| The title of the dissertation is "Listening Attentively to the Sound of Qin: Auditory Interest in Ancient Paintings". Eyes and ears are two of our most important organs. The individual understanding of the world comes from one's sensory experiences, especially visual and auditory experiences. Ancient Chinese paintings, with unique modelling language, special awareness, aesthetic appreciation, are by nature closely related to classic music. Chinese painters, especially those amateur literati painters, build an aesthetic space flowing sweet sound of nature with vivid lines, elegant charm and perfect combination of phantom and reality. This paper includes four parts. The first part states the cultural background of aesthetic consciousness of hearing in ancient paintings by exploring its aesthetic connotation, changing course and historical value. The second part is about the history of the practice of writing poems on paintings, and the three developmental stages of inscription in ancient paintings, including the inchoative stage, the maturity stage and the late stage. The third part is devoted to the analysis of the construction of hearing paradigms in ancient paintings from the angles of its distinctive characteristics, its lively scheme and its unique charm. Finally, the last part of this article analyzes several means of creating auditory interest in ancient paintings, such as the fun of quietly-observing, the beauty of evening-scene and the eyes of fixedly-gazing. All sorts of cultures deliver perceptive pleasure of music in different ways, but Chinese ancient paintings are particularly typical in connection with classical music and rules of rhyming in nature. The harmonious combination of musical elements into pictural scroll allows fluid melody to flow through the drawing paper. Morever, studying musical interest in ancient paintings could help us explore the evolution of Chinese history and understand the significance of exchange and interaction between western and eastern arts. |