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Happy New Year to everyone!
This Spring Festival is not ordinary.
Valentine's Day meets Chinese New Year.
New Year's flavor and romance meet unexpectedly!
Oriental expressions of love are always subtle and subtle, and the traditional "seal" is also a medium for expressions between lovers. According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, Tang Xuanzong engraved the word "Jade Hibiscus" on the jade seal for Yang Guifei to express his memory of this beautiful love.
In the atmosphere of the Spring Festival and Valentine's Day, let's take a look at those "love in the seal" stories and go on a traditional retro romantic journey.
Wu Changshuo and Zhang's Remembrance Yin
Wu Changshuo, a famous Chinese painter, calligrapher, seal carver in the late Qing Dynasty, a representative of the "Houhai School", and the first president of Hangzhou Xiling Seal Society.
This "Bright Moon Predecessor" seal was carved by Wu Changshuo when he was 66 years old when he dreamed of his early death fiancée ZhangHe used these four words to refer to Mrs. Zhang's beauty, wisdom, virtue and virtue.
The predecessor of the bright moon is engraved with a side paragraph of Wu Changshuo.
Mrs. Zhang was born in a scholarly family, and she was engaged to Wu Changshuo in her early years, and she was very affectionate. Later, Mrs. Zhang came to her husband's house in the war, but before she could get married, and when Wu Changshuo fled and returned home, Yiren had passed away, and she was infinitely melancholy.
One side of this printed edge is engraved in regular script, and the content is "Mrs. Yuan with Zhang in a dream, engraved this as a statue view, the old man"; On one side is a small portrait of Mrs. Zhang, with fluttering clothes, as if there are thousands of words. There is also a top paragraph of the year "Ji You Chunzhong, Ke Wuxia, Lao Yi has six in sixty years".
Shen Fu and Yun Niang Oath Seal
In Shen Fu's "Six Tales of Floating Life", the life of Shen Fu and Yun Niang is "vulgar and affectionate".
Illustration of Six Tales of the Floating Life.
They have been married for twenty-three years, and the older they get, the closer they become. When we meet in a family or in a dark room, we will shake hands and ask, "Where are we going?" Yun Niang also took the initiative to give Shen Fu a concubine, but Shen Fu refused, she still smiled and looked for it.
So Shen Fu specially engraved itTwo sides Zhu BaiwenThe chapter of "May life be husband and wife", husband and wife have one hand,Affectionately stamped on the signature of each letter.
Zhang Rongjing and Yao Wanzhen, Tibetan Book Seal
Qing bibliophile Zhang Rongjing, the word Fuchuan; His wife is Yao Wanzhen, and she is the first daughter of Fu. Husband and wifeThere is a library to take the name of the husband and wife - "Shuangfu Pavilion", and use it as a seal. The same "Fu" word has been married for a long time, and the word "double" is added, and the meaning of beauty is overflowing.
Zhang Rongjing's examination of the ancient records of Xiaotang.
Qu Qiubai and Yang Zhihua inlay print
Qu Qiubai and Yang Zhihua often use a seal in writing, and the text is"Autumn Baihua", including the names of the two, you have me, I have you, the idea is ingenious.
Autumn White Seal.
Qu Qiubai and Yang Zhihua are both proletarian revolutionary fighters, with common beliefs and pursuits, and they are finally happily together after going through ups and downs.
On the day of the wedding, Qu Qiubai presented Yang Zhihua with the "Autumn Baihua" engraved by himself, and the seal is a testimony of their love and faith. The seal has been lost in that turbulent era and is not visible. This "Autumn White Flower" (see the picture above) is from the hands of the modern seal carving master Fang Quji.
Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling, wedding book seal
Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling were not only revolutionary comrades-in-arms and soul mates, but also collectors of seals. On October 25, 1915, Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling signed a marriage vow that will be passed down to future generations. At that time, Sun Yat-sen used the "Yat-sen" seal on the oath.
During this period, there was a lot of fighting, and the marriage certificate was lost. In 1980, Song Qingling saw the marriage letter signed by her and her husband againI had mixed feelings, so I wrote the words "This is genuine" at the end of the volume, and stamped the "Song Qingling" seal at the signature.
Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling's marriage vows.
Collection of the Chinese Museum of History.
Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling's marriage vow is a testimony to their sincere feelings, and the seal in the vow confirms the unswerving love between the two.
Others, such as the poet Liu Yazi and Zheng Peiyi, after marrying, put a sentence of their own"Life is the same".Engraved into a seal, as a motto to stand in the world; Yu Pingbo's collection of books, happy and happy"Hengzhi Museum Couple's Collection of Calligraphy and Paintings".seal, which shows the deep love between husband and wife; In order to realize the teacher-student love with Sun Duoci, Xu Beihong personally operated and printed it in the Bodhisattva statue used to seek marriage"Great mercy and great compassion"., which is said to be a good story......
May all lovers in the world become dependents" Qing Xu Sangeng engraved.
These precious seals show us a beautiful love from a unique perspective. Affection is always outside words, and such feelings and lovesickness are engraved and circulated in the seal of one party. Love is always beautiful, and I hope that a lover will eventually become a family member and grow old.
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