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Three Friends and a Hundred Birds by Bian Wenjin, Ming dynasty. The Three Friends of Winter are common in works of art from Chinese culture [9] and those cultures influenced by it. The three are first recorded as appearing together in a ninth-century poem by the poet Zhu Qingyu (朱慶餘) of the Tang dynasty. [8]
The 'three friends in winter' is a motif frequently seen in Chinese art. The motif consists of pines, bamboos, and plum trees or else plum trees and a stone. The symbolism is that of longevity, constancy, and flowering during winter, before it is yet spring.
"There are three friends of winter: the pine tree, the plum blossom, and bamboo,' Shanghai Papa once told me." - from Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds, by Ping Fu The above quote exemplifies ...
In addition, his œuvre contains a very large number of three panel scenes with individual titles, not collated into series. One group of these could be assembled under the heading, "The Royal Household at Play", another could be grouped under "Scenes from the Kabuki", and a third under two sub-titles, "The Satsuma War" and "The Sino-Japanese War.'
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Collectively, they are called the Three Friends of Winter because bamboo and pine do not wither on winter days and the plum blossoms starts blooming during the cold season. Bamboo also exhibits a certain visual appeal on educated people because its silhouette cast by either the sun or moon on the paper windows of a Chinese house produced a ...
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In the seventh month of the guisi year of the Yongle reign, Bian Jingzhao of Longxi painted 'Three Friends and a Hundred Birds' at the official's residence in 'Chang'an'. Note 1: The guisi year of the Yongle reign translates to the year 1413.