The Peach Blossom Fairy refers to Tang Bohu.
Tang Yin (March 6, 1470 - January 7, 1524), also known as Bohu, later changed to Ziwei, also known as Liuru Jushi, Taohua Nunnery Master, Tang Sheng of Lu State, and Fleeing Zen Immortal Officials, etc., are from Lachao, Suzhou Prefecture, South Zhili, and Wuxian County. Famous painter, calligrapher and poet in Ming Dynasty.
Tang Yinzai's painting, together with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, and Qiu Ying, is known as the "Four Schools of Wu Clan" (or the Four Schools of Ming Dynasty). Li Tang and Liu Songnian, the patriarchal painters, integrated the northern and southern painting schools, with delicate brushwork and clear layout. , elegant and handsome style.
The figure painter inherited the tradition of the Tang Dynasty, with bright and elegant colors, graceful posture and accurate modeling; he also used freehand brushwork of figures with simple, comprehensive and interesting strokes. His paintings of flowers, plums, eggplants and birds are better than freehand ink paintings, free and elegant. The calligraphy is unique and handsome, and is modeled after Zhao Mengfu. In poetry, together with Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing, he is known as the "Four Talents in Wuzhong".
The origin of the Peach Blossom Fairy
The Peach Blossom Fairy comes from "The Song of Peach Blossom Temple" written by Tang Yin, a painter, writer and poet in the Ming Dynasty. The Peach Blossom Fairy plants peach trees and picks peach blossoms for wine money.”
In this poem, the poet refers to himself as the Peach Blossom Fairy, using the words “old and dead in the wine room” and “bowing in front of the carriage” to refer to the two respectively. A completely different way of life, and the rich and the poor each have their own losses, forming a sharp and strong contrast, showing his true heart with a vulgar and negative side in his ordinary reality, with a cynical mood.