{"product_id":"zk-tczk4528","title":"Zhong Kui | The Broad Road to the Heavens | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x50cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZhong Kui | The Broad Road to the Heavens | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x50cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ink, Zhong Kui strides forward sword in hand, robes streaming back, steps open and broad, long beard in the wind, gaze cast beyond the frame into the distance. The ink lines open by degrees from bottom to top, and the blank space at his feet spreads like a wide road reaching to the horizon; the brushwork flows freely without a single obstruction, answering the words \"broad road to the heavens.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Broad Road to the Heavens\" paints the openness of the right way. Walk upright and straight, and beneath the feet a road grows ever wider, reaching toward heaven and earth; by contrast, a crooked mind finds only narrow alleys and dead ends. Through the striding, uplifted Zhong Kui the artist sends a blessing: walk the right way, hold upright qi, and may your road ahead be open and boundless. It is both a wish and the quiet certainty that if one simply does good, the future takes care of itself. Painted in the spare freehand (xieyi) manner, the work uses bold, economical strokes in which ink and cinnabar range from dense to pale, bringing Zhong Kui to life in just a few assured marks. The figure is delightfully exaggerated yet disciplined, weaving a contemporary, good-humored spirit into the folk tradition of the demon-quelling, blessing-bringing deity—at once solemn and playful. In Chinese folklore the cinnabar-red Zhong Kui guards the home and wards off evil; the artist revitalizes this age-old theme in freehand spirit. Each piece is an original, non-reproducible hand-painted work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSize: approx. 101×50cm (4.5 square chi) | Traditional hand-painted Chinese ink figure painting | On paper\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Treascol Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472906600636,"sku":"TCzk4528","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/108b9256005f8ed5c61e2d1e2f0368e4.jpg?v=1789295051","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en-au\/products\/zk-tczk4528","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}