The Origin of Painting —— Tang Wangwei
From a distance, the mountains are high and the clouds are light, and the colors are bright. When you look closer, you can only hear the sound of water, but there is no sound.
Spring has passed, but there are still many flowers and flowers. People go nearby, but the birds are still not disturbed.
The mountain looks bright from a distance, but when you get closer, you can't hear the sound of water. Spring has passed, but there are still many flowers and plants competing for beauty, people are approaching, but birds are still not disturbed.
Extended data
1. Painting background
Painting is a five-character quatrain written by Wang Wei in Tang Dynasty (also known as Sichuan Zen master in Southern Song Dynasty). This poem describes the natural scenery, but praises a painting.
2. Painting appreciation
The mountains in the distance are often blurred, but the mountains in the picture are very clear. If you listen to running water nearby, you should hear the sound of water, but the running water in the painting is silent. Flowers in full bloom in spring will fade with the passage of spring. And the flowers on the painting are in full bloom no matter what season. When people get close to the bird sitting on the branch, it will fly away in horror.
But the bird in the picture can't fly even if you come near it. The whole poem seems to violate the laws of nature, but in fact it is a secret riddle, which shows the characteristics of this painting.
The painting in the poem seems to represent a dream, an invisible dream, but that kind of dream can only be remembered when the human mind is in a quiet state. But it's impossible. It's true. Poets can only look for the last thing in the world that can be entrusted with a touch of meditation. People leave, flowers stay in the air, birds are not surprised, people come again, there is no eternal beauty, all beauty will be hidden in illusion.