The beginning of the spring solar term
The first of the 24 solar terms means that the four seasons of the year will start here! And after the beginning of spring, spring ploughing is about to begin! In ancient China, agriculture was founded on agriculture, and since ancient times, agriculture paid attention to the season, spring ploughing, summer cultivation, autumn harvest, and winter storage, all of which were transferred to the season. Spring ploughing is not only daily labor, but also to continue the strength and hope of survival. From ancient times to the present, it is not uncommon to see masterpieces with the theme of spring ploughing pictures, vividly showing the pastoral style of the agricultural era, but also containing the joy and hope of people cultivating the land. In this issue, let's take a look at the different styles of spring ploughing of porcelain? 
Kangxi blue and white cultivation and weaving picture bowl.
Collection of the Shanghai Museum.
Diagram of spring ploughing on porcelain
There are many poems depicting spring ploughing in ancient and modern China and abroad, such as: Yao Nai's "Mountain Walk" is a busy and lively spring ploughing picture; "Cuckoo Feifei advises early ploughing, and spring hoeing pounces on the early sunshine. The mille-feuille stone tree passes the road, and the sound of water in the paddy fields all the way. The artistic creation with the theme of "cultivation and weaving" can be traced back to the rock paintings of the Neolithic Age. Later, the pre-Qin Yi vessels, the portrait bricks of the two Han Dynasty, the murals of the tombs of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the paintings of the Tang and Song Buddhist caves all have a large number of scenes related to grain and mulberry weaving. 
Song Yang Wei (biography) ploughed the picture page 248 25 Forbidden City.
Ming Dai Jin's "Spring Ploughing Map" (detail) is 1050 cm wide 1442 cm is now in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
The second picture of Kangxi's "Imperial Cultivation and Weaving Map" The Forbidden City in Beijing in 2018, the old collection of antique dealer Qiu YanzhiQianlong blue and white spring ploughing picture big hug moon bottleAt Christie's Hong Kong auction, the commission changed hands at HK$69.85 million, which became a hot story. When the time comes to 2021, the Qianlong Brothers bottle, which is paired with the old collection of Qiu Yan, Qing Qianlong Blue and White Spring Ploughing Picture Fushou Ruyi Big Hug Moon Bottle, was launched in Beijing International Huayi, with a starting price of RMB 20 million, and finally fell under the hammer with RMB 60 million, and the transaction was sold with a commission of RMB 69 million**, winning the first place in the market. 
Qing Qianlong blue and white spring ploughing picture Fushou Ruyi big hug moon bottle
Qianlong year of the Qing Dynasty
Height: 59cm
Price realised: RMB 69,000,000
This bottle body is sturdy and majestic, and the bottle body is painted with a spring ploughing map, which really contains lofty political ideals, the expectation of the king of a country for the unification of the world, therefore, the spring ploughing picture is seen in the official kiln porcelain, symbolizing the emperor's expectations for the entire Jiangshan Sheji. Therefore, the bottle is not only a rare work of art, but also a masterpiece that demonstrates the legitimacy of the royal family.
The daily scene of the peasants' hard work and crops is depicted on the royal imperial porcelain, of course, it also expresses that the people in power do not forget their roots, observe the suffering of "hoeing the day of the noon, sweat drops the soil", and understand the governing principle of "the five grains are ripe and the people are nurtured".
Hold the moon bottle partially
The whole vessel of the moon bottle is painted with blue and white flowers, the background on both sides is the same, both are under the double paulownia tree, the strange intersects, the farmhouse is not far away, and the facial expressions and folds of the painted characters are vivid. The rest of the trim is a blue and white painted group longevity entwined branch flower pattern, the hair color is bright and green, the pen is smooth, complex but not chaotic, and the white and moist glaze sets off each other, there is a unique charm.
Qianlong blue and white spring ploughing picture double blessing Ruyi ear big hug moon bottle.
When did the "ploughing and weaving pattern" appear on porcelain? The Chinese nation is an agrarian nation, and spring plowing and summer ploughing are important matters for the country, and it is also related to the foundation of the country's survival. Since the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing painter Lou Yan made the "Cultivation and Weaving Map", has been respected and praised by the emperors of the past dynasties, the Son of Heaven three pushes, the queen pro-silkworm, male cultivator and female weaving.
Although the Qing Dynasty was a nomadic regime, it still respected Han culture, attached importance to agriculture, and persuaded agriculture to teach agriculture. "Ploughing and weaving diagram".As a decorative motif, it appeared on porcelain, and it also began in the Kangxi period.
Kangxi colorful cultivation and weaving picture stick mallet bottle.
Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.
Qing Kangxi colorful cultivation and weaving picture bottle
Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Chen Liu's "Tao Ya" of the Qing Dynasty said: "Kangxi color paintings are exquisite, and the characters of the official kiln are better to cultivate and weave pictures." At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Xu Zhiheng's "Drinking Liuzhai Said Porcelain" contains: "'Cultivation and weaving map' is a fine product of Kangxi's official kiln, with imperial poems, and the regular is also exquisite, and the price is also in the chicken tank. "The appearance of cultivation and weaving patterns on Kangxi porcelain is naturally inseparable from Emperor Kangxi's heavy agricultural thoughts. Kangxi once saw the "Cultivation and Weaving Map" created by Lou Xuan during his southern tour, and immediately brought it back to the palace and ordered the painter Jiao Bingzhen to carry out a "second creation", so there was it"Imperial Cultivation and Weaving Map".
Qing Kangxi Jingdezhen kiln colorful cultivation and weaving picture bowl.
Qing Kangxi Jingdezhen kiln colorful cultivation and weaving picture bowl (detail).
The bowl is decorated with colorful colors, and the center of the bowl depicts a shepherd boy riding a bull, and throws the hat high, full of childlike fun; The outer wall depicts a farmer driving a buffalo to a field.
After the Kangxi Dynasty, the cultivation and weaving pattern decoration gradually became the traditional pattern of porcelain in the Qing Dynasty and evolved"Farm stay".and other ornaments.
Qing Qianlong style bucket color farming diagram amphora flat pot.
The shape of the vessel imitates the shape of the flat pot in the early Ming Dynasty, with a small mouth, a thin neck, a slipping shoulder, a flat round belly, an oval circle foot, and the neck to the shoulders are decorated with open-carved dragon-shaped ears. The two sides of the abdomen are lit up, and the production scene of the farmer's cultivation is depicted on one side, and the other side depicts a farmer standing on a square rake, raising his whip to drive oxen to harrow the ground in the paddy field. This vessel is exquisitely shaped, the color is gorgeous, the pattern is novel, it is a wonderful work in the Qianlong official kiln.
"Spring is the first of the year, and agriculture is the first".For thousands of years, generations of farmers have been optimistic and industrious, appreciating spring and competing for spring, and putting the joy of sowing and the satisfaction of harvesting on porcelain. It is also a way for the ruler to convey to the whole society the concept of valuing agriculture and working hard to produce, so as to educate the people to specialize in their own industry and be diligent in farming and weaving. Solicitation of works of art for auction
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