What does Qi Baishi mean to prawns?

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Qi Baishi: The Origin of Painting Shrimp

World Art Network 2008- 1-30

One evening, after a day's work, Qi Baishi sat by the pool and washed his feet. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain. He hurriedly pulled his foot out of the water and saw that it was a grass shrimp that pinched his toe out of blood. This aroused Qi Baishi's great interest in grass shrimp. After careful observation of grass shrimp, he drew the first shrimp in his life, which was lifelike and never stopped. Qi Baishi's shrimp painting is famous all over the world, and it began at this time.

Qi Baishi once painted a picture of a small fish. After painting, he wrote:

"This kind of fish is commonly known as hemp fiber fish, and its tail is like it." Cheeks are a little green and tails are a little red. "

In Qi Baishi's eyes, everything has its own characteristics, and the rules should not be messed up when painting. For example, a rose: "its thorns grow downward, so it often cares about people's clothes." Another example is wisteria: "The wisteria in the south is full of flowers and leaves, and the wisteria in the north is flowering first and then leaves, otherwise it will be interesting."

Qi Baishi, who later became a master, produced a touching image of little life and a simple image of wild flowers and weeds, which largely benefited from his strong feelings about life when he was young.

In Qi Baishi's works, flowers, birds, insects and fish, especially the ink, shrimps and crabs he painted, are not the reappearance of objects between paper and pen, but are endowed with happy and prosperous figures, infinite nostalgia, infinite vitality and magical charm from an artistic point of view, which makes people feel cordial, excited and reverie.

Everyone has a lovely hometown, and everyone has an unforgettable childhood. Qi Baishi has formed an indissoluble bond with these most familiar little lives since his hometown and childhood. Even if he lives far away in Beijing, he keeps some shrimps and crabs in a glass jar, carefully pondering and observing them, so that he can draw them easily.

The language of painting is the same as that of poetry, both lyrical and emotional. Writing about grass worms and expressing affection for the countryside not only embodies the painter's enduring childlike innocence, but also embodies the painter's strong local flavor.