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Exploring the Song Dynasty through Archery: A Journey into Song Paintings

On the afternoon of August 18th, the second season of “Into Song Painting·Song Rhyme Experience Journey” – the third phase of “When Song Rhyme Meets the Asian Games” was successfully held at the Shechao National Art Museum in Hangzhou. The protagonist of this issue of Song paintings is “Riding and Shooting”. Chen Silin, deputy secretary-general of Zhejiang Recitation Association, hosted as a guest, and Mr. Wu Ge, a special archery master of Lingxiao Bow Club of Zhejiang University and curator of Hangzhou Shechao National Art Museum, led everyone into this Song painting and experienced the Song Dynasty. Archery sport.

The event was jointly created by the Hangzhou People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Office and the Hangzhou Library. It interacted with the audience through online live broadcast, and a total of 150,000 people participated.

The “Riding and Shooting Picture” included in the sixth volume of the fourth volume of “The Complete Works of Song Paintings” collected by the Hangzhou Library shows a typical style of the Song Dynasty in terms of artistic skills. The smooth and firm lines, accurate and refined shapes, and elegant and lively coloring undoubtedly inherit the tradition of figure painting since Li Gonglin and have reached a very high level. In the painting, the warrior stands in front of the horse with a bow and arrow, and is correcting the shaft of the arrow, as if preparing for hunting.

Mr. Wu Ge introduced that during the Song Dynasty, my country’s politics, economy, and culture showed a scene of high prosperity, and archery also made new breakthroughs during this historical period. In “Song History”, there are relatively complete records about archery, and we can also learn about the new development of archery in the Song Dynasty from this official history book. The ritual shooting culture also developed rapidly during this period as if it had been thawed.

The role of ritual shooting culture in the Song Dynasty was mainly in diplomacy, enlightenment, entertainment and sports. Among them, the banquet shooting is the main force of the ritual shooting culture in the Song Dynasty, and it is widely used in diplomatic occasions. So, what are the differences between Song Dynasty archery and modern archery? Teacher Wu also introduced this, “The difference between the two is mainly in the material of the bow and arrow, the purpose of use, the way of aiming and the way of scoring.”

In the Song Dynasty, each prefecture school held a township shooting ceremony every year, that is, a shooting competition. Archery competitions pay attention to etiquette. For the rural shooting ceremony, the contestants are divided into two groups, namely the upper couple and the lower couple.

At the event site, foreign friends from Ukraine, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burundi and other countries enthusiastically participated. Teacher Wu explained the rules of the competition to them, and gave an archery demonstration, “The first round is test shooting, no score is counted. The second round is actual shooting. The third round is to match the drumbeat to match the rhythm of the rhythm. Three The results will be announced after the rounds.”

After being instructed by the teacher, the foreign guests quickly mastered the archery skills. Afterwards, they experienced archery one after another, and also started an archery competition. There was laughter at the scene.

The second season of “Entering Song Paintings in One Second·Song Rhythm Experience Journey”, in the name of the host city of the Asian Games, builds the city’s cultural IP and builds the city’s international brand. In the “Complete Collection of Song Paintings”, four representative works “Cuju”, “Jiaoyin Hitting the Ball”, “Riding and Shooting” and “Minghuang Hitting the Ball” were selected. The theme content is introduced, and the relevant literature of the Song Dynasty is combined with Song Yun sports activities, so that the audience can feel the charm of Song Yun culture to the greatest extent in the form of experiential live broadcast.

2023-08-19 09:10:57

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