Extended information:

Han Huang's "Five Cows" is one of the top ten famous paintings handed down from generation to generation in China. It is one of the few authentic works of paper and silk painting handed down from the Tang Dynasty and is also the oldest surviving painting. Ancient Chinese paintings on paper can be called "treasures of the country" and are now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

"Five Cows Pictures" is on linen paper, 20.8 cm in length and 139.8 cm in width. It has no author's seal and contains fourteen names including Zhao Gou, Zhao Mengfu, Sun Hong, Xiang Yuanbian, Hongli and Jin Nong. Family inscription. There are five cows of different shapes in the painting. With his simple painting style and exquisite artistic skills, Han Huang showed the highest level of cow painting in the Tang Dynasty. It is known as one of the "Top Ten Famous Paintings in China".

About the author of "Five Bulls":

Han Huang, courtesy name Taichong, was a native of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. He lived through four dynasties from Xuanzong to Dezong. He was the son of Han Xiu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. During the Dezong period of the Tang Dynasty, he successively served as prime minister, governor of two Zhejiang provinces, and was granted the title of Duke of Jin. He was a landlord class politician who supported unity and opposed separatism.

He is good at painting people and animals. He writes cows, sheep, donkeys and other animals with vivid expressions, especially cows, which are "perfectly beautiful". The cows he painted have real and vivid postures, with a rich and simple style. It is famous for painting the customs of the Tian family and cattle and sheep.

Han Huang's 36 paintings include "Li Deyu Meeting Visitors", "Yao People Attacking the Soil" and "Tian Family Customs", etc., which are recorded in "Xuanhe Painting Book". His handed down works include the "Five Cows Pictures" volume.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Five Cows