Guangzhou Folk Customs In Watercolor Paintings On Papyrus Exported In The Late Qing Dynast

Tongcao paper watercolor painting is a unique painting category produced under the stimulation of port market economy in the late Qing Dynasty."Tongcao paper" is a special painting medium,which can fully show the effect of watercolor and has a unique style.It depicts a wide range of subjects,reflecting the social style,customs,regional culture and other information in the late Qing Dynasty.It is a special model and important historical image data for studying and analyzing the regional culture of Guangzhou.Before photography was invented,this art represented the special landscape of Chinese and Western art market trade in that period,It has immeasurable research value of art history and profound sociological value.This article is divided into four parts.The first part generally expounds the watercolor painting of Tongcao paper in the export painting,and discusses the close relationship between the social background of the export painting and the cultural economy of the trading port.The discussion on the integration of techniques;The second part mainly discusses the Lingnan folk culture in the watercolor paintings,and understands the regional folk customs reflected in the works of the late Qing Dynasty from three aspects: port scenery,human landscape,and traditional cultural themes;the third part focuses on exploring Buying trends of paintings with different themes,analyze consumers psychological expectations and purchasing motives from the perspective of market consumption psychology;the fourth part summarizes the culture and art of papyrus watercolor painting in the history of art in late Qing Dynasty from the collection flow and cultural influence of works status.Tongcao paper watercolor painting not only reflects the regional culture of one country’s soil and water,but also represents the lifestyle of a nation and the most fundamental artistic characteristics different from other nations.On the basis of absorbing the western painting style,it shows the unique regional folk cultural characteristics.An in-depth study of these paintings has very important theoretical value and practical significance for exploring the causes of the formation of Tongcao paper watercolor painting,the influence of market economy factors on artistic creation,as well as the cultural exchange between China and the West and the social customs of the late Qing Dynasty.