Ten famous paintings handed down from ancient times in China.

The Fu Tu of Luoshen was written by Gu Kaizhi (about 344-406), a painter and poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This is a long silk scroll. This narrative scroll is based on Cao Zhi's Ode to Luoshen (192-232). There are four handed down books of the Song Dynasty, which are hidden in Beijing, Liaoning Province and Washington. This ancient painting is a long scroll, which needs to be scanned horizontally to describe the love story between Cao Zhi and Luo Shen from the moment they met and fell in love.

2. "Walking Map"

Walking Map was written by Yan (60 1-673), the most famous figure painter in the early Tang Dynasty. With the Tubo King Songzan Gambu (6 17-650) marrying Princess Wencheng into Tibet as the background, the scene of Tubo envoy Lu Dongzan visiting Emperor Taizong was depicted. This painting is 38.5cm long and129.6cm wide. It is hand-rolled and colored with silk. It is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

3. Map of ladies in Tang Palace

The Picture of Maids in the Tang Dynasty is a group of paintings by Natalie (7 13-755) and Zhou Fang (about 730-800). They were famous figure painters in the Tang Dynasty, when ladies' paintings were very popular.

This painting depicts the quiet and lonely life of the court ladies. The characters are beautiful, elegant and dignified. The four most famous paintings in this group are Zhang Xuan's "The Lady of the State of Guo You Chun Tu" and "The Stamping Map" and "The Flower Map of a Lady" and "The Fan Map of a Lady".

Natalie is good at meticulous figure painting, especially at drawing ladies, babies and pommel horses. Influenced by Gu Kaizhi, Zhou Fang's painting style does not seek decoration, but pays attention to details. The main features of this lady's modeling are round face and plump figure.

4. "Five Cattle Map"

The Picture of Five Bulls was painted by Han Yun (723-787), a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, and is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. Han Wei, a native of Chang 'an, was a prime minister (742-805) during the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Han Ming is famous for his paintings of figures, animals and animals, and his expressive techniques are meticulous, especially his descriptions of Tujia customs and cattle and sheep.

The five-ox map is 20.8 cm long and 139.8 cm wide. As the name implies, it is painted with five cows, with no background. Niu Yi's five heads are lined up, each with its own appearance and posture: walking, standing, bowing, or holding its head high. Five cows have bright eyes and different temperaments: lively, docile, noisy and even eccentric.

5. "Han Xizai's Night Banquet"

Han Xizai's Night Banquet was painted by Gu, a painter in the Southern Tang Dynasty. It reproduces the historical scene of Han Xizai, Minister of Southern Tang Dynasty, who gave a banquet for guests. It depicts the scene of the host and guest rubbing sundries, playing silk and bamboo, singing and dancing, laughing and amusing, and portrays the protagonist's detached and uninhibited character. The existing Song Dynasty hand scroll, silk in color, 28.7 cm long and 335.5 cm wide, is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

The narrative scroll is divided into five scenes: listening to songs, watching dances, taking a nap, playing flute and feasting. The work depicts more than 40 characters, with accurate and exquisite shapes, delicate and smooth lines and gorgeous and elegant colors. This painting not only shows Han Xizai's personal life, but also reflects the customs of that era.

6. A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains

In the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty (113), Wang Ximeng, a young painter, drew a map of thousands of miles across the country. Wang Ximeng studied painting as a student and served as a landscape painter, studying under Song Huizong. He was only 18 years old when he created this painting, and he died around the age of 20.

The background of this painting is mainly gold, which symbolizes wealth and imperial power and shows the glory of the country. The scroll is 5 1.5 cm long and 91.5 cm wide, showing beautiful mountains and rivers, extraordinary buildings, rare birds and animals and people living in peace. It is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

7. Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival was painted by Zhang Zeduan (1085— 1 145), a court painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. This picture reflects the prosperity and natural scenery of the market on both sides of Bianhe River in Bianliang, Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty (near Kaifeng, Henan). The original painting is 24.8 cm long and 528.7 cm wide, and the silk color is lighter. It is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

8. Fuchun Shan Jutu

Fuchun Shan Jutu is one of the few works handed down by Huang (1269— 1354). The painter made full use of ink painting techniques to describe the early autumn scenery around Fuchun River. The landscape layout is dynamic and static, with proper density, dark and dry, sharp edges in the circle and varied.

This landscape painting was painted in the eighth year of Yuan Dynasty (1348) to the tenth year of Yuan Dynasty (1350), and was burned in two pieces in the seventh year of Qing Shunzhi (1650). It is now in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum and the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The sum of the two segments is 691.3cm.

9. "Spring Dawn in Han Palace"

The Spring Dawn in the Han Palace is a silk painting by Chou Ying (about 1494- 1552) in the Ming Dynasty. It is 30.6 cm long and 574. 1 cm wide, and is famous for its bold colors. As far as decorative painting is concerned, Chunxiao in Han Palace is a masterpiece.

The Spring Dawn of the Han Palace takes the spring morning of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) as the theme of the court, and depicts the daily activities of the court in the form of a long scroll. The landscape is complex, the pen is clear and the color is elegant. Trees, strange stones and magnificent palaces are interspersed and shaded, laying out a magnificent scene like a fairyland. In addition to the group portrait of beautiful women, it is really a wonderful flower in Chou Ying's historical story painting, which has been integrated into the leisure activities of the literati, such as calligraphy and painting, antique examination, flower planting and so on.

10, "Hundred Horses"

Hundred Horses was painted by Lang Shining in Qing Dynasty. Italian missionary Lang Shining, formerly known as Giuseppe Gastillion. Lang Shining served as a court painter for more than 50 years, and his paintings won praises from Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. He combined western realism with China's traditional composition and brushwork, and created a style of combining Chinese and western styles.

The paper manuscript Baimatu is102cm long and 813cm wide. This * * * depicts 100 horses, kneeling or standing on the grass, frolicking and rolling, foraging and running, gathering and dispersing in different positions. It is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.