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                                  | Title: Shirley's Art 957 -Integrated Art 103: Song Mudan - Ode to the Tree Peonies - Shirley's  Assignment 357 at Chinese National Academy of Arts - Jan 11,2015 | 
                                 
                                
                                                                 
                                  | Artist: Shirley Yiping Zhang | 
                                 
                                 
                                  | Size: 97.00cm x 180.00cm( 39.59 inches x 70.86inches) | 
                                 
                                 
                                  | Completed Time: Jan 11, 2015                                   | 
                                 
                                 
                                  Remarks:    Listen to Shirley Singing the Poem in Chinese
   Listen to Shirley Singing the Poem in English
   Listen to Shirley Singing the Poem in Chinese & in English
   Listen to Shirley Singing the Poem in English & China
 
   Listen to Shirley Explaining the Poem & Follow Me to Read It
   Follow Shirley to Read the New Words & the Poem 
 
  Learn the Meaning of the Poem
 
  See Shirley Created Paintings for the Poem in Beijing Jan 8,2015 
  This is my 100th Combined Paintingthat I have created / painted for Chinese Classical Poetry, and  my 953rd painting since 2003 ; my 355th assignment at Chinese National Academy of Arts. 
  One of my former classmates - Mrs. Daihui took away the original painting that I had created for the poem below on Dec 25, 2014, I re-painted this one Jan 5- Jan 8, 2015. 
  The Main Meaning of the Poem and the Lyrics of the Song in English: 
  Peonies in the front yard are pretty but have no character; Lotuses in the pool are clean but have little sentiment. Tree peonies are the only true national beauty; They move the whole of the capital during their blossoming season.
  Original Poem, Lyrics of the Song in Chinese and Pronunciations:
  庭前芍药妖无格 -- Ting qian shaoyao Yao Wu ge, 池上芙蕖净少情 -- Chi shang fu qu jing shao qing。 唯有牡丹真国色 -- Wei you mudan zhen guo se, 花开时节动京城 -- Hua kai shijie dong jingcheng。   Now I have not created a piece of music for it yet and I have not written the article for it yet. But, I will do it as soon as I come back home since our winter vacation will be started in 4 days.    How do you think of this single picture? Do you enjoy it?
 
  If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to  shirley@ebridge.cn . You are welcome to publish your opinions in Message Board as well. 
 
 Shirley Yiping Zhang  Jan 11, 2015
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