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1、ChinesePaintingKnowledgeChinesePaintingsChineseLotus&TigersPainting(ProvidebyCNArtGallery)ChineseLotusPaintingTotheChinese,thelotusisthemostimportantofallthecultivatedflowers,grownforbothitsbeautyanditsusefulness.Ithaslargeblossoms,tintedpink,creamywhiteoryellow,growingonsta
2、lkssixorsevenfeethigh,appearingfromthecentreofverybroad,(sometimesthreefeetindiameter),nasturtium-shapedleaves.Everypartofthisplanthasspecialuse;thefruitsandleavesareusedasfood;thedriedyellowstamensareusedasanastringentandascosmetic;theseedscanbeusedasmedicineoreatenasadesse
3、rt.Thekernelsareboiledinsoup,roastedoreatenraw,whilethestemsareslicedandboiled.Theleavescanbetakenmedicinallyoruseddriedtowrapfood.Thelotusisalsoknownasasymbolofpurityandperfection,growingoutofthemudintoastateofblossomingbeautyandfruitfulness.Theflowersareopenforamerethreeda
4、ys,thenpetalbypetaltheydisintegrate,leavingthegreenseedheadexposed.IthasbecomeverypositivelyconnectedtoBuddhism,partlybecauseofthesymbolism;partlybecauseofthevisualrepresentationoftheWheeloftheLawbytheflowerform,withthepetalstakingtheplaceofthespokes.Buddhaisusuallyrepresent
5、edasseatedonthesacredlotusand,inimitationofthis,Buddhistpriestshavedevelopedthe'lotusposture'–acrampedpositionwhichdevelopsastateofbodilypeace.Theflowerisalsooneoftheeighttreasures',saidtobeauspicioussignsseenonthesoleofBuddha'sfoot.ItisnotonlyasymbolimportanttoBuddhists,tha
6、tthelotusisrecognized,butalsoasanemblemofoneoftheEightImmortalsofTaoism–theothermainChinesereligion.Theseed-cuponthelotusstem,holdingasitdoesmanyseeds,becomesandemblemofoffspring.Thelotusisalsoregardedasrepresentingsummerandfruitfulness;itappearsinstylizedforminpaintings,ine
7、mbroidery,oncarpetsandasceramicdecorations.Althoughitisnotaneasyflowertopaint,mainlybecauseofthedisproportionatesizeoftheleavesandthefactthatWesternpaintermaywellneverhaveseenalotusbloom,itisthemostimportantflowerinChinesetraditionalpaintingandassuchiswelldemonstratedbythepo
8、werandversatilityofshadesofblack.PaintingthelotusChinesePaintingKnowledgeCh
