China's ancient buildings have always been one of the world's famous products. Both the details and the whole are exquisite, and they are all built according to Feng Shui, which makes them have good Feng Shui and auspicious meaning. So what are the colorful paintings in the ancient buildings in China? Let's get to know each other.
Colored paintings are decorative paintings painted on ancient buildings in China.
Color paintings on ancient buildings are mainly painted on the wooden structures of buildings such as Queti, Dougong, walls, ceilings, melon tubes, corner beams and railings.
The history of color painting can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and reached the climax of color painting development in the Six Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties. Color painting in Song Dynasty has a special record in creating French style. In the Qing Dynasty, color painting reached its peak. The color paintings in Liang Fang in Qing Dynasty are mainly divided into Hexi color painting, Zi Xuan color painting and Soviet color painting. Among them, Hexi color painting is limited to the main hall of palaces, ancestral temples and large temple buildings, and it is the highest regulated color painting type in ancient times. The level of color painting of spinners is slightly lower, which can be widely seen in courts, officials or palaces.
Color painting represents different meanings. Generally, the patterns of China color paintings combine several natural things and have several auspicious connotations, such as combining bats and peaches to represent longevity, and so on. This also fully embodies our old friends' pursuit of happiness and auspiciousness.
Types of color painting pigments
Due to the limited development of ancient science and technology, unlike we can synthesize various pigments through various technologies now, the pigments used by people are generally minerals or plant pigments that exist in nature. Such as chalk soil, cinnabar, blood of various animals and so on. In ancient architecture, ancient architecture is an important part. Color painting is also commonly known as Danqing. Color painting of ancient buildings is a decorative painting painted by ancient working people on ancient buildings. It not only has beautiful effect, but also has certain waterproof performance, which can effectively increase the life of buildings.