鲤鱼跳龙门 - The carp leaps over the Dragon Gate

作品解释

作品所含汉字：

門 - 甲骨文 （中间）

水 - 甲骨文（下方）

鱼 - 甲骨文（左下）

鱼 - 小篆 （左上）

鱼 - 隶书 （右上）

鱼 - 简化楷书（右下）

作品意思

“鲤鱼跳龙门“是中国传统上的年画（春节时期挂的画），表示“鲤鱼如果能跳过龙门，便可以变成龙”。寓意是事业兴旺，心想事成，万事如意。

 

 

 

我用象形字来表达这个意思。

中间的门（門）字表示龙门，下面是水字，鱼从左下 - 左上 - 右上 - 右下，跃过门，同时也展示了3500多年汉字演变的全过程：甲骨文 - 小篆 - 隶书 - 简化楷书。 就像鲤鱼跃过龙门一样，最后成了文化巨龙。

 

Explanation of the Work

Chinese characters included in the artwork:

• 門 (shell bone script) – center

• 水 (shell bone script) – bottom

• 鱼 (shell bone script) – lower left

• 鱼 (small seal script) – upper left

• 鱼 (clerical script) – upper right

• 鱼 (simplified regular script) – lower right

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Meaning of the Work

“The Carp Leaps Over the Dragon Gate” is a traditional Chinese New Year picture (a painting displayed during the Spring Festival). It represents the legend that if a carp successfully jumps over the Dragon Gate, it can transform into a dragon.

It symbolizes flourishing success in one’s career, the fulfillment of wishes, and good fortune in all endeavors.

I use pictographic characters to express this idea.

The character “Gate” (門) in the center represents the Dragon Gate, and below it is the character for “water.” The fish moves from the lower left to the upper left, then to the upper right, and finally to the lower right, leaping over the gate.

At the same time, it also presents the full evolutionary process of Chinese characters over more than 3,500 years: from oracle bone script to small seal script, to clerical script, and finally to simplified regular script.