Eui Joon Kim

画里有除了很多的山以外、还有河、瀑布、各种各样的树、一座桥和一个人。这幅画是水墨画,所以画的颜色只是黑色的。画家在绢上画画儿。在这幅画的右边有画家写的诗。因为这幅画的大自然比风景里的人大很多,所以我选了这幅画。

1470年,唐伯虎出生在明朝,他家的社会地位不太高。他是中国的学士、画家和诗人。他是背运的天才。他小时候很努力学习,他要在政府工作。可是他考科举考试的时候,他的朋友徐經搞不正之风,因么唐伯虎蒙受冤枉。

韓愈说,如果东西不均衡,这个东西发出声音。如果东西因为幸福而不均衡,它发出高兴的声音。如果东西因悲哀不均衡,它发出悲痛的声音。我觉得画里的人是唐伯虎。再说,我也觉得,我在画里听到的是他悲痛的声音,因为他不能在政府工作。

 

Translation:

Other than lot of mountains, this painting also has pond, waterfall, various kinds of trees, bridge and a person. This painting is Chinese-Ink Painting, so its only color is black. The painter drew this paint on silk. The painter’s poem is written on the right corner of painting. I chose this painting, because its background nature is so large compared to the person.

In 1470, Tang Bohu (唐伯虎) was born during Ming Dynasty as a low social class. He was a Chinese scholar, painter and poet. He was an unfortunate genius. He studied hard during his youth and wanted to work for the government. However on his way to the governmental examination, his hometown friend Xu Jing(徐經) cheated on the test, and Tang Bohu was also accused for his friend’s crime.

According to Han Yu韓愈(768-824), the objects make sound when they are off balance. When object is unbalanced due to happiness, it makes happy sound; when object is unbalanced due to sadness, it makes sad sound. I believe the person in the painting is Tang Bohu. I also believe that the sound he listens to is very sad, because he cannot work for the government.

Ana M. Beain

九成宫-袁江 (The Palace of Nine Perfections by Yuan Jiang)

    这张画里有皇帝的宫殿,叫九成宫,它离西安很近。宫楼有绿色的和蓝色的,和宫楼外边有山、树和水。这整张画不是一张画,而十二卷画卷。在这张画中你可以看这坐宫楼大得很。虽然这张画很大,但你也可以看很多小内容。如果你审视,你连人都可以看见。

袁江是清代艺术家。他住在扬州市。他的画常常有宫楼有山。他的画是唐代和宋代风格。我选这张画,因为我喜欢可以仔细审视和看小的内容。

宫楼好像跟世界隔绝了,很安静。如果我去这座宫楼,我想去探险,因为我觉得旧楼很有意思。我想走去很远的楼, 这个楼离湖很近,给我安静的感觉。有的人说九成宫很大,为了去别的楼你得骑马。在这张画你可以看天桥里有的人骑马。不过,九成宫在唐代消失了,所以我们没办法知道关于九成宫更多的东西。

This painting shows an imperial palace near Xi’an called the Palace of Nine Perfections. It shows the palace’s buildings in blue and green surrounded by mountains, trees, and water. . It’s not one painting, but actually 12 different scrolls In this painting you can see that the palace is very large, the buildings are spread out all over a large area. Because this painting is so large, there are a lot of details you can see too. If you look very closely, you can even see people.

Yuan Jiang was a Qing Dynasty artist. He lived in Yangzhou. His paintings often contained pictures of palaces and landscapes, and he painted in the Tang and Song Dynasty Style. I chose this painting because I liked being able to look closely and see all the tiny details.

The palace shown in this painting seems very isolated from the rest of the world, it seems very isolated, but also very peaceful. If I went to this palace I would like to completely explore all the buildings, because I think old buildings are very interesting. I’d like to walk out to the furthest building, this building is near a lake and gives me a peaceful impression. Some people said that Jiu Cheng Palace was so big that in order to get to other buildings you would have to ride a horse. In this painting you can see some people on horses in the walkways. However, this palace was destroyed in the Tang Dynasty, so we do not know.

Dhondup Tso King

这张风水绘画真是五颜六色。 在远方,一座高大的山通过细雾达到了最高峰。在这幅画的右侧有两座瀑布,从郁郁葱葱的树与草中流下来。 你可以想像瀑布水的声音是很安静的。

在天上, 明亮的红太阳照耀着这美丽的景观。 在附近的山崖上种植着一些绿色的小树苗和另外的植物。 在绘画的中间,有一个人坐在一艘小船里。 他身边的水有大量的水雾。 他的小船上有个小篷子。 水是明亮的蓝颜色。水中有些小石头。在左上与右下角,两只鸟打开了黑色和白色的翅膀,准备飞向天空。

听说。 古典风水画的开创者们是早期的环保主义者。这幅绘画是一位风水大师画的。 我看到这件绘画时,觉得很漂亮,因为它描绘了宁静的环境。我很喜欢瀑布,特别是多色的植物。 看起来,这位画家是面向太阳的方向坐在一个山崖上把这绘画画下的。所以,他给我的感觉就像我也坐在现场,看风景,看太阳升起。

This Feng Shui painting is really colorful. In the far distant, a tall mountain is peaking through the thin fogs. On the right side of the painting, there are two waterfalls flowing out through the lush green trees and plants. You can imagine the sound of the waterfall, very peaceful. Up in the sky, the bright, red sun is shining on the beautiful landscape. There are small brushes and other plants growing on the nearby cliffs.

In the middle of the painting, there is a gentleman sitting in a small boat. Surrounding him, there is a great amount of water mist. Looks like his small boat has a shelter. The water is bright blue. There are some small rocks standing in the water. On the upper-left and bottom-right corner of the painting, two birds with their black and white wings open; ready to fly into the sky.

Heard that ancient Feng Shui practitioners were early environmentalists. A Feng Shui master painted this painting. When I saw this painting, I though it was very beautiful, because it depicts a tranquil environment. I love waterfalls, particularly colorful plants. Looks like the painter sat on a cliff facing the sun and painted this picture. Therefore, he gave me the feeling that I am also sitting at the scene watch the sunrise.

Jane Seungwon Song

    这幅画是张择端全景式的画。这画的名字是《清明上河图》。这幅画里,张择端表现农村的春天,很忙的汴河港口,和兴旺汴京的街路。这幅画上也有很大的汴河,很多人,和那个世纪的建筑。

张择端是山东人,他是南宋的宫廷画师。他的画风是山水,他的画风对中国风景画历史很重要。《清明上河图》是张择端仅存的画。

这幅画非常有名,因为它表现了那个世纪的皇帝、 贵族和平民的生活方式。很多史学家们觉得这幅画表现出南宋世纪的开封的特色和有钱人和穷人的生活。这幅画也有名是因为它精确地描绘了建筑、人们、船舶、市场、商店、桥梁和风景。这幅画描绘了五百五十多人不同的姿态和表情。很多人觉得这幅画是中国的《Mona Lisa》。

虽然这幅画表现贵族和平民的生活方式,但是我觉得如果张择端也画别的季节,可以表现更多平民的苦难。因为春天是最好的季节,而平民们在夏天和冬天会遭受到更多的痛苦。

This panoramic painting is by Zhang Zeduan. The name of this painting is Along side the river in Qingming. Zhang Zeduan shows the spring in rural areas, busy Bian River ports, and thriving streets of Bianjing. This painting also has the big Bian River, many people, and this time period’s architecture.

Zhang Zeduan is a native of Shandong. He was a court painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. His style of painting was called “shan shui.” His style of painting was very important to the history of Chinese landscape painting. Alongside the River in Qingming is the only surviving painting of Zhang Zeduan.

This painting is so famous because it shows the emperor, the aristocrats, and the commoner’s lifestyle. Many historians think that this painting reveals Kaifeng’s characteristics and the rich and the poor’s life during the Northern Song Dynasty. This painting is also famous because it has accurate depictions of architecture, people, boats, marketplaces, stores, bridges, and scenery. It has more than 550 people with different postures and expressions.

Although this painting shows the life of the rich and the poor, I think if he drew other seasons, it would have shown more hardships of the commoners. Because spring is the best season, summer and winter depictions will show more hardships.