Yuzhiding Stream and Mountain Tour Map

[Yu Zhiding’s Traveling Map of the River and the Mountain]

The Traveling Map of the River and the Mountain “volume, Qing Dynasty, Yu Zhiding’s painting, paper, color, 34.8 cm in length and 309 cm in width
The top right title of this picture is “Travel Map of Mountains and Rivers”. The upper left title: “Mr. Wenheng Mountain’s trip to the mountains and streams, Mr. Kangyi Weng, Xiling, copied the picture of Mr. Weng in the long summer of Gengchen, and made it into a volume. He did not wear the rough pen and ink, so he could not avoid the drum-ear. Fortunately, according to the Great Witchcraft, the Yu tripod in Guangling respected his ambition.” The seal “Yu tripod” and “Shen Zhai” were printed. Zha Shengshu begins with Wang Danlin and other inscriptions on the back paper. Gengchen was the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1700), and Yu Zhiding was 54 years old
The mountains and rivers in the picture are rolling and rolling. There are lush vegetation, gurgling streams, pavilions and pavilions, as well as Yedu shops, where business travelers come and go. The protagonist appears on the mountain road in the front right of the picture. He is riding a donkey and is in a hurry. Behind him, two children, one with wine gourds and one with books, are playing with each other
At the invitation of Weng Songnian, the painter painted Weng’s scenery of touring mountains and rivers in summer by imitating Wen Zhengming’s “Journey to Mountains and Rivers”, which is a rare masterpiece of Yu Zhiding. The composition is dense, deep and beautiful, the pen is flexible, the point, writing, erasing, hooking, texturing and dyeing are free and easy, and the dry, wet, thick and light ink are used together, vividly reappearing the beautiful and pleasant scenery of Jiangnan. The outline of the main character’s five features is outlined in light ink, and then colored with halo. The clothing pattern is painted with blue leaves. The light and heavy changes are different. It vividly shows the main character’s yearning for travel and leisure life, who has lived in the capital for a long time and floating in the official sea.