A traditional style Chinese brush painting. The characters on the side are the name and year. You can also see a red artist chop below the characters for the year.
This little boy is carrying a book bag similar to this.
Peering Off the Chain Link Bridge
ArtistsZhao Zhihua 赵志华、dan Yinggui 单应桂、 Wang Jinyuan 王晋元Year1972Dimensions15" x 12.5 (38 cm x 32 cm)Share
The calligraphy in the outside top right corner is the name of the painting. The inside is the date, 1977, and location, Beijing. The two red “chops” are the artist’s signature.
The Chinese name, 源远流长 (yuán yuǎn liú cháng) is a four-character phrase 成语 that literally means “The source is distant and the flow is long.” It brings awareness of the length of time that water has flowed and infers a comparison to time reaching back…