More than 1000 years ago, the Five Dynasties one of 10 countries Na Tang dynasty, own tea plantation of big for use of an emperor and park, of administer garden field is a drink unexpectedly praise the painter at that time -- Dong Yuan, the official encloseds ground for growing trees to north deputy make, word father's younger brother is amounted to, zhong Ling (today Jiangxi Nanchang) person. The life says " Dong Beiyuan " . He gives birth to Yu Tangchao last years of a dynasty or reign, saying is Na Tang in advocate plum when Nanchang of 璟 move the capital to another place, dong Yuan gets the appreciate of the imperial court, as the preferment of political place, make his painterly art had the good opportunity of Yu Chao of a put to good use. His landscape painting art ever got plum the show appreciation for sb of 璟, protect big 5 years (947) , yuan day heavy snow, plum official of group of 璟 call together ascends a building to place poem of banquet, ode, dong Yuan and the portraitist at that time develop Xu Chongsi of Zhu Cheng of painter of Zhou Wenju of painter of ancient, traditional Chinese painting of beautiful women, bound and painter of painting of flowers and birds in traditional Chinese style high to wait for sex of on-the-spot record adding up to draw to blow hard " admire Xue Tu " , the snow Zhu Hanlin in the picture by Dong Yuan advocate draw. After this, concerned history all did not carry collection Dong Yuan to be in the activity of Na Tang last years of a dynasty or reign, die extremely possibly Yu Natang last years of a dynasty or reign, die at the age of makes an appointment with 70 years old or so.
Knowing is Changjiang Delta layer upon layer and upland go up the smoke cloud of the tea tree of dark green exuberance and hydrosphere mist is alimentary this landscape artist, still be he discovered this alone beautiful the plain beauty at Changjiang Delta, can believe firmly, the Dong Yuan that writes Changjiang Delta true hill only with water Chinese ink was initiated by today of person for " landscape painting of ink of Changjiang Delta water is sent " (Mi Fei of Northen Song Dynasty breathes out for " Changjiang Delta is drawn " ) . In the division of a lot of picture that is good at in Dong Yuan it is thus clear that, the landscape painting is him the picture division of the richest achievement, have epoch-making sense.
