching into the distance. Those larger villages have an idyllic Jiangnan style, with high and low trees, winding rivers, and scattered villages, with the flavor of a Chinese painting.

Wangkou ancient village, by the Song Dynasty discusses the doctor (the third grade) Yu Gao in the Da Guan years began to build, more than 1,100 years ago. Located in the west of Dongjiangwan Town, Wuyuan County, Wangkou, historically known as "the land of a thousand cigarettes", still has 500 households today, with more than 95 percent of the houses still retaining the characteristics and styles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancient village is located in a hilly area, surrounded by green hills and green water. Poetry says: "Birds' voices and chickens' songs are heard outside the village, and the water and mountains' colors are in the pavilion", so the scenery is very pleasant. Since the Song and Qing Dynasties, Wangkou has been blessed with a flourishing literary style and many talented people. Among them, there are 36 civil and military officials above the seventh grade, 10 bachelors and 33 volumes of writings. Therefore, it is known as the "book township".

Wangkou is the necessary place for Huizhou Prefecture land road through Wuyuan to Raozhou in Jiangxi Province, and it is also the wharf of Wuyuan County which connects with Northeast Township waterway and freights to Leping, Poyang, and Jiujiang, etc. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many shops here. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many stores, merchants and businessmen gathered here, and the scene was prosperous. Although it has undergone thousands of vicissitudes, there are many historical relics left behind. Including "Yu's Ancestral Hall", which is known as a "treasure house of art"; "Thousand-Year Old Street", which is a Huizhou-style building; and the simple and elegant "Yijing Hall", "Yijing Hall" and "Yijing Hall". The ancient and elegant "Yijing Hall", "Maode Hall", "Dafu Di" and "Yangshu House" and other residential houses. The natural and cultural landscape of Wangkou is very unique and colorful. Take the Yu Clan Ancestral Hall as an example, the building is of the Qing Dynasty's central axial hermitage style, with majestic momentum, rigorous layout, exquisite craftsmanship and unique style. The ancestral hall consists of a mountain gate, a hall of enjoyment, and a back bedchamber, with a garden on both sides, in which three ancient laurel trees spit out their fragrance every year. Ancestral arch, spine kiss, eaves citron, sparrow for, column base, all exquisite form, all wooden components are skillfully carved, there are large, medium and small of various forms and various patterns of more than a hundred groups. Knife method has shallow carving, deep carving, penetrating carving, round carving, delicate and delicate, exquisite. By the ancient architecture experts as "architectural art treasury". And the ancestral temple outside the clear stream like a belt, across the green mountains, the scenery is unique.

One of the places I found particularly picturesque on this trip was Xiaoqi. "Ancient trees are high and low, the sun is far and near the mountains, the smoke at the top of the forest is like a belt, and the water outside the village is like a ring". If wuyuan is a big green park then xiaokei village is a wonderful scenery. The simple and elegant Ming and Qing Dynasty houses, the winding and quiet streets and lanes, the green stone paved post road, the wild blue wind and clear natural environment, the ancient trees covering the sky, the heaven and man in one, Xiaokei can be called China's unique flavor of ancient culture and ecological village.

Xiaokei Village was founded in 787 A.D. There are dozens of houses in the village that have been maintained for more than 600 years, with distinctive styles and extraordinary atmosphere. The houses are of distinctive styles and have a remarkable atmosphere. The official houses of merchants, such as the first scholar's house, the first doctor's house, and the first honorary house, all reflect the splendor of this land of spirituality and beauty. A family of four scholars and four generations of a product is the sage left with the descendants of the valuable spiritual wealth. Xiaoqi ancestors advocate green, pay attention to and protect the environment is a strong evidence, more today's Xiaoqi added a few points of aura.

On the northern route, we mainly learned about Likeng. Likeng was originally called Liyuan. Built in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the village people read into the wind, advocating "read Zhu Zi section, serving Zhu Zi teaching, upholding Zhu Zi ritual", was praised by scholars and literati as "the source of science".

Over the centuries this remote village, adhering to the wind of diligent study, talent, has been out of the Shangshu Yu Maoheng, Dali Temple Secretary Yu Qiyuan, Secretary Yu Weishu, Governor Yu Ziyi and other officials above the seventh grade, 36 people, 16 people, 92 literati, writings up to 333 of the 582 volumes, of which 5 of 78 volumes were included in the "Siku Quanshu", see the former glory of Li Keng.

Today, the well-preserved ancient buildings include the "Official Hall" of Yu Ziyi, the Governor of Guangzhou during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, the "Heavenly Officials" of Yu Maoheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice during the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty, and the "Shangshu's Hall" of Yu Maoxue, the Right Servant of the Ministry of the Interior and the Minister of the Ministry of Public Works during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The "Shangshu Di" of Yu Maoxue, the "Sima Di" of Yu Weishu, the Secretary of State during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the "贻裕堂" of Yu Xianhui, a tea merchant during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the garden-style "Yunxi Villa", garden-style building "Hall of Flowers", and the legendary "Jinjiajing". These ancient buildings with white walls and tiles, flying eaves and bumpy corners, "three carvings" exquisite craftsmanship, scientific and reasonable layout, warm in winter and cool in summer, is the emerald of ecological civilization.

Tuochuan in the humanities landscape is not as good as its Rikeng and other places so the bottom of the rhyme, but from the point of view of the painting sketching is a "cross look into the ridge side into a peak" like a good place, where the trees in different forms, the streets and lanes less strict, more changes, the house is also staggered, and around the village there are rice paddies around, if the rice ripening and not yet harvested. When the rice is ripe and not yet harvested, we can get good compositions from different angles, and the symphony of colors formed by gold, silver, white, and black is surely beautiful. This may be the reason why it has become the preferred sketching base for many art schools.

Another thing I would like to mention is the water of wuyuan, it can be said that it is the living soul of wuyuan. Because of it, the scenery of wuyuan has a spirit, and it is as beautiful as a poem like a painting. And the bridge across it adds a lot of flavor. There is a wooden structure corridor bridge in Qinghua town. First built in the Song Dynasty, with a history of more than 800 years, due to Li Bai's "two water caught in the mirror, double bridge over the rainbow" and named "Rainbow Bridge", by six pavilions, five corridors constitute a promenade-style footbridge. A pavilion is built on each pier, and the span between the piers is called the corridor, so it is also called the Corridor Pavilion Bridge. From a distance, the pavilion is slightly higher than the corridor, forming a staggered, known as China's most beautiful corridor bridge.

The Rainbow Bridge's most important feature: the design is very scientific, one, the piers are like half a boat, the front is sharp, the back is flat, streamlined, and play a role in breaking down the impact of the flood on the piers. Second, the distance between the piers is not equal. This design, is based on the direction of flood water determined. The main flow through the place pier distance is larger, in favor of flooding, the impact of the bridge pier is also small. Third, the method of masonry between the stones to pay attention to. Abutment is with the length of different sizes of stones clamped together, small gaps, combined with a very strong. The whole bridge, in order to facilitate maintenance, the whole into pieces, each pavilion, corridor are independent, so as not to do because of a bad and affect the whole bridge.

In wuyuan, the scenery everywhere in your side, the most beautiful scenery, in your unconscious way appear. Sometimes the car a turn, the front reveals a row of "pink wall daiwa" residential, hidden in the ancient trees between the green hills; Sometimes a turn back, the distant mountains, clouds and mist, pine and bamboo continuous, as if the fairyland. Therefore, the deep accumulation of traditional culture combined with the intact preservation of natural resources, attracting tourists, but also painters, art college students and other unique sketching place. I also benefited a lot from this visit. Our line will be their own investigation of the information collected by the summary, categorization, and will be related to the electronic information and pictures burned into a CD-ROM, the implementation of information **** enjoy, and further improve the utilization rate of information.

4, the main problem

There are two problems, one is to travel, to wuyuan's climate and environmental understanding is not enough, so that the preparation is not enough, fortunately not sick and so on, otherwise it must affect the normal investigation progress. This is also for my future similar investigation and exploration provides a reference. The other one is not a problem, is the inspection time slightly early one to two weeks, most of the trees on the mountain is still green, for oil painting sketching may have certain influence, is not rich enough color, if later, the maple leaves red, may have a great change in the visual, of course, overall, this time the harvest is still great.