English: Silk painting featuring a man (a wizard) asking a dragon to go to the sky, dated to 5th century BCE (
Warring States period). Describe a wizard, asking with a rope to a dragon to go up in the sky, meaning a peacefull year, as it should do one time a year. This finework is in Changsha, Hunan province, at the Hunan provincial museum.
Français : Homme (un magicien de rang impérial) dressant un dragon, et lui demandant de monter au ciel, il porte une épée à sa hanche et d'une main il tire le dragon par la corde. Le dragon qui monte au ciel est l'assurance d'une année paisible. Une grue, de bon augure est situé en haut de la peinture. Un poisson les accompagne. Encre sur soie, Zidanku, Changsha, province du Hunan.
Période des Royaumes combattants
Biblio : Trois mille ans de peinture chinoise Collectif, Editions Ph. Piquier, 2003. pages 22-23. Et : Danielle Elisseeff, 2008. Art et archéologie : la Chine du néolithique à la fin des Cinq Dynasties (960 de notre ère), Manuel de l'école du Louvre.
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