Chapter 26 The fourth section extends to art

There are many depictions, paintings and plastic arts in our country that express various thoughts and feelings through food and drink themes.Art works, from the pottery carvings of rice ears and pigs in Hemudu, smiling faces and fish and deer painted in Banpo pottery, to batches of portrait bricks and stone portraits in the Han Dynasty, "Han Xizai Night Banquet" by Gu Hong in the Tang Dynasty, "Han Xizai Night Banquet" by Zhang Zeduan in the Song Dynasty Qingming Shanghe Tu", Qiu Ying's "Spring Night Banquet" in Ming Dynasty, Xu Beihong's Beijing duck flock, Qi Baishi's shrimp, crab, frog and mushroom are all well known.Some depictions and paintings not only have artistic value, but also have high historical value. In 1954, the stone portraits "Picture of Harvest and Banquet" and "Picture of Music and Dance of Hundred Operas" unearthed from the Han Tomb in Yinan, Shandong, set the scene of the Han Dynasty. The life enjoyment of the manor owner is reproduced. In 1954, a mural depicting a Han tomb was unearthed in Dahuting Village, Mi County, Henan Province. In the picture, in the past, some people doubted whether tofu could be made in the Han Dynasty. The unearthed this time directly found the physical evidence, thus solving this important problem in the history of food culture. "Han Xizai's Night Banquet Picture" and "Spring Night Banquet Picture" depict the scenes and sentiments of feudal aristocratic banquets in the Tang and Ming dynasties. "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" brings people into a bustling riverside street in Kaifeng City 900 years ago, allowing people to appreciate the medieval market style of wine flags and tourists, and also reflects the prosperity of the capital in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Plastic arts works, from the pottery sheep head and pig head of Peiligang 8000 years ago, the pottery pig and silkworm-patterned ivory cup of Hemudu 7000 years ago, the various pottery poultry and livestock of Qujialing 6000 years ago, to the Han Dynasty, all domesticated livestock , poultry, as well as stoves, kitchens and banquets are fully reflected in pottery sculptures and portrait bricks. These cultural relics not only show the development of Chinese arts and crafts, but also reflect the level of agricultural and sideline production and the development of different eras from one side. life mood.Some works also have important historical value, such as the pottery and plastic clarifier unearthed in Erlitou, Yanshi, Henan, which shows that the Xia Dynasty has been able to produce rice noodles.Another example is the boat model of paddy fields unearthed from the Eastern Han Dynasty Tomb in Lan Lan, Foshan, Guangdong. It not only reflects the chessboard-style paddy field scenery of the water town, but also reflects the operation method of harvesting and planting at the same time and pulling the plow with a single ox. Thousands of years ago, double-cropping rice could be grown in the Pearl River Delta.The single ox-pulled plow was an advanced farming method at that time. Compared with the cumbersome double-ox plows that were still used in many places in the north reflected in the brick portraits of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it reflected that the Pearl River Delta was already a relatively advanced agricultural area in China at that time.For a long time, there have been a lot of pottery, ivory, stone, bone, wood, shellfish, and wax sculptures in China.These cultural relics are not only works of art, but also precious historical materials.