Research On Painting Language Of Danxia Landform Landscape Painting

Located in the cetral region of Northwest China, Guide, Qinghai has once lost the inheritage of tradtional landscape painting skills and theories because of years of wars and political power transition. Although the location of Guide is remote, it has extremely strong regional characteristics, unique geographical environment and buildings of cultural interest, among which the Danxia Landform is outstanding. Danxia Landform is famous for the fantasy and gorgeous red rock stratum, and the Danxia Landform in Guide is the coexistence of rustiness and gorgeousness, the fusion of diversity and calm. Through the analysis of Danxia Landform in the perspective of traditional landscape painting construction, we can see that the Danxia Landform possesses unique mountain shape and various mountain colors. Being shaped by wind and rain into shapes such as castle, pagoda, needle rod, different mountains have diversified shapes and unique texture patterns, which provide basis for construction and choice making during the creation of landscape paintings. The general trend of mountains is unified and rhythmical, echoing the changing and concluding landscape paintings.Mountains in Danxia Landform have diversified colors such as red, green, ochre, purple, etc., known as “colorful Danxia”. During creation of landscape paintings, it is not only necessary to highlight”colorful”, but also to guarentee the complementation of the color rhythm and the whole picture, thus to achieve the perfect combination of “color” and “ink”. The success of several regional landscape paintings laid foundation and pointed out the direction for Guide Danxia Landform to forge regional landscape painting language. During the process of forging landscape painting language for Danxia Landform in Guide, there might limitations such as cultural connection, remote location. However, distinct regional characteristics and humanistic feelings provide strong advantages for forging landscape painting language of Danxia Landform in Guide, Qinghai.