Pink Peony Flower Wall Scroll

Beautiful Pink Peony Flowers

This very pink flower wall scroll contains an ancient Chinese wish that you have good things and good luck in your life as these flowers bloom.

The title written in Chinese characters on this scroll is "Hua Kai Ji Xiang".

Here's the direct translation from Chinese title:

Hua = Flower

Kai = Opening / Blooming

Ji Xiang = (brings) Good Luck / Good Things

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The peony is the unofficial national flower of China. It dates back far into Chinese history. In fact if you were alive from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty (618-1279AD), you would see these flowers all around the Emperor's palace. It was the favorite flower many people from the Emperor down to the common peasants.

In fact, during the Tang Dynasty (618-907AD) legend has it that the emperor's concubines would often wear peonies in their hair vying for favor from the emperor.

In an interesting twist, the roots of this family of flower are often used in Chinese herbal medicine.

This piece was painted by Ju Zhi-Gao. Besides the title, the Chinese Characters include his signature and year painted according to the Chinese calendar (2006).

This type of painting must be done quickly as the rice paper absorbs the ink very fast.

One wrong move by the artist, and all is lost. Artists who practice this type of work in China must have many years of experience.

Do to this work, Ju Zhi-Gao used water color and special black Chinese ink on rice paper. Later, I had the painting mounted to a silk wall scroll at our workshop.