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1、TheSignificanceofChinesePaintingsA:It’sinterestingthatChinesepaintingscanbecreatedonthespot,eventhoughmostofthemhavesimilarsubjects.Peony,plumblossoms,mountains,creeksorcottagesareverypopular.Thereareoftenpaintersatsignificantcelebratoryandcommemorativeevents.B:Theireducatio
2、nalfunctionis,infact,auniquefeatureofChinesepainting.Humanprofileswereusedasamethodtoeitherglorifyheroesorcondemntraitors2,000yearsago.TangDynastyofficialseventriedtobringpaintingintoConfucianideology.TheCourtoftheSongDynastypublishedanofficialguidetopaintings.Thisraisedcrit
3、erianotonlyforhumanprofilesbutalsoforlandscapeandobjectpaintings.A:Oh,whatwasthat?B:Itclassifiedpaintingsintotencategoriescoveringreligiousbeliefs,Confucianismandstatepower.Thisclassificationgaveanofficialdefinitionofthevalueandsignificanceofthepaintings.Thepurposeoflandscap
4、epaintingswastoportraythefivemountains,whilefruitandbirdswereusedtoexemplifyoreulogizetheGods.Inthiscase,thesubjectswereusedasreferencestopeopleinordertodelivermoralmessages.Forexample,peonyandpeacocksrepresentedwealthandfortune;pinetrees,bamboo,plumblossomsandorchidsreprese
5、ntedeleganceandaccomplishment;andpinetreesandcypressessymbolizedloyalty.A:AsfarasIknow,painterswhodidnothavetomakealivingbypaintinguseddifferentskillstothosespecifiedintheguide,eventhoughtheypaintedthesamesubjects.B:Artistsareusuallyagainstpragmatism.Theyliketogivemeaningtot
6、hesubjectstheypaint.Bamboosymbolizesintegrityandsimplicity;theorchidsymbolizesmodestyandmisfortune;andpinetreessymbolizenevergivingup.Artistsalsolikelandscapes.Itdoesn’ttakealotoftrainingtopaintlandscapes.Italldependsonthepainter’spersonalityandability,aswellashisuniquetouch
7、.Mostoftoday’snon-professionalpaintersfollowthelandscapestyle.Theobjectiveofthesepaintersispurelyentertainmentandself-satisfaction.Themoresuccessfulartistshavetheopportunitytoexhibitatpublicfunctions.Thatisprobablytheclimaxoftheirpaintingcareers.A:Whatareprofessionalpainters
8、doing?B:Someofthemmakeagreatefforttoimprovetheirpaintingskills.They7wanttod
