04.用英语说中国：千里江山图（Freda老师）

A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains

Reporter：Freda Dilnar

Among the ten renowned paintings of China,two were born in the Song Dynasty.

在中国十大传世名画中，有两幅诞生于宋朝。

One is "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" which captures the daily life of the people and prosperity of the capital.

The other is "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" which eulogizes great rivers and mountains of the country.

一幅为展现世俗繁华的《清明上河图》，另一幅就是为锦绣河山颂唱的《千里江山图》。

"A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" was the work of Wang Ximeng, a painter during the Northern Song Dynasty.

The painter pursued the "fun of right close thousands of miles" and this technique of expression amazed people.

《千里江山图》是北宋画家王希孟的传世之作，作者以“咫尺千里之趣”的表现手法震撼世人。

In the nearly 12 meter long scroll, layer upon layer of valleys, rolling hills and numerous rivers have various shapes without any sense of repetition at all.

在长达近12米的画卷中，层峦叠嶂的山谷，起伏的丘陵以及无数江河，形态各异，竟没有一丝重复感。

Details in the painting are impressive too. 

画中的细节也让人叹为观止。

Characters are as small as rice grains but vivid and lively.

米粒儿大的人物意态却栩栩如生。

Birds, simply painted, look like they are soaring.

飞鸟虽轻轻一点，却具翱翔之势。

The complete painting is both magnificent and exquisite.

全图可谓既壮阔雄浑又细腻精到。

It is different from traditional ink paintings. "A Thousand miles of Rivers and Mountains" is a representative work of blue and green landscape painting.

A large amount of mineral pigments including mineral blue and mineral green were adopted to make the whole painting prominent in blue and green colors, providing people with an aesthetic pleasure.

和一般传统的水墨画不同，《千里江山图》是青绿山水的代表作，也就是画中采用了大量的石青、石绿等矿物颜料，使整个画面呈现出青绿色调，给人以美的享受。

"A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is known as the greatest treasure of the Palace Museum.

《千里江山图》被誉为故宫的镇馆之宝。