Masterpieces of Heavy Brushwork

To date, many murals and paintings on silk in the tombs of the Qin and Han dynasties have been unearthed, as well as murals in the Yongle Palace during the Yuan Dynasty, murals in the Fahai Temple during the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, and a large number of heavy-colored murals in Dunhuang are all outstanding examples of heavy-colored paintings. In addition, the painting on silk found in the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province, is said to be the earliest piece of work-brush, heavy-color religious ritual paintings found in China, with clever compositions, fine line drawings, and brilliant colors, showing that the work-brush, heavy-color painting technique had reached a very mature stage at that time.

Scroll painting is even more colorful, the Sui Dynasty show Ziqi's "Spring Tour" is a very typical brushwork heavy color green landscape, the Tang Dynasty "hairpin ladies", the Song Dynasty birds and flowers album, Huang Chyuan and other works of brushwork is very wonderful. Among the old generation of modern painters, the works of the great figures: Liu Lingcang, Huang Jun, Ren Ruying, Wang Shuhui, Pan Jiezi, etc.; and the works of the great bird and flower painters: Yu Fei'an, Yu Zhi'zhen, and Tian Shiguang, etc., are all classics.