100 Appreciation of Line Drawing Techniques in Looking at the Lake and Pavilion Snow

In the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Dai's "Watching Snow in the Lake Pavilion" described the snow scene: rime, clouds, mountains, water and white. The shadow on the lake is only the trace of a long bank. There is a small pavilion in the middle of the lake, a mustard and Yu Zhou, and there are only two or three people on board. The phrase "rime ... white up and down" describes the magic of nature, and the world is full of white. The use of "one" is particularly ingenious, which gives a panoramic view of the magnificent, hazy and quiet beauty that is difficult to distinguish between the sky, the sea of clouds and the lake at night. "The shadows on the lake ... just two or three." In a word, it captures the characteristics of the snow scene at night: the snow night is white, except for the shadow on the lake seen by the snow, which is only like an engraved lake embankment. The pavilion in the lake is also set off as big as ink spots, while the ship and the people inside are as small as mud and rice grains. This miniature exaggeration and figurative metaphor not only vividly depicts the quiet and seemingly ingenious wonders on the lake, but also contrasts with the vast scenery in the previous sentence, making people feel how small people are in such a vast world of ice and snow-it can really be described as "a drop in the ocean"! For those of us who are in peace and prosperity, there is still such a sigh when we read this. Isn't there a sigh for the author in the Ming and Qing Dynasties? In this way, just two sentences not only let us have an empty and vast world of ice and snow, as quiet as a fairy tale. It also makes people deeply feel the author's philosophy of life and the infinite feelings that have nowhere to tell in their hearts. The huge space left for readers to think between the lines is like the empty world of "sky and clouds, mountains, water, up and down" presented in concise words, and readers can imagine and guess at will. This is line drawing, which needs no modification. With the village, let's go. Seemingly frugal and simple, it actually creates an "artistic blank" for readers to re-create and deeply associate, so as to taste the meaning outside the painting.