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Li Yanshan
Li Yanshan (; 20 November 1898 – 11 May 1961) (given name: Yaochen 耀辰; courtesy name: Juduan 居端; art name: Yanshan 研山) was a renowned Chinese guohua painter, calligraphist, poet, art educator and Chinese art connoisseur. He was also hailed as a master of guohua landscape painting. Biography Born into a well-off family with generations of scholars in the Pearl River Delta region in Guangdong province of Qing dynasty China, Li received a solid education in classical Chinese literature at a very early age. His passion and talent in art emerged when he began his high school education in Guangzhou where Pan He, a famous Guangdong guohua painter, was in charge of the Art Department. Li commenced his proper training in painting with Pan and became his protege. After graduating from high school in 1918, Li was admitted to the Faculty of Law at Peking University. However, his passion in art had only grown stronger. He took every opportunity while he was studying in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xinhui
Xinhui, alternately romanized as Sunwui and also known as Kuixiang, is an urban district of Jiangmen in Guangdong, China. It grew from a separate city founded at the confluence of the Tan and West Rivers. It has a population of about 735,500, 98% of whom are Han Chinese but many of whom speak a dialect of Cantonese as their first language. Xinhui is best known in China for its ''chenpi'', a kind of dried Mandarin orange peel. Geography Xinhui is situated at the confluence of the Tan and West Rivers in the southwestern area of the Pearl River Delta. It borders the South China Sea and adjoins Macao and Hong Kong. It comprises a total area of . Geologists have shown that Xinhui originated as a shallow bay at the mouth of the Pearl River about 5000 years ago, with its southeastern portion consisting of a chain of islands. The movement of the Tan and West Rivers eventually formed a delta that became the present alluvial plain over the course of the last nine hundred years. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |