我们都欣赏过大自然的峻岭飞泉、丛林乔木、野草繁花和人类社会的民俗风情、村舍街坊之美,而要用绘画来表现这些生活,需要具备两个重要的条件:一是观察体验这些人与事、山林、花鸟,直接对景写生,训练画家的基本功;二是对过去一切艺术成果的借鉴。本文着重探讨借鉴在当代绘画中的作用。 We all admired the natural beauty of the mountains and rivers, the jungle trees, the weeds and flowers, the folk customs of folk communities and the beauty of cottages and neighbors. To represent these lives by painting, we need to have two important conditions: First, observe and experience these People and things, mountains, birds and flowers, direct sketching of the scene, training painter’s basic skills; the second is the past all the artistic achievements of reference. This article focuses on the role of reference in contemporary painting.