He Da Qi Yanjing past painted old Beijing folk customs Illustrations Ho Da-Qi sketch manuscripts collection(Chinese Edition) by HE DA QI - 2015-01-01: YAN JING WANG SHI HE DA QI HUI LAO BEI JING MIN SU FENG QING HUA JI HE DA QI SU XIE CHUANG ZUO SHOU GAO JI

Intellectual Property Publishing House, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 10x7x3. Consists of two volumes in a slipcase. Both books in nearly condition. Volume I (Old Beijing Folk Customs Painting Album) selects 158 paintings, poems and essays about the old Beijing folk customs created by the author He Daji in different eras; Volume II (Sketch Manuscripts Collection) consists of eight chapters, namely animal, tree and landscape, daily life, music and dance, Peking Opera, drama and Chinese folk art forms, screen, and character materials of old Beijing folk customs paintings. These manuscripts lay a solid foundation for the creation of folk customs series scroll paintings, also show the folk ecology and cultural inheritance of each era at considerable artistic level.