Page of Pengying Immortal Hall

[Picture page of Pengying Immortal Hall]

“Picture page of Pengying Immortal Hall”, Song Dynasty, silk version, color setting, 26.4 cm vertically and 27.9 cm horizontally
This picture has no print. On the picture, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty wrote a seven-character quatrain. Seal the collection seals of Qianlong’s internal government
This picture is painted with colors of houses, distant mountains, streams, strange rocks and trees, and various kinds of furnishings. It looks like a fairyland, just like the title of Qianlong: “The uneven fairyland is like Peng Ying, and the scenery is clear near the water and the mountains. The painter has a deep feeling for the places that can’t be seen.” The painting has uneven terraces, rows of pavilions and pavilions, and the curved sills and cloisters are arranged in an orderly manner. The layout of the whole picture is complex, the method is strict, the conversion is accurate, and the perspective proportion is also in line with the painting theory. At the same time, the relationship between the main body of the building and the surrounding atmosphere was further improved than that of the Northern Song Dynasty, reflecting the development of the composition and techniques of the southern Song Dynasty pavilions painters.