Dai Quheng's "Eight Views of Xia Huai", collected by the National Palace Museum, Taipei, China. Ink and color on paper, eight open, 14.6 cm long, 31.8 cm wide, each open has Jiaqing Emperor's regular script imperial inscription poem, created in the midsummer of 1808 AD. The picture is clean and clean, the color is elegant, the summer acacia is green like a cover, and the paper is cool!
The locust tree, one of the "six gentlemen of trees", is a tall pinnate compound leaf tree, widely planted in the north and south of the Central Plains since ancient times, has strong vitality, can grow for decades, and has a particularly strong ability to adapt to the environment, so the locust tree has the meaning of blessing peace, health and auspiciousness. The classics of traditional Chinese medicine "Hug Puzi" and "Materia Medica" all record that Huaizi has the effect of brightening black hair and longevity. In ancient Chinese, Huai is associated with officials, especially referring to the dignitaries of the three dukes. Huai also refers to scientific research, because Huai and Kui are similar, there are many Kui Xing Shenjun and the auspicious beauty of entering the department.
The changes of the four seasons of the locust tree are also vivid in his paintings, from the knowledge of "Huai City Hengjing", to the grand occasion of "Huai Huang Trial", and then to the tranquility of "Huai Gu Feigan", each stroke is full of stories and emotions. What is even more precious is that each painting is accompanied by an inscription poem by Emperor Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty, which makes the artistic value of this set of paintings even higher. Become a treasure of Chinese culture.
Huai City crossed
Huai Huang tried to lift
Huai Street Keji
The cicadas groaned on the road
Huai Dance Dragon
Huaiyin and the moon
Huai Hall tea
Huai Gu Feigan