What are the painting characteristics of bamboo and stone?

In Zheng Xie's bamboo stone paintings, bamboo as an independent painting species appeared very early. In the Tang and Five Dynasties, bamboo was painted with thick ink, while in the Northern Song Dynasty, thick ink was used as the surface and light ink was used as the back. Su Shi and later generations of Zhao Mengfu and Wang Bo all took this as their religion, focusing on realism: thick bamboo poles, thin bamboo leaves and accurate structural proportions. In the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Xie became one of them, creating a unique "Banqiao Bamboo" with a simplified shape. The bamboo pole is thin and tough, and the leaves are as fat as willow and peach leaves, as if they were ugly. Moreover, the modesty and self-improvement of bamboo is endowed with firm and noble meaning. "Bamboo Stone Map" is a work of Banqiao in 62 years, with several bamboos and stones. It is simple and meaningful. Looking at the overall situation, the momentum is handsome and unique. The posture of bamboo makes it sparse, looking forward to love, the stone is straight, thin and hard, the pen is smart and refreshing, and the thick stone of bamboo is light, thick and light, reflecting and interesting. The lines of the poems and paintings are unique, and the size, inclination, density and shade are arranged neatly, which makes the poems and paintings blend together harmoniously, enhances the formal beauty of the composition, and expresses their thoughts and creative motives through the inscription and postscript. "Yesterday, Dongpo lay man made a dead bamboo stone, so there was no dead bamboo stone, but it remained colorless. Yu Zuozhu is a solid stone instead of dead wood, which is intended to draw bamboo, and bamboo is mainly supplemented by stone. Today, stone is bigger than bamboo, and it is also because of special circumstances. It does not stick to the ancient law, does not hold its own views, but lives. My eldest brother is a family member, so I thank him for painting on the 9th. " Seal of "Seven Official Ears" and "Chen Bing Jinshi".

Shunzhi to the early years of Kangxi. During this period, literati landscape painting flourished and formed two completely different artistic pursuits. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Four Kings Painting School, which inherited Dong Qichang's mantle, took antique as its purpose, was valued by the royal family and occupied an orthodox position in the painting world. A group of Ming Dynasty painters living in the south of the Yangtze River, with lyrical paintings and pioneering spirit in art, are represented by the Eight Schools of Jinling, the Four Monks and the Xin 'an School.