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Paintings about the Dragon Boat Festival

chinaculture.org | Updated: 2013-06-07 14:39

Paintings about the Dragon Boat Festival

A woodcut about Qu Yuan, by Chen Hongshou, the Ming Dynasty

In 1616, Chen Hongshou drew 11 inserts within two days for Xiaoshan Laiqin's Notes for The Songs of Chu (Chu Ci Shu Zhu). They were created in accordance with Qu Yuan's Nine Songs (Jiu Ge). Chen then made a woodcut painting called Qu Yuan Sang while Walking (Quzi Xing Yin Tu), which reveals the scene when Qu Yuan was banished to Xupu Xian County. Since then, people have regarded Qu Yuan's appearance as it is shown in the drawing. In the Qing Dynasty, Huang Yingchen drew Qu Yuan Divined How to Conduct Himself (Qu Yuan Bu Ju Tu) under Emperor Shunzhi's order.

Paintings about the Dragon Boat Festival

Qu Yuan Divined How to Conduct Himself (Qu Yuan Bu Ju Tu) by Huang Yingchen, the Qing Dynasty

In modern times, Fu Baoshi and Lu Yanshao also created such works. In the 1940s, Fu Baoshi began to draw portraits for Qu Yuan to commemorate his loyalty and literary achievements, and to inspire more people to struggle for 皇冠体育app's future. Fu's Portrait of Qu Yuan (Qu Yuan Tu), kept in the Palace Museum, exhibits how Qu Yuan behaved when he was banished, as described in Fisherman (Yu Fu). Fu also drew pictures about Qu Yuan in the summer of 1942 and on the Dragon Boat Festival of 1947 respectively. In 2007, a portrait of Qu Yuan drawn by Lu Shaoyan was sold at the price of 1.05 millon.

Paintings about the Dragon Boat Festival

Paintings about the Dragon Boat Festival

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