Paintings and photos of Kangxi's southern tour.

Kangxi's southern tour map is divided into two versions: the original and the draft. Draft version is also called powder version, draft version and hand roll. The manuscript of Kangxi's southern tour was formed earlier than the original, and there are some differences in painting, composition and scenery, but all of them are twelve volumes. The original is silk and the manuscript is paper. This manuscript is rare in the world. Wang Shunan once left an important message to his descendants. Manuscripts have two characteristics. First of all, Emperor Kangxi can't draw in the manuscript, so he will draw a canopy (the emperor's special umbrella) where he should appear, and a canopy will appear in each volume; The second is the last picture of the twelve volumes of Uighur, because it can't show the scene in the palace, so the picture is foggy and only a little bit of the roof of the palace can be seen.

According to records, "As for the twelve manuscripts (also known as powder manuscripts) formed before the original southern tour map, they were mainly painted by the famous Wang Yi in the' Four Kings in the Early Qing Dynasty', which has important historical and artistic value. However, these manuscripts were taken out of the palace by the relevant participants and painters after the original work was completed, so they have already flowed into the people for a long time. Now, like the original, the manuscript of Southern Tour Map 12 is widely scattered all over China and foreign countries, both in museums and private collectors. 』

The tenth volume of Kangxi's southern tour manuscript is collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing, the eleventh volume in the Palace Museum in Shenyang, and the seventh, eighth and scattered pages in the Nanjing Museum.

According to historical records, in 1698, four manuscripts flowed into the hands of Prince Yi (the thirteenth son of Emperor Kangxi), and were later collected by the Xin family, then lost and their whereabouts were unknown. Due to the serious wear and tear of the manuscript, 1926, general nobuyuki asked a British photographer to take pictures and developed several sets. One set was purchased by Puyi, one set was purchased by Wang Shunan, the political envoy of Xinjiang in the late Qing Dynasty, and the whereabouts of the other sets were unknown. Puyi took this group of photos with him and left them in Tanggangzi's hotel when he fled to the northeast in 193 1. After the new China, it was discovered and collected by Anshan Archives.

Wang Shunan's set was hidden by his grandson during the Cultural Revolution, and he was able to escape the catastrophe of being destroyed. 20 1 1 to his daughter Mulan. Because no one in China knew the photo of Kangxi's southern tour manuscript, Mulan, a China native living in Japan, had to take it to Japan for three years to investigate the historical background. In order not to bury the value of manuscripts and photos of manuscripts, she made them public by publishing. 2065438+On April 6th, 2005, the first volume of the photographic reproduction of Kangxi's southern tour (the ninth volume of the artwork) was published. There is no existing record in the manuscript of the ninth volume of Kangxi's southern tour. The publication of this book fills an important gap in the study of Kangxi's southern tour drawings.