Traditional Chinese 国画

A traditional scroll painting of Qu Yuan 屈原, 340 BCE to 287 BCE. He was a Chinese poet and politician who lived during the Chu Dynasty. He is connected to the history of the Dragon Boat Festival and the popular rice pockets called, 粽子 zong…

Liangshan is the Yi Autonomous Prefecture located in Sichuan Province. They are sitting in a train car making announcements. The man is of the Yi Nationality. The insignia on his teacup is the railroad insignia like this pin. The Yi people are the 6th largest…

The painting was done in 1977, the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976.

Chairman Mao is the Golden Sun of Beijing.

The name comes from a poem by Mao Zedong called “Three Short Poems” 1934 – 1935. 山 Mountains! 快马加鞭未下鞍。I whip my swift horse, glued to my saddle. 惊回首，I turn my head startled, 离天三尺三。The sky is three foot three above me!

Print # 9 in the Appreciation of Modern Art Volume 3

Print # 4 in the Appreciation of Modern Artwork Volume 3

The slogan on the boat is, 为人民服务 “Service to the People.” There is an ethnic Korean woman with a bundle on her head in the lower right corner in traditional Korean clothing. Songhua Lake is located in Jilin province, which neighbors North Korea.

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.