What does Jinling No.8 School mean? What are the characteristics of landscape painting style?

Gong Xian is the leader of the "Eight Jinling Families", and ranks alongside Fan Yin, Gao Cen, Zou Zhe, Wu Hong, Ye Xin, Hu Mao and Xie Xun. They got their name because they all grew up in Nanjing. Their characteristic is that they are not influenced by the wind of learning from the past, but get inspiration from real life experience and nature, and their works are more realistic. Most of them live in seclusion, wandering between Jianghuai and selling paintings for a living. At the same time, they often get together, sing songs about wine, and sing with poetry and calligraphy. The painting styles of "Four Great Monks" and "Eight Sons of Jinling" had a far-reaching influence on the later development of China landscape painting.