Early Spring Landscape 1752
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"Early Spring Landscape" is a hanging scroll painting created by Cai Jia, a prominent Chinese painter from the Qing dynasty. Executed in 1752, the artwork depicts a tranquil mountain landscape with a winding stream. Cai Jia's masterful use of ink and brushwork creates a sense of depth and atmosphere, typical of the "shanshui" (mountain-water) style of Chinese landscape painting. This particular scroll is now part of the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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This painting relates to Buddhist ideas of reclusion in nature. In the foreground is a river, and along the path that moves upward into the mountains is a Buddhist monastery situated in the valley. The poem inscribed at the top reads: Monk’s mat, fragrant lamp, and teaI came to visit a temple with great joyAlthough we are in the earthly realm, there is no noiseThe shifting scenery shows the passage of timeThe fragrant southern winds quickly reach the northern snowThe spring suddenly approaches the winter plum blossomsI return home late while composing a poem about the glow of the sunsetThe smoke that shrouds the old tree grove disperses the crows
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