Chinese Landscape

Painting
-Mountains and Forests
Blossom Trees play an important part
in Chinese painting, poetry and
music.
Plum Blossom Tree
 Plum blossoms flower in later winter and early spring and are
highly regarded as a seasonal symbol of Winter and a harbinger of
Spring.

They are depicted in art and poetry and are loved by the
Chinese.

They are a Confucian symbol for virtue as one of the Four

Gentlemen and one of the Three Friends of Winter.

Plum Blossom
Plum Blossom & The Four Gentlemen
Plum Blossom & The Three Friends
Cherry Blossom Tree
 Cherry blossoms grow naturally in the
northern part of China and are deeply
symbolic in Japanese culture,
symbolising clouds due to their nature,
blooming en masse.

Cherry Blossom
Peach Blossom Tree
 Peach blossoms are highly prized in Chinese
culture as the ancient Chinese believed them to
possess more vitality than any other tree because
their blossoms appear before the leaves sprout.

Peach branches would be placed over doors to

protect against evil influences.

Peach Blossom
The Peach Blossom Spring was a fable
written by Tao Yuanming in 421 in
which during a turbulent time, a
fisherman discovered by chance a
forest made up entirely of peach
blossom trees and inhabited by
villagers with warm hearts.
Peach Blossom Spring
The Peach blossom Spring became a
symbol of an ideal world in the
hearts of the Chinese people.

Peach Blossom Spring

Masters
 Qiu Yeng
(1494-1552)
Peach Blossom Spring
 Wang Hui
(1632 - 1717)
Peach Blossom Spring
 Qii Yeng
(1494-1552)
Peach Blossom Spring
 Qi Baishi
(1864- 1957)
Peach Blossom
Spring
 Qi Baishi
(1864- 1957)
Peach Blossom
Spring
Zhang Daqian
(1899- 1983)
Peach Blossom
Spring
 Ji Yingxin
(1941- )
Peach Blossom Stream