What does the green landscape in Chinese painting mean?

Green landscape, a kind of Chinese painting, starring Shi Qing and Shi Qing. Both pigments belong to mineral pigments, which are divided into large turquoise and small turquoise. The former has more hooks, fewer strokes, strong coloring and strong decoration; The latter is dominated by the light color of ink and wash.

Generally speaking, green landscape can be divided into two types: the green edge of the pen and the green edge of the pen. Blue-green landscape [Chinese painting painted in blue-green]

The former is characterized by work-induced brushwork. From the Six Dynasties until the Tang Dynasty, Li Licai established the basic creative characteristics of green landscapes. Around the turn of the Song Dynasty, there were three categories: Jinbi landscape, big green landscape and little green landscape. Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties developed and influenced each other, and little green landscape prevailed. The golden landscape is magnificent, the big green landscape is better than brilliant, and the small green landscape is beautiful. The latter appeared in the late Ming Dynasty, represented by the boneless colorful landscapes in Lan Ying. Later, on this basis, it developed into a colorful landscape founded by Zhang Daqian and Liu Haisu in modern times. Boneless heavy color is better than gorgeous color, and green splash color is better than warm and hearty. Lin Rongsheng, Xu Jun, Nima Zeren, Qi and other outstanding painters in the field of meticulous landscape painting.

As a technique of Chinese painting, "green landscape" is mainly composed of mineral pigments azurite and azurite, showing colorful mountains, valleys and nymphs. Green landscape is divided into big green and small green. The former has more hooks, fewer strokes and heavier coloring; The latter is dominated by ink and wash, which plays an important role in ancient painting art. The green landscape was founded in the Tang Dynasty, and has been developed and passed down by several generations of painters, forming a stylized expression method. However, it is very difficult to draw it well. Wang Shigu, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" in the Qing Dynasty, said: "Anyone who is young should be serious in body and light in spirit. The strength lies in shading, and the green method will take more than 30 years to reach its best. " In other words, turquoise can't be painted without ink painting skills. There are many modern painters who are good at green landscapes, such as Zhang Daqian, Huang, Huang Shanshou, Xie, He, etc. They are all masters of green landscape painting and enjoy a high reputation in the painting world.