Zheng Banqiao, one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" in the Qing Dynasty, was a "romantic", cynical and stingy person. What he has walked throughout his life is a unique artistic path that surpasses his predecessors. His poems, calligraphy and paintings are known as the "Three Wonders" by the world. There was once a poem that read: "Writing orchids in Banqiao is like writing orchids, with graceful waves and strange ancient shapes. Writing orchids in Banqiao is like writing words, with beautiful leaves and sparse flowers showing their beauty" (Jiang Xinyu, Qing Dynasty). He made a precise artistic summary of the characteristics of Banqiao calligraphy and painting. Let’s first talk about his unique feature—Banqiao’s paintings. Zheng Banqiao has been painting all his life. "For more than fifty years, he did not paint other things, but only painted orchids and bamboos. He left us a series of "orchid pictures": "Young Orchid Picture", "Cong Lan Jing Picture"... His works The orchids in the paintings may stand boldly and proudly, as if they are disdainful of the powerful and unconventional; or they may be elegant and secluded, as if they are far away from the world and are leisurely and contented. Banqiao's highest achievements are his ink bamboo paintings, which also best reflect his style. "Strange". He once wrote an inscription in "Ink Bamboo Picture": "In the past, lay people in Dongpo made dead wood, bamboo and stone, so that if there were dead wood and stone but no bamboo, it would be dull and colorless. The rest of the bamboo and stone are definitely not taken from dead wood. If you want to paint bamboo, bamboo should be the main one, supplemented by stone. Today's stone is larger than bamboo, more numerous than bamboo, and it is also out of the ordinary. It does not adhere to ancient methods, does not adhere to one's own opinions, and is just living. "We can see from this that Banqiao's paintings are not bound by tradition and ancient methods, but dare to innovate and focus on creation. Therefore, his ink bamboo paintings are often "out of the ordinary". Big bamboo, small bamboo, old bamboo, clear bamboo, Rain bamboo, Phoenix tail bamboo, Buddhist bead bamboo... all have their own different charms and graces. After looking at his ink bamboo, you seem to be in a kingdom of bamboo, which makes you dazzled and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Let’s talk about Banqiao’s calligraphy: “Banqiao’s calligraphy is like writing orchid.” His calligraphy is as “strange” as his paintings, and is called “Banqiao style”. The ancients wrote in running script, official script, or cursive script. In regular script, one font is used to the end and never changes halfway; but Banqiao is different. Although a character is mainly composed of lines, there are some regular, cursive, official, seal and other fonts in the middle. This is his A strange thing. In addition, when Banqiao writes, his fonts are sometimes big and sometimes small, sometimes thick and sometimes light, sometimes long and sometimes flat, sometimes straight and sometimes crooked. This is another strange thing about him. It’s not surprising, it looks messy, but it’s orderly; it looks crooked, but it’s straight. Every word is related, and the words are in harmony. When you look at the whole article, it makes people feel that it is coordinated and beautiful. Let's talk about his last masterpiece - poetry. Most of Banqiao's poems are poems about pictures. He doesn't care about sculpture, but pays great attention to the creation of artistic conception and self-expression. He often expresses his cynical feelings through poetry. His poem on the painting: "The spring breeze and spring rain describe the beautiful face, and the quiet and elegant charm falls into the world. Now, who knows who is the best friend, breaks the birdbath and goes deeper into the mountain? "After reading this poem, it is not difficult for us to understand the author's lament that there are few close friends in the world. We can also see the author's detached, arrogant and confident characteristics. Zheng Banqiao is really a great master. But people in our era cannot objectively The "weirdness" of Banqiao should be evaluated from an artistic perspective, but only by appreciating it in conjunction with the social background of the time can we know the "excellence" among the weirdness.