Ink and heavy color landscape painting "Huangyue Xiongzi - Nine Degrees of Clouds and Sea to Discern the Ancient and Modern Times".

Paintings featured

1. The soul of Huangshan Mountain, the symphony of color and ink:
   • The main peak is rendered in “ink and color method”, the mountain is chapped with thick ink like iron casting tendons and bones, light ochre and stone green layers cover the rock wall, simulating the vicissitudes of the granite of Huangshan Mountain, which has been subjected to rain and frost, the top of the peak is painted in titanium white to simulate the cold light of the snowy top, and the clouds and mist on the mountainside are left in white like the swimming dragons coiled up, forming a collision of rigidity and flexibility. “Iron bone hidden clouds” of the rigid-flexible collision;
   • Pine forest to “crab claw branch method” to write gnarled branches, burnt ink hook pine needles into a “wheel-like” dense clusters, Shiqing dyeing the shadow of the crown, vermilion brighten the new leaves, hidden “thousands of years of pines and waves surging emerald, ten thousand ravines of autumn color red! “The tension of life is hidden in this painting.
2. Poetry and painting shine together, and time and space are superimposed:
   • The right side of the inscription poem in regular script is like a knife carving, “The eye wears a thousand waves in the sea of clouds”, “A hundred years and nine times I have climbed to this place”, etc. and the picture constitute the intertextual relationship of “poetry is the soul of the painting, and the painting is the poetic realm”, and the ink color of calligraphy fluctuates with the mood of the poem. The ink color of the calligraphy rises and falls with the mood of the poem, from the somber staccato of “Gengzi Shouyan” to the dashing brushwork of “Huangyue’s majestic appearance in ancient and modern times”, forming a visual rhythm;
   • The inscription is inscribed with a seal in vermilion, “Shape to serve the country” (from the poem, “There is a shape in the middle to serve the country”), and a seal in white, “Nine Nights of Lotus”, with a strong and vigorous seal-carving technique, which echoes with the texture of the mountains in the picture. The seal carving is strong and powerful, echoing the texture of the rocks and mountains in the picture.
3. The clouds and the sea create an environment in which movement and static are balanced:
   • The clouds in the mountains are expressed by the “wet brush and broken ink method”, the clouds near the scene are swept with light ink as if they were waves lapping at the shore, and the clouds in the distance are dyed with water as if they were raw silk, building a three-dimensional space of “thousands of waves” through the difference in ink color;
   • In the lower left corner of the picture, a red-robed scholar looks up at the sea of clouds, his clothing pattern with withered brushes and flying white to imitate the mountain winds, and the right side of the poem to form the narrative tension of “human movement and word silence”.

Detailed depiction

• Mountain rocks and pine rhythms:
  • The main peak of the “axe chapped” and “folded belt chapped” intertwined, the sunny side of the white as the sword blade cold, the yin side of the moss traces mottled with stone green mixed ink chapped, rock crevices dotted with vermilion-colored wild maple, like the “iron armor to hide the red The visual spectacle of “Iron Armor Hidden Red”;
  • Ancient pine trunk with burnt ink “trembling pen” sketch cracks, pine needles in five groups of “peacock screen” like radiation, the top of the Shi green brightened by the light side, the bottom of the blue rendering shadows, implying that “wood to the sun! This is in keeping with the natural law of “wood grows towards the sun”.
• Clouds and spirits:
  • The edge of the sea of clouds is ink-broken with water to form a plush texture, and the middle layer of mist is lightly coated with titanium white to resemble moonlight pouring down, and the white “clear sky mirror” at the summit (from the poem “a round of love will be eyed up by a mirror in the sky”) constitutes the mood of “the light of the sky and the shadow of the clouds hovering together”. “The mountain path is hidden by a green donkey carrying a book;
  • The green donkey carrying a book is hidden in the mountain path, and the donkey’s back shows fluffy hair with light ink and silk hair method, while the book case is made of ochre outlining to simulate the texture of bamboo, which is a metaphor for the literati tradition of asking for help from the Huangshan Mountain.
• Inscribed with a poem and seal:
  • Vertical rows of poems like cliffs and waterfalls, the strokes from the “gengzi shouyan hands over purple” of the heavy momentum, to the “ear heat together with the old ancient sound” of the dashing flow, the ink from thick to light to form a musical rhythm;
  • The corner seal, “Nine Degrees of Ascension,” is in full white seal script, with a knife mark as if it were chiseled in the Yellow Mountains, and in vermilion, “Huangyue Xinyin,” in the lower right corner of the picture, forming the aesthetic of “one vermilion, one white, one sparse, one dense,” the aesthetics of the seals.

Artistic Value

1. Contemporary echoes of the Xin’an School of Painting:
   • Inheriting the Huangshan sketching tradition of Gengjiang’s “dry brush and thirsty ink”, and integrating Lu Yanshao’s dynamic expression of “hooking clouds and leaving white”, and innovating the “glazed red” ceramic haloing technique in red leaf coloring, the ancient method is revitalized with a new charm. The ancient method is revitalized with a new charm;
2. The aesthetics of poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing:
   • Through the visual translation of the poem “Eyes on the Sea of Clouds and a Thousand Levels of Waves” and the clouds and waves of the picture, it realizes the sublimation of the meaning of “the eye of the poem is the eye of the painting”, and the content of the seal and the theme of the picture form a “multi-dimensional explanation” of the deep well of culture. The content of the seal and the theme of the picture form a “multidimensional explanation” of the deep well of culture;
3. A declaration of landscape across time and space:
   • It can be used as a reclining medium for the traditional literati to “clarify their minds and observe the Tao”, and its strong color contrast and compositional tension can also be used to connect with modern abstract art, becoming a spiritual landmark on the walls of art museums and in contemporary homes.

Suitable Scene

• Corporate boardroom: mounted on ebony screen, the majesty of mountains symbolizes the foundation of the enterprise, the change of the sea of clouds is a metaphor for the strategic vision, and the inscription poem “Reporting the Heart of China” fits the expression of social responsibility;
• Culture and elegance space: with the display of Sheyan inkstone and Hui ink, the details of the painting “green donkey carrying a book” can trigger the dialogue of “Huizhou culture”, and the red maple leaves activate the color rhythm of the space;
• Tea room meditation hall: with cast iron pots and bamboo tea mats, the ethereality of the sea of clouds and the steadfastness of the rocks form a meditation carrier for “cultivating tranquility in motion”, and the poem “Ancient Sound” and “Nine Degrees” allude to the cycle of the tea ceremony. The poem “Ancient Sound” and “Nine Degrees” allude to the beauty of the tea ceremony.

Purchase

1. Framing suggestions:
   • Traditional style: damask silk framed as a green landscape vertical scroll with a carved chicken-wing wood cloud patterned head, suitable for ceremonial exhibition and tasting;
   • Contemporary: brushed aluminum alloy frame lined with coarse linen backing, retaining the original texture of the picture, suitable for minimalist spaces.
2. Conservation Guide:
   • Avoid direct sunlight causing the cinnabar to fade, it is recommended to cover the picture with rice paper every three years and place it in a camphor wood box for cool storage;
   • Dusting with silk herringbone rows of brush one-way sweeping, mildew treatment needs to be high purity alcohol wipe, handed over to the non-heritage framers “unmounted full color”.

✨ Core Highlights

• Three greats in one: painting the bones of Mount Huangshan, poetry condenses the soul of the clouds and sea, and printing casts the spirit of gold and stone, realizing the contemporary paradigm of “three greats of Xin’an”;
• Five senses are connected: viewing the clouds can touch the moist mountain wind, listening to the pine seems to hear the echo of the empty valley, and reading the poem is like tasting the sweetness of the old tea, realizing the immersive experience of “outside the painting”;
• A Thousand Autumns and a Moment: the weight of time of “a hundred years and nine times of this visit” is solidified in a square inch, so that the coolness of Gradual River and the richness of Huang Binhong can have a dialogue in this space.

Collection Significance
The majestic posture of Huangyue – nine degrees of clouds and sea to identify the ancient and modern” is not only a reflection of the scenic beauty of Mount Huangshan, but also an “epic of Huizhou engraved on rice paper”. Whether as a family heritage to continue the cultural genes of “reading mountains as history”, or hanging in the modern space to highlight the spiritual realm of “mountain high is the peak of man”, can let the viewer in the ink between the pale, think of Shih Tao, “Mount Huangshan is my teacher, I am a friend of Mount Huangshan”. I am a friend of Huangshan”, and guard the holy mountain in the hustle and bustle of the city.