插画-芙蓉锦城The hibiscus city

孟知祥在成都建都称帝，年号明德，国号蜀，史称“后蜀”后蜀二代皇帝孟昶虽然政治能力极差，却为华夏文明留下不少佳话，宠妃花蕊夫人嗜爱芙蓉花，后主便为其遍植木芙蓉于成都，使成都‘四十里为锦绣’由此成都便有‘芙蓉城’的美称。

组作品描绘的是四川省的一些人文自然景观。名字取自于苏轼的诗‘芙蓉城中花冥冥，谁其主者石与丁。珠帘玉楼翡翠屏，云舒霞卷千娉婷。’

在这一系列的作品中，第一张插图表现的是川剧变脸。第二个是四川濒危物种红腹锦鸡。第三张是黄龙五彩池。第四张是在四川由清代乾隆年间陕西籍商人所建的古建筑西秦会馆。

四川是我第一次外出写生的城市，这组插图来源于我在四川写生时的速写，表达的是我对这个地区的理解——热情，富饶，丰富的文化及人与自然的和谐统一。

My first tourist city for live drawing is Chengdu in Sichuan Province, that is the reason why I really want to draw a illustration about Sichuan. In the ancient Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period，Sichuan Province was a Kingdom. The king very like Hibiscus mutabilis，So the Capital Chengdu was named the hibiscus city in this kingdom.

In this series of artworks，the first illustration represent Magical Face Changes in Sichuan Opera，the Magical Face Changes Actors could change more than 10 masks in less than 20 seconds and vomiting flame .The second illustration is Chrysolophus pictus that is a endangered specie in Sichuan. The third illustration is The multi-coloured pools of HuangLong，that is the famed travertine landscape in Sichuan.The fourth illustration is a historic building Xiqin in Sichuan Province.

This series of artworks is my own understanding of Natural Scenery and cultural history of Sichuan,it is a passion，historical and exotic land and the nature and set up the harmonious ideas of Sichuan.

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