Image Narrative Research

The "Moon Man Qing You Tu" album in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing shows the four seasons of entertainment activities of the deep palace women in twelve different scenes.This album not only inherits the basic styles and expression techniques of traditional Chinese image language,but also absorbs the creative skills of Western images.These rich pictorial languages provide viewers with an intuitive representation of the popular lunar activities in the Qing harem.The "Moon Man Qingyou Map" book uses time as a clue,using images as a narrative medium,and unfolding narratives in a specific time and space.This kind of narrative group of monthly narratives based on December has gradually become a subject matter often created by painters.Based on the perspective of image narrative,this paper attempts to explore the time and space narrative methods and connotations in the "Yueman Qingyou Tu" volume through the study of the "Yueman Qingyou Map" volume,and digs deeper into the hidden cultural connotation behind the album.Through a comprehensive understanding of the "Moon Man Qing You Tu" volume,we can find the significance of this album in the history of painting.