{"product_id":"zk-tczk4532","title":"Zhong Kui | May All Go Smoothly | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x50cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZhong Kui | May All Go Smoothly | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x50cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ink, Zhong Kui points forward, brows and eyes curved in a smile, long beard lightly lifted, expression cheerful and unhurried; the ink lines turn softly rather than stiffly, like an elder waving with a smile and saying \"may all go smoothly,\" gently smoothing the bumps on your road ahead—the whole scene warm with blessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"May All Go Smoothly\" is a colloquial wish, as plain as a family member's parting word. Zhong Kui no longer barks at spirits but smiles to wish you shun—smoothness of heart, of wishes, of the whole road. Chinese culture cherishes this word \"smooth\": harmonious home, smooth affairs, easy body, calm mind—that is a good life. The artist conveys the most down-to-earth goodwill: may all you seek go smoothly and all you walk be level, folding a grand blessing into one warm, homely phrase. 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":47472921641148,"sku":"TCzk4532","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/95117fa50d871ca4e679c9876ec19703.jpg?v=1789295090","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en-nz\/products\/zk-tczk4532","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}