We like to appreciate ancient paintings, not only because we can improve our aesthetic taste. You can also understand poems and paintings and cultivate your taste by looking at the paintings to understand the author's intentions.
More importantly, the ancient realistic paintings that have been passed down to the present are valuable materials for studying history. The daily necessities appearing in ancient paintings truly reflect the lifestyle and technological level of people at that time. If you combine the historical background of ancient paintings with the records of poetry and literature, you will find a lot of interesting things. ?
Glasses, in the Ming Dynasty "Nandu Fanhui Tu" we can find several old people wearing glasses. It seems that wearing reading glasses was already a common thing in the Ming Dynasty. Slippers, there is a pair of slippers in the Song Dynasty's "Five Hundred Arhats", which are actually "flip-flops". It seems that the ancients also looked for different fun in life.
Shuanglu was a popular chess game during the Tang and Song Dynasties, but it has been lost today. In "The Nei Ren Shuang Lu Tu", two court ladies are playing chess. The shapes of the chess pieces look a bit like chess. ?
Yinji, this is a lying and sitting device for resting. Many ancient poems mention this simple and practical gadget. Liu Songnian's "Eighteen Scholars Picture Exhibition Book" of the Southern Song Dynasty depicts a wing chair and an armchair. The table in the picture is a black lacquered leg table with marble slabs. There is a drum pier in "The Picture of Eighteen Scholars? Viewing Paintings", which was a common seat type seat in the Song Dynasty and was called "sitting pier".
Beds, in "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", we can see the beds and couches of the Song Dynasty. The picture shows a tent bed, surrounded by three sides, covered with sheets, and the curtains are rolled up to reveal the quilt and corner quilt. There is a black lacquered quilt on the couch, and decorative paintings are hung on the wall. The owner Han Xizai and a man in red are sitting on the bed. guest.