The white horse blocks the west wind, and the apricot blossoms rain in the south of the Yangtze River.
The fog locks the mountains, and the sky is connected with water.
This beautiful couplet was written by Xu Beihong, a modern painter and art educator. It expresses the author's yearning and nostalgia for the traditional poetic life, and reveals his nostalgia, regret and regret for the imminent disappearance of this life.
"Rain with apricot blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River" comes from Yu Ji's "Seeing a guest in Zhong Jing in the Wind" in the Yuan Dynasty: "The reporter returns, apricot blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River spring rain."
In the south of the Yangtze River in spring, apricot blossoms are in full bloom, misty and rainy, picturesque and fascinating.
The author introduces:
Xu Beihong is regarded as the founder of modern art education in China. He advocated the improvement of "Chinese painting". Based on China's modern realistic art and against the background of decadent modern Chinese painting, he put forward On the Improvement of Chinese Painting.
1953 On September 26th, Xu Beihong died of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 58. According to Xu Beihong's wishes, his wife, Ms. Liao, donated more than 200 pieces of her works 1200 pieces of works by famous painters of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and more than 000 pieces of books, picture books and rubbings 1000 pieces to the country.