Wang Kai Dragon Boat Race Volume

[Wang Kuai Dragon Boat Racing Volume]

The Dragon Boat Racing Map Volume, Qing Dynasty, Wang Kuai painting, paper version, color setting, 18.2 cm vertical, 359 cm horizontal
The title of this picture is: “Ding Chou weighs five, and Wang Zi Zuo wrote the” Race to Ferry “to see Mr. Weng Gongzu in the middle and Buze Hanjun. It is the Japanese capital that flies like a flock of sails, and the public transport scoops carry passengers across the river and sky, which is very happy. So a picture is made and the annotation of this poem is made. The water transport king is recorded in Kui Xuan in the Zhai of Louie County.” Two seals of “Wang Kai” (Zhu Wen) and “An Jie” (Zhu Wen) are stamped. Both sides of Wang Fangqi and Xu Yang’s postscript. “Zhang Zhijian Collection” (Zhu Wen), “Chu Nan Zhou Xiaochu Collection” (Zhu Wen) and other collections are printed everywhere
This volume consists of three sections of paintings, with rivers as the main line, and gradually unfolds the scene of dragon boat race during the Dragon Boat Festival. The painting is meticulous and the scene is grand. Several dragon boats are very dynamic with their heads up and tails up. The people on the boat are as small as ants, but they are full of energy to paddle. In the composition, a large amount of blank space is used to show the unity of water and sky and the vast rivers, giving people a broad vision. The scene of fishermen’s boats dotted in the river and people competing to watch on the shore adds a little spice to the picture