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1. Ping
Ping is a Chinese character vocabulary with a total of 9 strokes. The radical is corpse, which is a polyphonic character. The Chinese pinyin is píng, bǐng, bīng. The meaning of the word "screen" is to cover, a banner for calligraphy and painting. It can be interpreted as suppressing or stopping.
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1. Screen
Screen is a kind of furniture used to block the wind inside traditional Chinese buildings. It is called "screening its wind" . As an important part of traditional furniture, screens have a long history. Screens are generally displayed in prominent locations indoors, serving the functions of separation, beautification, wind protection, and coordination. It complements and integrates with classical furniture, becoming an inseparable whole of Chinese home decoration, showing a harmonious and tranquil beauty.
2. Types of screens
There are many types of screens, most of which are divided according to shape, theme, material and craftsmanship. There are many types of screens recorded in ancient books. The Han Dynasty's "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" states that "there is a wooden painted screen in the Zhaoyang Hall where Zhao Hede lived." "Book of the Tang Dynasty" has "Fang Xuanling collected ancient and modern family commandments on the screen". Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, said in a poem: "The cold autumn light of silver candles paints the screen, and the small light fan blows at the flowing fireflies.
The sky is as cold as water at night, and I lie down and watch the Altair and Vega." Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty wrote "Chuanyang Shuo" In an article questioning the idiom "a hundred steps can cross a poplar", Emperor Qianlong ordered craftsmen to make 12 folding screens and personally wrote the full text of 538 words on the screens with ink.
Based on the shape, screens can be divided into insert screens (also known as seat screens), folding screens (also known as curved screens), hanging screens, Kang screens, and table screens (also known as inkstone screens).
Based on subject matter, screens include historical allusions, literary classics, religious myths, folklore, landscape figures, dragons, phoenixes, flowers and birds, and some have calligraphy and painting mounted on the screen or direct calligraphy and painting on the screen.
In addition, there are elegant and unique ancient screens, which are based on antique utensils and exquisite accessories, often decorated with flower arrangements, and have a unique bookish atmosphere, which means that "discussing the ancients is nothing more than talent and learning, and learning can connect the world." people".
According to materials and craftsmanship, screens include lacquer screens, wood carving screens, stone screens, silk screens, mica screens, glass screens, glazed screens, bamboo and rattan screens, metal screens, inlaid enamel screens, and inlaid magnet screens. Film screens, stainless steel screens, etc.
Screens made with different techniques have their own merits. The jade inlay type has clear layers and is exquisite and translucent; the gold lacquer painting type has bright colors and is as brilliant as a brocade; the carved and filled gold type has smooth lines and is magnificent; the carved gray and glossy type has a blade Sharp and powerful.
The large types of lacquer screens generally use pine wood as the fetal frame. The wood is stable and not easy to crack and deform. Some high-end screens are painted with lacquer and carved, and the frames are made of high-end woods such as rosewood and rosewood.