Picture axis of Dai Jin Zhong Kui’s night tour

[Dai Jin Zhong Kui’s Night Tour Picture Axis]

Zhong Kui’s Night Tour Picture Axis, Ming Dynasty, Dai Jin’s painting, silk version, color setting, vertical 190 cm, horizontal 120.4 cm
Payment Department: “West Lake Dai Jin”. Seal “Jing’an”
This picture shows the scene of Zhong Kui cruising in the snow night under the support of all the little ghosts. The surrounding rocks are covered with snow, and the grass and trees are rustling, showing bursts of chill. Immortals and ghosts are an independent branch in traditional Chinese painting. Unlike the vivid realism of figures, birds and animals, the images of gods and ghosts come from people’s imagination, and the painters endow such non-existent things with credible graphics
This drawing uses the “nail head and mouse tail” drawing method, with strong lines and powerful setbacks. The ghosts are ferocious and obscene in description, while Zhong Kui has a sharp eye and a dignified deterrent attitude. A large area of the background is rendered in light ink, highlighting the night, and setting off the state of mountains and snow
Zhong Kui is a symbol of eliminating ghosts and evil spirits in folk legends. The statue of Zhong Kui was originally hung as a festival picture during the Spring Festival. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the custom of hanging Zhong Kui gradually moved to the Dragon Boat Festival.