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Ideal Wonderland:Korean “Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang”Poems and Folk Paintings in Joseon Dynasty

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2018, (38), pp.7-27
  • DOI : 10.52723/JKL.38.007
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Received : September 30, 2018
  • Accepted : November 10, 2018
  • Published : November 30, 2018

I, Lo-fen 1

1Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Accredited

ABSTRACT

“Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang(瀟湘八景)” series of paintings was originally created by the Chinese painter Song Di in Song dynasty(11th century). According to Shen Kuo's Mengxi Bitan, the titles of its scenes are: Geese Descending to Level Sand, Sails Returning from a Distant Shore, Mountain Market, Clearing Mist, River and Sky, Evening Snow, Autumn Moon over Dongting, Night Rain on Xiao-Xiang, Evening Bell from a Mist-Shrouded Temple, and Fishing Village in the Evening Glow. The images were then transmitted to Korea and Japan in the Southern Song, remaining extremely important in the literature and art of China, Japan and Korea from the 12th to the 19th century. This paper investigates Korean poems and folk paintings(민화) in Joseon (Chosun) Dynasty(1392-1910) form the aspect of text and image studies. Prince Anpyeong and the literati's gathering in 1442 is an important example of aesthetics consciousness about “Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang”. the Korean folk painters adopted the literati's ideology, their articles are full of secular taste, treat “Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang” as wonderland image.

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