"The Sound of Frogs Ten Miles from the Mountain Spring" originated from a photocopy of Mr. Lao She's letter to Qi Baishi asking for a painting. This letter solved a big mystery. When Mr. Lao She wrote this letter, he used two pens and two colors, one was written with a brush and the other was written with a red ink pen. This mixed form, The best hint as to the value of this letter became the key to a great mystery. It is a joint discussion of high-level art theory by a writer and a calligrapher and painter in the field of art. The original popular saying is that after Qi Baishi received the poem sent by Mr. Lao She, he spent three days and three nights thinking about how to realize Mr. Lao She's idea, that is, turning it into a concrete picture, using simple pen and ink against the backdrop of a distant mountain. Below, a torrent flows out from the rocks in the mountain stream. Six tadpoles sway down the stream in the torrent, which reminds people of the cries of frogs during the mating season. Although there is not a single frog in the picture, it is still possible to vaguely hear the sound of frogs in the distance, which is combined with the sound of rushing spring water to play a pleasant movement, creating the effect of a continuous sound of frogs. Old Man Baishi created such a beautiful artistic conception with his qualities as a poet, his genius as a painter, and his temperament as a literati, integrating poetry and painting into one, accurately expressing the connotation of the poem, and reaching the point of "painting within a poem, poetry within a painting" in Chinese painting. high level. Another way of saying it is to draw a frog, just a few tadpoles swimming against the water, with rocks next to them. Arouse the accumulation of life, expand association and imagination, and you will feel a kind of artistic beauty from it, restoring the picture to the reality of life. From the tadpoles in the picture, tadpoles are transformed from frog eggs, and naturally we think of frogs; before frogs mate, they have a period of lovemaking, and they keep chirping. This is "listening to the sound of frogs." .
Mr. Lao She’s letter is copied as follows:
“The old man respectfully gave me a two-foot small painting of four things, with a cold and solemn mood.
(1) Green moss quilt The cold sparrows peck at the steps of Yuyang Mountain
Use the moss stone as the steps, and the two or three sparrows peck lightly
(2) The sound of frogs comes out of the mountain spring ten miles away, and the tadpoles fight for four or five times. , swaying with the water; there are no frogs but the sound of frogs can be imagined.
(3) The melancholy lights are more suitable for autumn and autumn.
A lamp blows obliquely, and a yellow leaf floats on it. Autumn is coming.
(4) It is necessary to plant bamboos high in the clouds and use the new bamboo poles of Yushan.
A gift of 300,000 people's coupons will be given to the elderly. Don't blame me for being shabby!
Thank you, Lao She.