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What is the meaning of the Five Cows Picture? Whose work is "The Five Cows Picture"?

"Five Cows" is a work created by the Tang Dynasty painter Han Huang and is now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing. "Five Cows Picture" mainly describes five cows with different postures. Each cow can be an independent chapter. So what is the meaning of "Five Cows Picture"? In fact, cows had a high status in ancient times, because cows have Diligence and docility are still people's main working tools, so some dynasties even banned the killing of farm cattle. In the early Tang Dynasty, paintings with the theme of cows and horses suddenly increased in number. Until the late Tang Dynasty, many painters became famous for their paintings of cows and horses. Among them, "Five Cows" is a classic work.

"Five Cows Picture" is a painting on jute paper, one of the ten famous paintings handed down from generation to generation, also known as "Tang Hanhu [huàng] Five Cows Picture" and is now collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

"Five Cows" is one of the few authentic paper and silk paintings handed down from the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the oldest existing Chinese painting on paper.

The lines in the painting "Five Cows" are smooth, and the brush strokes are dense and dense. The images of cows are vivid and vivid, with different shapes. One bows its head to eat grass, another tilts its head forward, one looks back and licks its tongue, and another Walking forward slowly, I felt an itch on a thorn tree.

There are no backgrounds such as mountains and rivers behind the five cows, leaving unlimited space for the viewer's imagination.

The author of "Five Cows Picture" is Han Huang, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and a famous painter.

Han Huang, courtesy name Taichong, was born in Jingzhao Chang'an (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi Province). He was the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty. He served successively as

chief secretary, Jiedu judge, imperial censor, and Official positions such as Shangshu Youcheng.

During the Jingyuan Mutiny, Han Huang served as Zhejiang's East-West Observation Envoy, pacifying the people, balancing taxes, and stabilizing the situation in the county. At the same time, he trained soldiers, strengthened the troops, preserved the southeastern land, and transported grain, silk and other materials for the imperial court. , quite trusted and relied upon by the emperor.

In the first year of Zhenyuan (785 AD), Han Huang was promoted to the position of Jianghuai transit envoy. In the second year of Zhenyuan, he was granted the title of Duke of Jin. He died of illness soon after at the age of sixty-five. Han Huang was proficient in calligraphy and painting. He studied cursive calligraphy and the calligraphy of Zhang Xu, a master of cursive calligraphy. His paintings were inspired by the master Lu Tanwei of the Southern Dynasties. He was good at painting farmhouse customs and scenes, and was especially fond of depicting cattle, sheep and other animals. Zhao Mengfu, a painter of the Yuan Dynasty, commented: "Wu Niu is upright and upright, a rare and famous pen."