@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

Crayfish sounds like the word laugh in mandarin, so it symbolizes happiness and joy. Sometimes its auspiciousness also represents good fortune and long life.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/crayfish-in-river-no-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/660342/Crayfish%20in%20Water.html





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@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random
@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

Chinese mountain and water painting (in Chinese called shan shui, shan = mountain, shui=water) forms its own artistic tradition and system. Through mountain and water paintings, people can taste both artistic conception and the artistic style of Chinese paintings well.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/river-view-birgit-moldenhauer.html




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@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

Chinese Grapes is a painting in traditional Chinese free style (Xie Yi) technique with ink on Xuan rice paper.

https://birgit-moldenhauer.pixels.com/featured/chinese-grapes-one-no-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html





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@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random
@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

In China, fish and jade are homonymic words (all sound "yu"), so fish represents affluence and abundance.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/three-little-fish-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/676825/Three%20Little%20Fish%20-%20no%20Cally.html

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@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

Winter Bird is painted in traditional Chinese "gongbi" style.

The technique calls for brushstrokes to “be as detailed as detailed can be”, using highly detailed brushstrokes that delimit details very precisely and without independent or expressive variation.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/winter-bird-birgit-moldenhauer.html





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@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

The Pigeon is a common bird which plays an important role in traditional Chinese culture. The Chinese character of pigeon pronounces like “Ge”, which is the sound of the bird’s calling. Therefore, pigeons are named for their chirping.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pigeon-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/542007/Pigeon%20-%20no%20Cally.html





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@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

This is a painting in traditional Chinese free style (Xie Yi) technique with ink and water color on Xuan rice paper.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bamboo-forest-green-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/514759/Bamboo%20Forest%20-%20green%20-%20Cally.html










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@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

I framed this Iris in a nice Chinese style. Now it looks ancient 😉

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/red-iris-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/258287/Red%20Iris%20-%20round.html

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@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

Koi Fish with Lotos

In traditional Chinese culture, fish is the symbols of fertility and wealth. Fish images are also often to given as wedding gift as fish multiply rapidly and they often swim in pairs.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/koi-fish-with-lotus-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html



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@BirgitMoldenhauer@mastodon.art avatar BirgitMoldenhauer , to random

According to Fengshui the faraway mountains is symbolic of long stading and well established. The morning sun implies lucky strike, also means that the hard times already past and the good days has come.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/yangze-river-in-autumn-no-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/570440/Yangze%20River%20in%20Autumn%20-%20no%20Cally.html





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