Xiaoxian county has a history of more than 6000 years of civilization and a history of 3 100 years of city building. It is the birthplace of Han culture and filial piety culture, with cultural sites left over from the late Neolithic period, such as Jinzhai cultural site and Huajiamiao site. Xiaoxian, known as the "state of literature", is the hometown of calligraphy and painting art in China, folk culture and art in China and a cultural relic county in Anhui Province.
There are Huangzangyu National Forest Park in Xiaoxian County and Caiwa, the former site of the General Front Committee of Huaihai Campaign. Due to the influence of the Yellow River flood, Xiaoxian County has formed a combination of three different natural areas, namely, the southwest plain, the old Yellow River highland and the southeast shallow mountainous area, which mainly belong to the Huanghuai impact plain.
Xiaoxian water system belongs to Huaihe River basin, which belongs to three major water systems: the new Bianhe River, the old Yellow River and Wang Yin. Xiaoxian county is located in the transitional zone between the north subtropical zone and the warm temperate zone, which belongs to the temperate monsoon climate and has the characteristics of both north and south climate.
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Painting and calligraphy in Xiaoxian County was called Song painting in ancient times, and Liangzhu culture appeared thousands of years ago. The tradition of calligraphy and painting continued to the Ming Dynasty, and in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the "Dragon City Painting School" was formed, which was mainly based on folk Chinese painting and ink freehand brushwork, and was well known by Xu Huai. Modern Xiaoxian County is known as the hometown of Chinese painting. Xiao, the representative of the thought, founded the Jianghuai freehand brushwork school. 1993 was named "the hometown of calligraphy and painting art in China" by the Ministry of Culture.
By September of 20 15, there were more than 40,000 painters and more than 400 members of the National Calligraphy and Painting Association.
Longcheng school of painting
"Dragon City Painting School" originated in the late Ming Dynasty, formed in the middle of Qing Dynasty, and developed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The influential painters in this period are, Wu, Lu, Hou Zian, Xie Laizhan, Wang, Yuan Rulin and so on.
They broke through the "Four Kings" painting style that enveloped the painting world, pursued the new trend of the times, had strong freehand brushwork, vigorous and bold realism, natural imitation and a strong flavor of life. Their artistic ideas tend to be consistent, their techniques tend to be consistent, and they merge the north and the south, forming a new painting style and genre. Because of its great influence, the activity center is in Longcheng, so it is called "Longcheng Painting School". ?
Jianghuai school of painting
Xiao Longshi is the founder of Jianghuai freehand brushwork school. After decades of inheritance and development, he has made great achievements. Some "Longmen Bachelor" have emerged in Anhui painting circle, and even become the backbone.