A well-conceived story

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a famous painter named Wen Tong, who was a master of bamboo painting at that time.

In order to draw bamboo well, Wen Tong drills in the bamboo forest all the year round, no matter spring, summer, autumn and winter, whether it is windy or rainy. In dog days, the sun is like fire, and the ground is hot.

However, Wen Tong still ran to the side of the bamboo forest facing away from the sun, stood in the scorching sun and observed the changes of bamboo with rapt attention. He measured the length of the bamboo joint with his fingers for a while, and then recorded how dense the bamboo leaves were. Sweat soaked his clothes and his face was sweating, but he seemed fine.

Once, a strong wind blew in the sky. Then, there was lightning and thunder. Seeing that the storm was coming, people ran home. Just then, Wen Tong, who was sitting at home, grabbed a straw hat in a hurry, buckled it on his head and ran straight to the bamboo forest on the mountain. Hardly had he stepped out of the gate when the heavy rain began to splash water with the washbasin.

Wen Tong is bent on seeing bamboo in the storm, but he can't slip in the rain! He lifted his clothes, climbed the hillside and ran to the bamboo forest. Out of breath, he ran into the bamboo forest and looked at the bamboo unblinkingly without wiping the rain on his face. I saw bamboo in the wind and rain, bent down and nodded, swaying. Wen Tong carefully kept in mind the posture of bamboo being hit by wind and rain.

Because Wen Tong has carefully observed and studied bamboo for many years, what changes have taken place in the shape of bamboo in spring, summer, autumn and winter? What is the difference between the color and posture of bamboo in rainy and snowy days? What's the difference between bamboo in strong sunlight and bamboo in bright moonlight? He knows exactly what different bamboos look like. So when you draw bamboo, you don't need to sketch at all.

A man named Chao praised Wen Tong and said, "Wen Tong already has a plan."

Extended data:

Wen Tong advocates that painting bamboo should first be "well-thought-out". Write bamboo leaves, create deep ink for the surface, light ink for the back. There are many bamboo forests in Yangzhou, and painting bamboo is beneficial. He sang with his cousin Su Shi's poems and established the theme of the Four Gentlemen. Its bamboo paintings, "deep ink for the surface, light ink for the back."

Later, bamboo painters learned from it, and the world called it "Huzhou Bamboo School". In the Yuan Dynasty, painting ink bamboo became a fashion, such as Li Li, Zhao Mengfu and other famous artists, all of whom were descendants of Huzhou School and had a great influence on later generations. I also like to be an old tree and write about landscapes.

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