Painting about the Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. On this day, people like to eat zongzi, race dragon boats, hang mugwort leaves and drink realgar wine. Dragon Boat Festival painting is also an indispensable part of the Dragon Boat Festival culture, depicting the beauty of the traditional culture of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The History of Dragon Boat Festival Painting

The history of Dragon Boat Festival painting can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. Wu Daozi, a painter in the Tang Dynasty, described the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in his painting Dragon Boat Festival, including dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and hanging mugwort leaves. This painting is known as the pioneering work of the Dragon Boat Festival painting, and it is still one of the representative works of the Dragon Boat Festival painting.

Types of Dragon Boat Festival paintings

There are many kinds of Dragon Boat Festival paintings, including dragon boat paintings, zongzi paintings, mugwort leaves paintings and five poisons paintings. Dragon boat painting is the most representative of Dragon Boat Festival painting, which depicts the scene of dragon boat race. Usually there are dragon boats, dragon boat knights, spectators and other elements in the picture. Zongzi painting depicts the traditional food Zongzi that people like to eat during the Dragon Boat Festival. There are usually zongzi, mugwort and red rope in the picture. The mugwort painting depicts the scene of hanging mugwort leaves on the Dragon Boat Festival, and elements such as mugwort leaves and red ropes will appear in the picture. The Five Poisons Painting depicts the traditional custom of exorcising evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival. Elements such as five poisons and five-color lines will appear in the picture.

How to draw the Dragon Boat Festival painting

The steps to draw the Dragon Boat Festival are as follows:

1. Prepare drawing tools, such as paper, pigments and brushes.

2. Determine the composition of the picture, and select the elements to be depicted, such as dragon boat, zongzi, mugwort leaf, etc.

3. Draw a rough picture outline with light ink, and determine the position and size of each element.

4. Fill the colors of each element with pigments according to the outline of the picture.

5. Draw the details of each element with a fine pen, such as the carved lines on the dragon boat and the lines on the zongzi.

6. Finally, add festive atmosphere, such as adding elements such as mugwort leaves and five-color lines to the picture to make it more vivid.

final result

Dragon Boat Festival painting is an important part of China traditional culture. It depicts the traditional customs and cultural connotation of the Dragon Boat Festival and shows the unique charm of China culture. Today, we can still feel the cultural charm of the Dragon Boat Festival through painting and inherit and carry forward the traditional culture of the Dragon Boat Festival.