Recommended Boutique ----Fan Zeng's "Eight immortals"
在源远流长的中国发展史上，早在新石器时期就已经有具有展示一种民族信仰、愿望和美化装饰的作用的一些在石器上雕刻的象形图案了。纵观世界艺术史，国画是我国特有的一种绘画艺术形式，而中国画有着悠久的历史和丰富的遗产，从已知独幅的战国帛画算起，至今已有2000余年的历史。如果从内蒙古、甘肃、山东、新疆以及东北各地的原始岩画和1986年发现于甘肃秦安大地湾原始地画来看，它的历史已不下5000年。
In the long history of Chinese development, as early as the Neolithic period, there have been some pictograms carved on stone tools that have the function of showing a national belief, desire and beautifying decoration. Throughout the history of world art, Chinese painting is a unique form of painting art in China, and Chinese painting has a long history and rich heritage, from the known only painting in the Warring States period, so far more than 2,000 years of history. If we look at the original rock paintings in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Shandong, Xinjiang and Northeast China, and the original land paintings found in 1986 in the Earth Bay of Qin 'an, Gansu, it has a history of no less than 5000 years.
我公司近期征集了范曾款“八仙图”一幅，卷轴长133cm，宽65cm。图中绘有中国神话中最具代表的八仙形象，此人物画中采用中国画的各种特有的艺术绘画形式，运用丰富的色彩和工笔、写意、白描、淡彩等手法把八仙的形象刻画的栩栩如生，生动传神，构图精妙，寓意深远。卷中下方有范曾手书“八仙图”及其绘画此图时的心理意境描写，并有画家本人的名字落款。
Our company recently collected Fan Zeng's "Eight immortals map" with a scroll length of 133cm and width of 65cm. The picture depicts the most representative image of the eight immortals in Chinese mythology. This figure painting adopts various unique artistic painting forms of Chinese painting, and uses rich colors and techniques such as meticulous brushwork, freehand brushwork, white painting and light color to depict the image of the eight immortals to life and vividly convey the spirit, with exquisite composition and far-reaching meaning. In the lower part of the volume, there is Fan Zeng's handwritten "Eight immortals" and the description of the psychological mood when painting this picture, and the painter's own name is signed.
值得介绍的是，范曾先生是中国当代著名学者，书画巨匠，散文家，艺术理论家，美学家，教育家，鉴赏家，杂学家，讲演家，社会活动家，慈善家，诗人。是一位全能画家，人物、鬼神、山水、楼阁、花木、鸟兽无所不精。现为北京大学讲席教授、中国画法研究院名誉院长，南开大学终身教授、终身校董、文学院及历史学院博士生导师，中国艺术研究院终身研究员、博士生导师，中国国家博物馆书画院名誉院长，联合国教科文组织“多元文化特别顾问”，中华文化国际传播顾问和交流大使。是享誉海内外兼通诗书画、文史哲、儒释道易又博贯中西的学界泰斗，画册文论皆著作等身，已出版200余部，国家图书馆珍藏其中130部。提倡“回归古典、回归自然”，身体力行“以诗为魂、以书为骨”的美学原则，对中国文人画的发展厥功至钜，作品《戴高乐像》《百战功高颂赵云》等被习近平总书记作为国礼赠送外宾，几十年来，先生捐赠全国各地的书画作品价值60多亿元，曾被命名为“中国十大慈善家之一”。杨振宁先生曾评价范曾的艺术造诣已经达到了千年事的境界。东方学大师季羡林评价：我认识范曾有一个三部曲：第一步认为他只是个画家，第二步认为他是一个国学家，第三步认为他是一个思想家。在这三个方面，他都有精湛深邃的造诣。
It is worth introducing that Mr. Fan Zeng is a famous contemporary Chinese scholar, painting giant, essayist, art theorist, esthetician, educator, connoisseur, miscellaneous scientist, lecturer, social activist, philanthropist, poet. He is an all-around painter, figures, ghosts and gods, mountains and rivers, pavilions, flowers and trees, birds and animals are not fine. Currently, he is a professor at Peking University, honorary President of the Chinese Academy of Painting, tenured professor and tenured board member of Nankai University, doctoral supervisor of the School of Literature and History, tenured researcher and doctoral supervisor of the Chinese Academy of Arts, honorary President of the National Museum of China, UNESCO "Special Adviser on Multiculturalism", Consultant and Ambassador for international communication of Chinese Culture. He is a renowned scholar who is well versed in poetry, calligraphy, literature, history and philosophy, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Yi, and has a wide range of Chinese and Western works. He has published more than 200 works on literary theory, 130 of which are collected by the National Library. He has been named "one of China's top ten philanthropists". Mr. Yang Zhenning once commented that Fan Zeng's artistic attainments have reached the realm of a thousand years. Ji Xianlin, a master of Oriental Studies, commented: I know Fan Zeng in a trilogy: the first step is that he is just a painter, the second step is that he is a nationalist, and the third step is that he is a thinker. In these three aspects, he has exquisite profound attainments.
艺术可以传递思想境界，所以回归到此幅作品的内容中，也能体味出更深层次的寓意。“图有意，意吉祥”，图中八仙即道教中八位惩恶扬善、济世济贫的神仙，共七男一女，分别为汉钟离、张果老、韩湘子、铁拐李、曹国舅、吕洞宾、蓝采和及何仙姑。他们侠肝义胆、乐善好施，深受人们喜爱和崇拜，在民间流传甚广。在民间传说中，八仙分别代表着男、女、老、少、富、贵、贫、贱，由于八仙均为凡人得道，所以个性与百姓较为接近，晚近为道教中相当重要的神仙代表，中国许多地方都有八仙宫，迎神赛会也都少不了八仙。俗称八仙所持的檀板、扇子、洞箫、渔鼓、宝剑、葫芦、荷花、花篮等八物为“八宝”，代表八仙之品。八仙与道教许多神仙不同，均来自人间，而且都有多彩多姿的凡间故事，之后才得道，与一般神仙道貌岸然的形象截然不同，所以深受民众喜爱，其中有将军、皇亲国戚、叫花子、道士等等，并非生而为仙，八仙也常出现在年画、刺绣、瓷器、花灯及戏剧之中，相传八仙也会定期赴西王母蟠桃大会祝寿，所以“八仙祝寿”也成为民间艺术常见的的祝寿题材。
Art can convey the realm of thought, so returning to the content of this work, you can also appreciate the deeper meaning. The eight immortals in the picture are seven men and one woman, namely Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, Han Xiangzi, Tie Guai Li, Cao Guojiu, Lu Dongbin, LAN Caihe and He Xiangu. They are chivalrous and benevolent, deeply loved and worshipped by people, and spread widely among the people. In folklore, the eight immortals respectively represent male, female, old, young, rich, rich, rich, poor and cheap, because the eight immortals are all for ordinary people to achieve the way, so the personality is closer to the common people, and in recent times, it has been a very important fairy representative in Taoism, there are eight immortals in many places in China, and there are eight immortals in the competition to welcome gods. Commonly known as the eight immortals holding sandalboard, fan, cave flute, fishing drum, sword, gourd, lotus, flower basket and other eight things for the "eight treasures", representing the eight immortals. The Eight immortals are different from many Taoist immortals. They all come from the human world, and they all have colorful stories about the earth before they achieve the Tao. They are completely different from the sanctimonious image of ordinary immortals, so they are loved by the people. According to legend, the eight immortals will also regularly go to the West Queen Mother flat peach conference to celebrate their birthday, so "Eight immortals wish their birthday" has also become a common birthday theme in folk art.
八仙各具神通，代表着不同的品质和意义，象征着各种现实和精神上的追求和成就。仙寓意八仙过海、各显神通，又有一帆风顺、万事如意之美好祝福。八仙代表了人类不同方面的价值观和追求，比如韩湘子代表了诗歌和文学，象征着人们对善良和慈悲的追求；何仙姑代表了女性的坚强和自信，象征着女性在社会生活中的地位和角色等，表达了人类文化的多元性和丰富性。他们的传说中融入了中国传统哲学思想，对于人们的道德和精神生活具有深刻的启示和影响。真则为神仙，幻则为众生，万变不离其宗，八仙图这种打通仙界和凡间隐秘通道的图案，在传统文化语境中具有一种独特的象征性意义，长寿是一方面，而更宏大的寓意是众生对神仙这一群体所代表的逍遥自在和无忧无虑的自在状态的一种全方位全身心的向往，从某种意义上说八仙图所蕴含的幽深浩渺的吉祥寓意，在各种传统吉祥图中是当之无愧的登峰造极的一枝独秀的代言图腾。
Each of the eight immortals has supernatural powers, representing different qualities and meanings, symbolizing various realistic and spiritual pursuits and achievements. Fairy meaning eight immortals across the sea, each show their magic, and have smooth sailing, all the best wishes. The eight immortals represent different aspects of human values and pursuits. For example, Han Xiangzi represents poetry and literature, symbolizing people's pursuit of kindness and compassion. He Xiangu represents the strong and confident women, symbolizes the status and role of women in social life, and expresses the diversity and richness of human culture. Their legends are infused with traditional Chinese philosophy, which has profound enlightenment and influence on people's moral and spiritual life. The Eight immortals, a pattern that opens the secret passage between the celestial world and the mortal world, has a unique symbolic significance in the traditional cultural context. Longevity is one aspect, and the larger meaning is that sentient beings aspire to the carefree and carefree state represented by the group of immortals. In a sense, the deep and vast auspicious meaning contained in the Eight Immortalities is a well-deserved endorsement totem in all kinds of traditional auspicious pictures.
人人都想让自己的家庭平安吉祥，富贵有余。八仙图极具中国传统文化的特点，所以在选择家中的装饰画，赠送亲友或者自己珍藏都会选择寓意吉祥的人物画，这幅八仙图就让福气和驱魔镇宅报平安的功效全都具备了。人们都知道八仙是从凡人经历重重磨难后，终于修成正果，所以寓意也是很励志的。此幅画作无论是从作家本身来说还是从内容的含义来讲都是难得的收藏珍品。
Everyone wants their family to be safe and prosperous. The eight imbeciles map has the characteristics of traditional Chinese culture, so in the selection of decorative paintings at home, gifts to relatives and friends or their own collection will choose auspicious figure paintings, this picture of the eight imbeciles let the blessing and exorcism town house reported peace effect all have. People all know that the eight immortals have experienced many hardships and finally achieved positive results, so the moral is also very inspirational. This painting is a rare collection treasure, both from the author itself and from the meaning of the content.
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