Chicken homophonic "auspicious", painting chicken symbolizes good luck and prosperity, which is one of the themes often expressed in Chinese painting and flower-and-bird painting.
The ancients said that chickens have five virtues, namely, literature, martial arts, courage, benevolence and faith. Wen, has the meaning of gaining fame. Wu is a symbol of a military commander. The enemy dares to fight head-on, which is called courage. Those who treat each other with food are called benevolence, and those who are punctual at dawn are called faith.
In the flower-and-bird paintings with the theme of "chicken", rooster (rooster) is especially favored by painters of all ages. The rooster has a towering red comb, which looks magnificent and beautiful, and the "crown" is homophonic with "official", which literally means ceremony. The ancients took high-pitched as a gift, which implied the meaning of promotion and promotion, and people pinned their hopes on it.
Evaluation:
Shi Kai's freehand flower-and-bird paintings are based on the spirit of China people's harmony between man and nature, and with a cultural attitude of enjoying themselves, they perceive everything, appreciate the universe, thank heaven and earth, praise sages and care for life.
Therefore, when he created this peony rooster work "Prosperous Changchun", he was always "too mysterious", making his mind jump into the rhythm of nature's life, making his personal life blend into the realm of heaven and earth, making the two resonate, making things feel the same with me.
Therefore, when Shi Kai created this painting, he couldn't help it, and he came into being with a brush, such as flying sand and walking stones, as if with the help of God's will, he reached the realm of seeing Si Qi and turning things into things. With the strong support of Confucianism, the pen and ink movement with Taoist meaning pursued by Shi Kai has always been a "benevolent".
His sense of life is that he can feel the greatest pleasure of living in such a free cultural space in such a creative process.