In China, the flower and bird painting has a long history. Song Dynasty is the bestflourishing period, when excellent works appeared without numbers and famous artistsemerged in endlessly. This period is an important part in the history of Chinese painting.The flower and bird painting expresses an extra feeling to people, not only inside thepainting but also outside it. You can know the actual meaning of the painting only whenyou really understand its "outside meaning". However, paintings in different periodsand styles have different ways and contents of expression of "outside meaning". Thisarticle focuses on different periods and styles painting of bloom and birds in Songdynasty and discusses the "outside meaning" of the paintings comprehensively based onan overall research, and then to explore the painting's symbolic meaning, time spirit,aesthetics thought and so on.
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