Author ｜
I Lo-fen
Abstract ｜
“Xiao-Xiang” refers to the Xiao River and Xiang River that flows through Hunan area. Since Zhuangzi and Qu Yuan, literary creations on Xiao-Xiang have developed into a cultural image, and landscape paintings on Xiao-Xiang have also developed from Tang dynasty. Northern Song dynasty painter Song Di illustrated “Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang”, which initiated the poetry and painting creations on Xiao-Xiang in East Asia.12th century, Goryeo ambassador painters have learned poetry and painting creations on Xiao-Xiang in the Song court. 13th century, monks travelled to Japan also brought in poetry and painting works on Xiao-Xiang. The over land route of Ancient Vietnamese envoys also went through Hunan province. “Eight views of Xiao-Xiang” is a shared poetry and lyrical motif among East Asian countries. Hence, studying the cultural image of Xiao-Xiang will allow analysis of aesthetic consciousness of East Asian countries.This paper summarizes the origins of “Eight View of Xiao-Xiang”, as well as their historical development in China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam,each with their distinguishing characteristics.
keywords ｜
Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang, Culture Image, East Asia, Motif, Aesthetic consciousness