"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" depicts the early autumn scenery on both sides of the Fuchun River. It is fascinating to unfold the scroll and watch people move with the scenery. Among the trees and jungles, some fishermen are fishing, or one person is sitting alone in a thatched pavilion, leaning on the railing, watching the ducks floating and sinking in the water. For eternity, it seems as if time has stood still and things and I have been forgotten. The close-up view shows the color of the water on the slope bank, the peaks and hills, the Pituo Shazhu, and the distant mountains are vague and slowly unfolding. However, the river is vast and the sky and water are the same color, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" depicts the hooks and cracks of the rocks, using the pen to twist and turn, as if they were made by nature. The long robe is made of hemp, withered and wet, and he has profound skills, free and easy and quite aura. The ink used in the whole picture is light and elegant. Only the rocks are covered with a layer of almost transparent ink, and a slightly darker ink is used to dye the sand stains and wave shadows of the distant mountains and riverside. The thick ink is used to dot the moss and leaves, which is eye-catching and natural. The whole picture is full of beautiful forest hills and lush vegetation. It is full of the poetry of a hermit wandering leisurely in the forest and springs, scattered and indifferent, exuding a strong atmosphere of Jiangnan literati. The quiet and scattered special appearance of Yuan paintings and another transformation of Chinese landscape painting were completed here, and the lyricism of Yuan paintings is also fully seen in this volume.
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"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" had a profound influence on later generations, especially on the tradition of Zhejiang School painters. On the basis of adhering to the tradition of the Zhejiang School, Zhejiang painters actively adjust and update their artistic, aesthetic and life views. They innovate and develop the tradition while absorbing the artistic nutrition represented by "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". The new look of Zhejiang style pen and ink. They brought the unique effects of ink and rice paper to Chinese paintings such as "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" to the extreme.
“The pen and ink are to Chinese painting what the soul is to the body. Masters of the Zhejiang School such as Huang Binhong and Lu Yanshao are still a variant of the landscape painting of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" in their bones." There is strength and vigor in the magnificence. There is a substantial artistic layout in the great emptiness, which is itself in the original meaning of Zhejiang style landscape.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (an ink painting on paper created by Huang Gongwang of the Yuan Dynasty)