{"product_id":"zk-tczk4506","title":"Zhong Kui | The People's Champion | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x52cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZhong Kui | The People's Champion | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x52cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn pale cinnabar wash, Zhong Kui bares his chest and throws his head back in a great laugh, red robe half-draped, spirit soaring to the clouds; one arm rises as if about to sweep away every injustice with his sword. Exuberant, full-bodied ink makes his joyous laughter contagious, as if all that weighed on the chest were released at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The People's Champion\" captures the satisfaction of Zhong Kui rooting out wickedness and venting the people's grievance. Folklore loves him precisely because he tends to the injustices of the human world; the artist turns this heroism \"for the people\" into an open, ringing laugh—affirming that evil cannot overcome right, that justice lives in every heart, and the relief and jubilation once wrong is undone. 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. 101×52cm (4.7 square chi) | Traditional hand-painted Chinese ink figure painting | On paper\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Treascol Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472633577660,"sku":"TCzk4506","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/f070b14c4d7d0eca5476ae5e75a5257b.jpg?v=1789292587","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en-nz\/products\/zk-tczk4506","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}