Tong Guan (about 907-960) was born in Chang 'an (now Xi, Shaanxi). Painters of the Back Beam in the Five Dynasties. First, pass it on. The year of birth and death is unknown. In his early years, he painted landscapes, studied under Hao Jing, studied hard, and almost forgot to eat or sleep. The mountains and rivers he painted can show the characteristics and majestic momentum of the mountains and rivers in Guanshan area. Mi Fei in the Northern Song Dynasty said that he was "diligent in harvesting rivers, and the peaks were less delicate". Guan Tong's conception of landscape painting can surpass Hao Jing's model and reveal his unique style, which is called Guanjia Landscape. His painting style is simple, and his image is bright and eye-catching, which is called "the simpler the pen, the stronger the spirit, the less the scenery and the longer the meaning". Guan Tong likes to shoot life scenes such as autumn mountain, cold forest, village residence, wild crossing, secluded people and scholars, fishing village hills, etc., which can make the audience immersive, "carefree as snow in Baqiao, while the Three Gorges listen to apes", which has a strong artistic appeal. Critics say that his achievements in his later years are better than Hao Jing's "Looking at You", and he is a powerful successor of Hao Jing School of Painting, and he is also known as Jing Guan with Hao Jing. People in the Northern Song Dynasty listed him with Li Cheng and Fan Kuan as "three outstanding men", which had a great influence. Guan Tong's handed down works include "Waiting for the Mountain" and "Travel Map of Guanshan". Waiting to cross the mountain ridge depicts people waiting to cross the water bank at the foot of a big mountain. In the painting, the mountains are majestic, the stones are solid, and the weather is magnificent and desolate. Discussion with Song people Guanshan landscape "Sitting on a dangerous peak overlooking a poor valley, outstanding can be achieved in one stroke" (Addendum to five famous paintings) The Travel Map of Guanshan depicts a trip to barren hills and wild shops in late autumn. Simple and powerful, profound scenery, rich changes in reality and reality, interspersed with various character activities, making the picture more vivid.
According to Song History, Guan Tong was not good at drawing, and often asked Hu Yi to draw for him. Hu Yi, Peng Yun, was a painter of the Five Dynasties. He is mainly active in Houliang, and he is good at painting Buddhist and Taoist figures, horses and chariots on the balcony and copying ancient times.
There are 94 royal Tibetan paintings recorded in Xuanhe picture book, including Autumn Mountain Map, Jiangshan Fishing Boat Map and Chunshan Temple Map. His works handed down from ancient times include "Mountain Stream Waiting for Crossing Axis" and "Mountain Travel Axis", all of which are said to have been made by him and recorded in "Three Hundred Paintings of the Forbidden City".