Author of Xishan Travel Pictures

The author of "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" is Fan Kuan, a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Fan Kuan was down and out all his life, but he only liked drinking and asking questions. Because of his generosity and gentle personality, others called him Fan Kuan. Fan Kuan was good at landscape painting, and the mountains he painted were majestic and unique, and he was already very famous in the Northern Song Dynasty. Among them, the most famous painting is "Travel to Streams and Mountains", which is now collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, and attracts many tourists every year.

It is reported that people had disputes about the author because there was no signature on the painting. "Travel to Xishan" was transported to Taiwan in the last century. Researchers from the National Palace Museum in Taipei accidentally discovered that there was Fan Kuan's inscription between the trees in the lower right corner of the picture. The mystery was finally revealed.

Appreciation of the painting "Traveling in Streams and Mountains":

"Traveling in Streams and Mountains" depicts the typical northern scenery, with mountains and peaks, majestic and vast. There are dense forests on the top of the mountain, and at the intersection of the two peaks, a white waterfall flows down like a silver line, adding a bit of movement to the serious and quiet atmosphere. There are strange stone houses nearby, large rocks lying on the hills, with trees growing in them, pavilions and pavilions exposed on the tops of the trees, streams rushing to the distance, and stone paths sloping through the shade of dense forests. In the mountain valley, a group of travelers came from right to left. Four mules and horses were trekking hard carrying goods.

The first impression given by this painting is that it is majestic, with giant peaks standing on the wall, almost filling the picture. The top of the mountain is densely covered with trees, waterfalls flow down the mountainside, and huge rocks are crisscrossed at the foot of the mountain. The body of the work is intricate. A group of business travelers appeared on the mountain road, and a stream flowed by the roadside. It was the waterfall flowing down the mountain, which made the viewer hear the sound of water, people, and mules and horses, which also highlighted the theme of the painting.