Hong Tianbao found two very interesting ancient paintings in it. Although the ancient paintings have different styles, the contents are very similar, and the ideas to be expressed are also very consistent. They are all called "Han Xizai Night Banquet Picture".

At this time, Hong Tianbao was a little confused. These two paintings were both original works, one of Gu Hongzhong's works and the other was Zhou Wenju's works. These two paintings, as one of the top ten ancient paintings in China, are very famous, and it is impossible for Hong Tianbao to have never heard of them.

This painting depicts the scene of the family of Han Xizai, a great official in the Southern Tang Dynasty, having a banquet and having fun in the family. In order to avoid the suspicion of Li Yu, the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Han Xizai used his voice and color as a place to hide his humbleness. He always had a grand banquet at night and had fun with guests. This picture depicts the entire process of a night banquet in the Han Mansion.

The lines of this long scroll are accurate and smooth, delicate and flexible, and full of expressiveness. The colors are beautiful and elegant, and they are rich in layering, with unique charm.

According to his understanding, Zhou Wenju's painting has long been lost, so it is very reasonable to find it here. But isn't Gu Hongzhong's painting still in the Palace Museum? And it is one of the treasures in the museum. But what's going on with this painting in front of him? His vision cannot be wrong, this painting is definitely the original work.

"Let me show you the painting." Hong Tianbao handed the painting Gu Hongzhong to Tang Xin to see.

Tang Xin looked at Hong Tianbao with some confusion and took it. When she saw the content above, she suddenly widened her eyes, and then her attitude immediately became serious and carefully looked at the entire work.

Hong Tianbao continued to observe Zhou Wenju's painting. The two works have their own advantages and are difficult to be worse.

Zhou Wenju was a very famous painter in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. His ladies' paintings inherited the tradition of Zhou Fang in the Tang Dynasty from the subject matter to the form of expression. Theorists say that their body is close to Zhou Fang, but they are more beautiful than it is determined by the differences in the aesthetic styles of different eras and the postures of women in different regions.

He painted Buddhist and Taoist figures and tried not to follow the rulings of Cao Zhongda, Wu Daozi and others. He painted the clothes and patterns of characters, imitated the calligraphy of Li Houzhu, and his strokes were thin, hard and trembling. He was good at expressing prosperous and magnificent life scenes, which was the specialty of Zhou Wenju’s figure painting.

Hong Tianbao unfolds the picture. There are five paragraphs of content recorded on the picture. It is a hand-rolled form, centered on Han Xizai. The whole picture is divided into five paragraphs: "listening to music", "watching dance", "rest", "clear blowing" and "feasting". Each paragraph is a chapter and can be connected into a whole.

The first paragraph describes Han Xizai and the guests having a banquet, and the sister of Li Jiaming, the deputy envoy of the Jiaofang, played the pipa. The painter focused on the performance at the beginning. The moment the atmosphere of the whole scene was concentrated. The spirit and vision of each character were concentrated on the hands of the pipa girl. The structure was compact and the characters were concentrated. However, the people's voices and breathing expressions made the scene look very quiet. From the hands of the pipa playing, it seemed that beautiful and crisp notes were heard, and this note vibrated the audience's eardrums and conjured their inner emotions.

The second paragraph describes Wangwu Mountain Dance "Liu Mo", Xizai personally beats the drum. It depicts Han Xizai personally beats the drum for the Wuji, and the atmosphere is warm and turbulent. One of the monks bows his hand and stretches out his fingers. It seems that he has just finished applauding, and his eyes are staring at Han Xizai's drumming movements without watching Wuji, showing an awkward expression, which is completely in line with the specific expression of this particular character.

The third paragraph describes that after the guests parted, the host and the girls rested and washed. The banquet was in the middle of the rest scene, and the characters were arranged relatively loosely. Han Xizai was surrounded by the maids and was lying on the couch in the inner room, washing his hands and talking to the maids. This was also an interval of the night banquet plot represented by the entire picture. The overall atmosphere was soothing and relaxing.

The fourth paragraph describes Xizai's casual clothes to enjoy the cool air and listens to the female crafts playing wind music. The characters are sparse and dense, and the musicians' playing movements make people feel high-pitched. The rich wind harmony motivates the audience's emotions. The scene of the female crafts playing wind music. Han Xizai changed into casual clothes and sat cross-legged on a chair, talking to a maid. The female crafts playing music are arranged in a row, uneven and graceful, with different dynamics. Changes appear in the unity, as if the picture is filled with clear and pleasant music.

The fifth paragraph describes a part of the funerals close to guests and girls. After the banquet, some of the guests left, and some reluctantly talked to the girls and joked with them, ending the entire picture. The complete scroll is intertwined with a warm and deserted, lingering and gloomy atmosphere. In the timely fun of living and dreaming, Han Xizai's disappointment in life is implicit, and this mood in turn strengthens his persistence and yearning for life.

Hong Tianbao carefully understood and found that the first two paragraphs were the most vivid. The main and guest listened quietly or looked silently, and focused on the hands of the piano player and the body of the singer and the singer and dancer. The drums and boards played according to the rhythm, and it seemed that the sound and rhyme were transmitted from outside the painting.

From this we can see that the painter's observations are subtle and vividly depicts the scene of Han Xizai having a night banquet. In the five scenes, more than 40 characters' voices, appearances, smiles and appearances are all taken off from silk.

The melodious music in the picture, graceful dance, swaying toast and laughter, highlighting Han Xizai's mental state of worry and depression. The facial angle, clothing, and movements and expressions appearing in each paragraph are different, but there is one thing that has the same, there is no smile on his face, always deep and melancholy.

This portrays a heart-wrenching inner world with high talent but depressed expression, both in the sense of sensuality and lowliness, and contradictory complexity.

In fact, it is not only a picture describing Han Xizai's private life, but more importantly, it reflects the style of that particular era and reveals the internal contradictions of the ruling class. It also vividly reflects the arrogance, extravagance and debauchery of the ruling class at that time from one aspect.

Hong Tianbao has already seen the one Gu Hongzhong just now. Both of them have the same skills, which is amazing.

The whole painting is neat and fine, with fine lines and roundness. The characters' clothes and patterns are portrayed neatly and concisely, and the description of objects is strongly realistic. The colors are both rich and steady, and the proportions are perspective and rules to be found. It is a fine ancient figure painting with important historical relics and outstanding artistic achievements.

"This true legend has finally been found, but I didn't expect it to be here." Tang Xin said happily. She had been looking at it for a long time just now. With her eyesight, this one is probably the original work of Gu Hongzhong.

"Uh! Didn't you say that the true story is in the Palace Museum? What's going on?" Hong Tianbao asked.

"Hey! Don't you know? The original trace of "Han Xizai Night Banquet" has long been lost. The museum is a copy of the Song Dynasty, but despite this, this painting is still one of the top ten ancient paintings handed down from the world." Tang Xin explained.

She suddenly became even happier when she found that Hong Tianbao didn't understand these things. Since the request came to an end, she didn't know how many blows she suffered. This time, she finally regained a little superiority.

"Oh! So that's it, I said! No matter how you look at this one, it doesn't look fake." Hong Tianbao suddenly realized.

"This time, Mr. Li and the others must be very happy. This painting will definitely cause a sensation again when returning to China." Tang Xin said with a little excited expression.

She thought to herself: No wonder that guy said that these ancient calligraphy and paintings are worth more than 100 million US dollars. It is really easy to have this national treasure-level ancient painting, which is over 100 million. She was surprised just now! Although ancient calligraphy and paintings in China are valuable, such a bunch should not be worth 100 million, right?

"Haha! Don't be excited, look at this one again." Hong Tianbao handed over the one Zhou Wenju in his hand.

Tang Xin reluctantly put down Gu Hongzhong's work and took the long scroll handed over by Hong Tianbao. His eyes fell on the picture, and his beautiful eyes instantly expanded. He opened his mouth slightly incredibly and screamed softly, looking like he was a ghost.

She raised her head, looked at Hong Tianbao in shock, and said incredibly: "So weird?"

"How do I know? I'm also surprised when I see the two pictures that are almost the same!" Hong Tianbao shrugged and said.

Hong Tianbao also knew that this "Han Xizai Night Banquet Picture" was painted by Zhou Wenju and Gu Hongzhong at the same time. Both of them were present at the time, and later followed the instructions of the Southern Tang Lord to draw what they saw.

It is said that Han Xi's calligraphy and painting were famous for his time. His father was executed for the sake of the incident. Han Xizai fled to Jiangnan and surrendered to the Southern Tang Dynasty. He was first deeply favored by Li Jing, the middle lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. After Li Yu succeeded to the throne, the Song Dynasty in the north threatened the security of the Southern Tang Dynasty. On the one hand, Li Yu asked for peace with the Northern Song Dynasty, and on the other hand, he suspected and framed officials from the north. The struggle within the entire Southern Tang ruling group intensified and the day was in danger.

In this environment, in order to protect himself, Han Xizai, who was in high positions, deliberately dressed up as a fool who was drunk and dreaming of life, so that Li Houzhu would not suspect that he was a person with political ambitions in order to protect himself.

But Li Yu was still worried about him, so he sent Gu Hongzhong and Zhou Wenju of the Painting Academy to his house, secretly spy on Han Xizai's activities, and ordered them to draw everything they saw and hand it over to him to see.

Han Xizai, who was wise and foolish, certainly understood their purpose. Han Xizai deliberately performed a refreshing performance in a state of not caring about current affairs, indulging in singing and dancing, and living a life of life and dreaming of death.

With his quick insight and amazing memory, Gu Hongzhong and Zhou Wenju kept Han Xizai's night banquet in mind, and immediately wrote a painting after returning. After Li Yu saw this painting, he temporarily let Han Xizai and others go. A masterpiece passed down from generation to generation has been passed down.

"No need to look at it, just take it back and let Mr. Li and the others identify it. I can't say it, it all seems to be true. But this matter is a bit coincidental, and I feel a little dizzy." Tang Xin said.

If they were notified of Mr. Li and the others, they might not care about the affairs of the museum or the places here. A group of people came here.

Now, it’s good to see two real paintings appearing. It would be strange if it’s not shocking! Although Tang Xin has achieved great success in antiques, he still cannot be 100% sure of these two paintings. He recognizes the authenticity of antiques and reveals the details of a cultural relic. It is only a master who has it, and even her teacher, Mr. Kong, has not reached that level.
Chapter completed!