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Timeless masterpieces from ancient China, for art and history lovers. Feel free to bookmark, share, or pass along on your timeline. Art | Paintings | Folklore

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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Chen Hongshou, The Vast Yellow River, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) #chineseArt #river #water
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Chen Hongshou, Lotus Flowers and Mandarin Ducks, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) #ChineseArt #painting #lotus #duck
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Qiu Ying, Immortal Mountain and Pavilions, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) "Each stroke is like an iron wire, with beginnings and endings, rhythm and emotion. It also carries a sense of openness and simplicity, reminiscent of Tang Dynasty small-script calligraphy, inviting endless exploration." #art
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Xu Wei, "Ink Lotus," Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). #lotus #ink #painting
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Lu Zhi, Plum Blossoms, Rocks, and Narcissus (horizontal scroll), the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Please rotate your phone for a better view of this image. #flower #floral #painting #art
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Tao Cheng, Jade Rabbit in the Moon Palace, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) #art #chinesePaintings #mythology
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Cui Zizhong, "Cloud-Storing Scene," Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). The #painting depicts the Chinese poet Li Bai at Fei Mountain, capturing clouds in a bottle to bring home and use as a cushion for sleep. This romanticized tale originated with this artwork. #art #folklore
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Lan Ying, "Snowy Landscape," Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). A scene of flowing streams and winding paths, adorned in silvery white, stretching profoundly toward the heavens. #painting #snow #landscape #chineseArt #winter
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Lan Ying, "Crimson Peaks and Red Trees," Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Although inspired by Zhang Sengyou, this boneless technique in landscape painting was an innovation by Lan Ying himself. #ChineseArt #landscape #maple #mountain
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Lan Ying, Imitating Zhang Sengyou's Landscape, Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). #mountain #landscape #chineseArt #painting
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Jiru Chen, Plum and Bamboo, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). #chineseArt #bamboo #plum #flower
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Han Huang (attr.), Five Oxen, 8th century #ox #painting #ChineseArt
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Gu Kaizhi (copy after), The Nymph of the Luo River, 10-13th century Luoshen is the daughter of Fuxi (also spelled as Mixi) in Chinese #mythology. After drowning in the Luo River, she became the goddess of the Luo River and is also regarded as the goddess of beauty in Chinese culture. #art
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Gu Hongzhong (attr.), The Night Revels of Han Xizai, 10th century #chinesePainting #party
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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
A "cha(槎)" is a bamboo and wood raft. In Chinese #mythology, a wooden raft that travels to the heavens is called a xingcha(星槎, "star raft"). People believed that immortals could use such rafts to travel between the human world and the celestial realm across the vast sea. #folklore 🎨 《仙人乘槎渡海圖》元 盛子昭
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Chen Chun, Sketches of Flowers, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) #flowers #art
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Tang Yin, Palace Courtesans of Shu, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) #ChineseArt #painting
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Lü Ji, Mountain Birds Among Osmanthus and Chrysanthemums, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) #bird #chinesePainting #art
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Shen Zhou, Approaching Rain, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Sun Long, Album of Flowers, Birds, and Insects, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) #art #chineseArt
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Tang Yin, Returning Home on a Donkey, 1368–1644 "After failing in my appeals, I pack up my books and return home, Riding my donkey as usual toward the verdant hills. Face weathered by wind, frost, and dusty travels, I face my mountain wife, who has only a threadbare cloak." #art #painting
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Tang Yin, Perched Starling on a Withered Branch, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) "The mountain is empty and silent, no human voice is heard, A few cries of resting birds after the spring rain." — Tang Yin (inscription) #art #painting #chineseArt
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Wang Lü, Mount Hua, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Tao Cheng, Jade Rabbit in the Moon Palace, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) #art #painting
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Wang Qian, Crowned Best Among Flowers, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) #art #chineseArt
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Bian Jingzhao, Three Friends and a Hundred Birds, the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Unknown Artist, Deer Under Red Maple, Five Dynasties (907–960) “The deer call softly, feeding on wild artemisia. I have honored guests, playing lyres and reed pipes.” — Classic of Poetry (Pre-Qin period), Minor Odes #art #chinesePainting
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Zhang Zeduan, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, 12th century #art #chineseArt
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Wang Xi Meng, A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, 1113 #art #ChineseArt
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Zhou Fang (attr.), Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with Flowers, 8th century #art #paintings
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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🎨 A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains. Northern Song Dynasty, by Wang Ximeng
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