After hearing that Fan Ji'an and others were interested in participating in the murals of the small temple, Jiang Yuan contacted Cao Xiang as soon as possible and told him about it.

In this regard, Cao Xiang did not hesitate to agree.

He is measured, and for those messy people, including Jiang Yuan, he will definitely turn them away, so as not to disturb Bai Ye's creation.

But he knows who Fan Ji'an is, and he understands the impact of Fan Ji'an and his party visiting the murals.

In the final analysis, Jiang Yuan and others are just architects, or bureaucrats or the like, and they may not understand murals. However, Fan Ji'an and others are real experts, and even famous masters and masters in the industry.

When such a person comes to visit, Cao Xiang will definitely open the door to convenience.

So the group, without any twists and turns, directly unimpeded, smoothly entered the temple and saw the murals in the hall.

"This ......"

At first glance, Fan Ji'an was stunned, he finally understood the feelings of Jiang Yuan and the others.

Smooth lines, flowing figures, spectacular graphics.

The style of the Tang Dynasty is appropriate.

"Cao Yi came out of the water. ”

"Wu takes the wind. ”

"Spring silkworms spin silk. ”

For a moment, a few people next to him couldn't help but marvel. They almost thought they were blind. Otherwise, how could you see the works of ancient masters on the walls?

Maybe modern people don't know, but connoisseurs know it.

The inheritance of Chinese painting was not based on paper silk silk as the carrier at the beginning. In fact, the murals are the source. At least before the Song Dynasty, murals were the mainstream of society.

Before the Song Dynasty, those well-known great painters, such as Wu Daozi, Zhou Fang, Gu Kaizhi, Lu Tanwei, Zhang Seng Xuan, etc., were basically famous for their murals.

No way, for technical reasons.

Before the Song Dynasty, paper was actually not suitable for painting. In addition, due to the limitations of the times, pictures were not valued by the world at that time.

Until the flourishing of religion, in order to spread the faith, the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism began to depict the sacred patterns of immortals and Buddhas on the walls of temples and Taoist temples to attract believers.

Over time, murals began to prevail. From emperors and generals to ordinary people, they have become interested in painting in a subtle way.

Perhaps this is also the fundamental reason for the development of the art of painting.

Anyway, murals began to rise in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, flourishing in the Tang and Song dynasties, and declining in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, dominating the aesthetics for hundreds of years, and also influencing later generations.

In the Tang Dynasty, it was developed to the peak and extreme. As a result, Wu Daozi, the most famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, had the reputation of painting saints. To put it bluntly, he was the most powerful painter of that period, and he was praised by the world on the altar.

Of course, the murals at that time really lived up to their reputation, and the painting skills were wonderful, even now, they are still talked about and breathtaking.

Because through some pictures handed down in ancient times, even if they are not the original authentic works, but the copying works of later generations, you can also appreciate that the handwriting of famous masters at that time is indeed extraordinary.

Painting on the wall is somewhat different from painting on paper. But in essence, the appeal of art is exactly the same.

In particular, the techniques can be said to be in the same vein.

Just now, a few people saw the mural and felt a few admirations, which are not only adjectives, but also a summary of the techniques of the ancients.

Cao Yi out of the water, talking about the Northern Qi painter Cao Zhongda, he painted figures with dense thin lines, and the folds of the clothes are tightly attached to the body, as if they have just come out of the water.

As for Wu Daodang, it refers to Wu Daozi. The clothing patterns of the characters he painted have a characteristic, that is, they can move. The sleeves and streamers of the characters have the momentum of dancing in the wind, which is very elegant.

Spring silkworm spinning, that is to describe Gu Kaizhi. The clothes of the characters he painted are depicted with ancient gossamer, and the lines are tight and continuous, such as spring silkworms spinning silk, spring clouds floating in the air, flowing water on the ground, natural and smooth.

Through a few words, you should also know that in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, to the Tang and Song dynasties, the techniques of painting art were basically based on line drawing.

The eighteen depictions in traditional painting were gradually summarized and summarized by successive generations of painters during this period.

Line drawing, line drawing, this is the foundation of traditional painting.

Before the advent of splashed ink and freehand painting, whether it was a mural or a paper painting, it was through the drawing of pen and ink to outline various landscapes, figures, flowers and birds. After that, either flat painting or coloring, gradually complete the drawing.

This technique, to be honest...... Naturally, it has not been lost.

Today's Gongbi paintings basically continue to use these techniques. But on the murals, the people who use them are relatively rare.

On the one hand, the technique is not easy to learn, requires a lot of practice, and consumes energy. On the other hand, it is afraid of trouble, and it is easier to be exhausted.

For example, in front of me, the murals in the temple, the white leaves took more than a month, and they have not been completed. Looking at the situation, only half of the amplitude has been completed, and the process is slow.

He goes out early and returns late every day, for more than a month, and has not finished his work. With the impetuousness of modern society and the habit of quick success, how many financiers can tolerate such progress?

Even if it is a large-scale work, the same subject matter and content are replaced by spray painting. It is expected that it will be completed in no more than three days.

Gap wow!

But then again, it is precisely this attitude of striving for perfection and working slowly and meticulously that has also created the shock that everyone is now shocking.

Including Fan Ji'an, a person looked at the mural, and his eyes showed all kinds of light, some sighed, some admired, and some worshipped......

The main thing is the content of the mural, which is truly amazing.

The painting is a fairy, there are solemn and solemn emperors, there are mighty and fierce generals, there are elegant and beautiful jade girls, there are real people who want to be fairy, there are many characters, complex but not chaotic.

The lines are strong and rhythmic, rigorous, concise, smooth, complex but not chaotic. Dense and overlapping folds of clothing can be depicted with long, flowing lines, or facial expressions can be depicted with delicate short lines.

The dense composition, complex and orderly, orderly but not rigid, the characters are different in shape, lifelike. From the dense lines like flowers, you can feel the elegant splendor.

Such a mural fell into the eyes of Fan Ji'an and others, and the first reaction was that the law of Cao Wu and the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty.

Fan Ji'an felt that his eyes were not enough, and he watched "greedily" for a long time before he slowly calmed down, took a breath, and said softly: "Chaoyuan Immortal Scepter Diagram?"

"What?"

The others were stunned.

In an instant, someone lost his voice and said, "Brother Fan, what do you mean...... This mural has been lost for many years, Chaoyuan Immortal Scepter Diagram?"

"Really?"

When several old men reacted, they were naturally in an uproar.

Ordinary people don't understand it, but they clearly know that the Chaoyuan Immortal Staff Diagram experienced various wars as early as the end of the Northern Song Dynasty and was completely lost......