Characteristics of Zhong Kui Painting of Ling Bi Zhong Kui Painting

Allegorizing and sending sentiments is a major feature of the art of Zhong Kui painting of Lingbi. Lingbi Zhong Kui paintings have come into people's lives, mostly related to folk psychology. People worship Zhong Kui to drive away evils and eliminate disasters, and to pray for good fortune and send good wishes. Successive generations of Lingbi Zhong Kui painters in the creation of clever use of borrowed objects to imply, or the text of the same sound harmonization of artistic techniques, the formation of the mouth color auspicious language. Over the past hundreds of years, the masterpieces have been colorful and shining, enriching the creative content of Lingbi Zhong Kui paintings, emitting a strong aroma of earth, perceiving the local conditions of Lingbi Zhong Kui paintings, and recognizing the artistic aesthetics of folk art, which is "earthy but not ugly" and "vulgar but not hurtful to elegance". Aesthetic interest of folk art.　　1, harmonic ideology Bat is a must-painted belonging in Lingbi Zhong Kui painting, it is the eye of embellishment, but also the essence of the theme of Lingbi Zhong Kui painting. It not only sets off the vividness of the picture, but mainly points out and symbolizes the theme of Zhong Kui as the "God of Fortune". Zhong Kui is known as the "God of Fortune", which means to drive away evil spirits and bring good fortune. The word for bat is the same as the word for happiness, so Zhong Kui is often depicted with a bat (called a "bat in the sky") or two bats (meaning "double happiness"). Therefore, Zhong Kui is often painted with one bat (called "sky bat") or two bats (meaning "double happiness"), and some are painted with five bats (meaning "five happiness") according to the needs of the composition to express the theme of Zhong Kui paintings. Lingbi Zhong Kui painting around the word "Fu" (bat) created a lot of harmonic auspicious paintings. For example, Zhong Kui is painted holding a sword and looking up at the bats flying in the air, taking "holding a sword" as a harmonic for "seeing only good fortune". Zhong Kui riding on a horse, a bat came to meet his face, meaning "immediately blessed". Zhong Kui holds a tablet in his hand and points to a bat flying in the clouds, inscribed "Fortune comes from heaven". Zhong Kui holding a jug of wine, looking up at the bat, entitled "JINJUGGUO GETS FORTUNE" ("JINJUGGUO" means "promotion"). Zhong Kui is holding a vase full of seasonal flowers, titled "Four Seasons of Peace". The Zhong Kui is holding a pair of persimmons, inscribed "Everything is as it should be". The Zhong Kui is carrying a boy on his shoulder, inscribed with the words "I look forward to having a son". Because Zhong Kui is also known as "Judge" or "Judge", which is derived from the harmonization of "Judge" and "Hope". And so on and so forth.　　2、To objects to send feelings With the help of natural objects, or to symbolize good luck, or to lash out at the abuse of objects, or to send peace. Enrich the cultural content of Lingbi Zhong Kui painting and strengthen the local flavor of folk art.　　Lingbi Zhong Kui painting often painted Zhong Kui holding bushel leaves and mugwort. The leaves of the bushes are shaped like swords and are also known as "bushes and swords". Mugwort is a Chinese herb that can remove filth and avoid the plague. The fifth month of the lunar calendar for the "evil month", May 5, the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, hanging next to the door of the family wormwood, to drive away evil and eliminate disasters. On this day, children are also with ai leaf incense package, "five poison" shall not be close to the body. Qi Min Requirements": "is also the day, yin and yang fight, blood scattered. Proverbs, "May 5th Day Festival in the sky, red mouth and white tongue all eliminated." Folk are coated with Xionghuang in the ears and nose, drink calamus wine, hanging Zhong Kui statue, set up incense, praying to drive away evil spirits and diseases. On this day, Lingbi Zhong Kui painting store more active, according to legend, May 5 is Zhong Kui's birthday to this day at noon when the eyes of the Zhong Kui most "spirit should", so May 5 to Bibi to buy auspicious works of the crowd like a tide. Reflects the interaction between Lingbi Zhong Kui painting and folk activities.　　There are also: the Dragon Boat Festival Zhong Kui painting feet on the "five poisons" (poisonous snakes, scorpions, centipedes, toads, lizards) wielding a sword, entitled "Chopping the five poisons". Painting Zhong Kui beside a spider hanging down, meaning "joy from heaven". According to: spiders are good at making webs and catching poisonous mosquitoes and evil bees. Ancient people regarded spiders as magical beads, so the spider symbolizes the joy, also known as "happy beads".　　Lingbi Zhong Kui painting must be stamped with "Lingbi County Seal" on the top, which is a unique symbol of Lingbi Zhong Kui painting. This is a unique symbol of Lingbi Zhong Kui painting. It is a symbol, but also has the meaning of sending sentiments. In the Qing Dynasty, there is also a record in No Less Than Tape Editing that "the one with the county seal on it is especially Ling Ying Yun". The "County Seal" is the seal of the county, which is called the "County Seal" because all the seals of the county were written in seal script in ancient times. What is the meaning? According to Song Huang Shangu in the trek Pan Hou collection of "five prime ministers of the book", citing the Taoist borrowed the county seal but the trouble, said "county seal can be a hundred miles of trouble and happiness, but also can be ominous". Accordingly, the county seal on the Lingbi Zhong Kui painting is also a witchcraft concept as a nightmare, but also a "consigning things to feelings" approach. In addition, there are historical legends: according to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, believed in Lingbi Zhong Kui painting at a young age that it had the spirit of dispelling evils and bestowing blessings, and on the eve of Spring Festival in the first year of his ascension to the throne, the ministers went to Lingbi and bought Zhong Kui paintings to be distributed to the ministers to show their care and favor, which was later regarded as a customary practice. Later, Zhu Di ascended to the throne in Beijing, the year Yongle, following the example of the previous dynasty, but also the old system. In the Chenghua era, Emperor Xianzong, Zhu Jishen, ascended the throne. Emperor Xianzong love of painting and calligraphy, especially good at the statue of God, also like to make Zhong Kui, he loved Ling Bi Zhong Kui painting. After his accession to the throne, the oracle Lingbi Zhong Kui painting as tribute, every year to Lingbi County Zhao hundred Jinjing, given to the court and the old Hoon important ministers, used to get rid of evil blessings. In order to show the authenticity of Lingbi Zhong Kui paintings, each of them is stamped with Lingbi County seal, and the cloth is in the shape of "Pin", as a sign of Lingbi tribute. Later on, Lingbi Zhong Kui painters also put county seal on the commodity paintings, which has been passed down for a long time and has become a stereotype. Lingbi Zhong Kui painting can be sold every year tens of thousands of paper, if the county government office to cover the county seal is impossible, Lingbi County, the "county seal" of the temple of the city god, but came into play. In ancient times, the god of the city for the netherworld of the county officials, there is also a copper "Lingbi County seal", and the real county seal is largely the same, so this "county seal" has become the Lingbi Zhong Kui painter **** with.　　3, the edge of things up to the Zhong Kui Ling Bi Zhong Kui painter's Zhong Kui, often with the image of the grotesque, witty, humorous people love, but also the "poor scholar", "clean official" image of the people to move with emotion. Lingbi Zhong Kui paintings often show Zhong Kui in rags, broken shoes and hats, riding on Qianqian donkeys, holding broken umbrellas, picking broken lamps, shaking a broken fan, showing Zhong Kui all righteousness, two-sleeved, noble and honest character, and the world to see the corrupt ghosts, enrichment ghosts, vampires, forming a sharp contrast. Through the picture, the viewer can be made aware of the law and be admonished, and the world can be persuaded of the virtues.　　In the traditional "Four Broken Pictures" of Lingbi Zhong Kui, the Zhong Kui is wearing broken clothes, boots, umbrella and lamp. Zhong Kui in the night of snow and cold rain, despite the suffering of the freezing ground and cold weather, still competing to patrol, everywhere to catch the evil spirits. Painter and tied to the "limerick" cloud: "Clothes broken can still sew, boots broken can still walk, umbrella broken can still be engine, lamp broken still bright. Don't laugh at my righteous literati too shabby, please look at that, greedy ghosts see me from the submerged form, after all, is the body of positive pressure on the evil real heroes. People respect virtue and honesty, and hate the wickedness and corruption of the rich and unkind. Seeing the "four broken map", chat feeling cozy, comforting the soul. Cao Zhi once said, "The picture is also a warning." Lingbi Zhong Kui painting is the same.　　4, melting ancient soul cast Lingbi Zhong Kui painting has a long history and rich cultural deposits. Its ancient Chinese myths and legends, folk stories, ancient history, mutual penetration, cultural connotation is more profound. The traditional theme of Lingbi Zhong Kui Painting, "Zhong Kui Divine Beasts, Umbrella and Eight Brocade Screens", is reflected more fully.　　Zhong Kui Divine Beasts and Umbrellas in Eight Brocade Screens" is unique in both form and content. This picture takes "four panels screen" or "eight panels screen" form, in order to figure eight different shapes Zhong Kui riding eight different beasts, eight different attendants holding eight different umbrellas so named. This eight kinds of beasts are all from ancient literature, such as "Regulus", "Classic of the Mountains and Seas", "Fu Rui Zhi", "Chopping Ghosts" and so on, the source has its own, each has its own, fully embodies the Ling Bi Zhong Kui painting and ancient culture and canonical books of each other melting and penetration and intercommunication **** fusion, and heartily constitutes the Chinese nation of the profound and profound national culture. For example: one of Zhong Kui's mounts is the "White Zephyr", the White Zephyr beast was originally in the "Regulus Chronicle": "The emperor patrols and hunts, east to the sea, climbed the Huan Mountain, on the seashore to get the White Zephyr beast, able to speak, because of the world to ask about the ghosts and gods." According to the Smokey Scatterer "Ghost Chopper", it is slightly clouded: Yama gave "White Zephyr" and Zhong Kui as a mount, said "White Zephyr" was originally changed by Bo Zexu, only because of the harm done to Wu Zixu, who was relegated to the Yin Mountain. After hundreds of years of self-hatred, he has a desire to turn over a new leaf, so he is given to Zhong Kui to help kill ghosts and demons to atone for his sins. The second mount is the Xiezhi (獬豸). According to the "Shenyi Jing" cloud: "the Northeast in the desert there are beasts such as sheep, sex loyalty and straight, see people fighting is not straight, heard people argue that it is not correct, the name is Xiezhi, a Renfa beast". The third said "cunning", according to the "West Times Neijing" cloud: "cunning shape like a horse, white body black tail, a corner, tiger teeth and claws, eating tigers and leopards, can defend the military". The fourth said "corner end", see "Song Shu - Fu Rui Zhi". Zhi Yun: "Horn end of the day travel eight thousand miles, and know the language of the four barbarians, know the remote things outside the square. Cover the white zephyr and so on". The rest of the mounts are zouwu, flying yellow, Linlin and rhinoceros and other categories. Are taken from the ancient myths of loyalty, courage, knowledge of ghosts, soldiers, any law, good behavior and symbol of good luck for the beast, from here you can see the Lingbi Zhong Kui painting within the size but has a profound cultural connotation, "eight brocade screen" is a masterpiece of national culture. This form of Zhong Kui painting is the history of any painter, or any place of the New Year's Paintings have not appeared, it is the most Lingbi characteristics of Zhong Kui painting masterpiece. It has rich culture, unique style, marvelous conception, original technique, unique and distinctive.　　Zhong Kui culture is an important part of Chinese national culture, reflecting the potential psychology of our nation that has been passed down from generation to generation since ancient times. It has gone through a stage of self-indulgence with the omnipotence of witchcraft, and the totem worship and praying for sacrifice behaviors are precisely originated from the imagination of the supernatural power existence that the forefathers had ****. Lingbi Zhongkui painting is the carrier of the ancient Chinese national culture, exploring deeper and higher. It originated in Xuan Yuan, started in the Sheng Tang, Chu wind and Tang Yun, with a thousand. Lingbi Zhong Kui painting is a combination of folk painting, court painting and literati painting; it has the dual value of spiritual culture and aesthetic function, integrating the history of religion, folklore history, philosophy, art history and literature history. In today's aesthetic interest, it and literati painting is a complementary ****existence of integrated Chinese art forms, because it has a high historical value, humanistic value, aesthetic value and academic value, is a global multicultural system of outstanding characteristics of the mysterious and profound one. She is immortalized in the psyche of the Chinese people, and shines brightly in the world's art garden!