新中国成立以后,绝大多数从旧社会过来的画家都面临着一个如何使自己的创作符合新的时代要求的问题。政治潮流的引导、文艺圈的倾向和画家自身怀抱着的对新的生活的向往,都促使这一时期的画家们从正面的角度表现新时期的建设和生活。但在另一方面,这种要求则使画家直接面对着传统绘画的手法与新时期题材的矛盾。由传统文化熏陶出来的审美趣味是指向冷峻清逸、远离尘俗或者个人的品德修炼,传统花鸟画所表现的多是以梅兰竹菊为代表的君子之 After the founding of New China, the vast majority of painters who came from the old society faced a problem of how to adapt their own creations to the requirements of the new era. The guidance of the political trend, the tendency of the literary and art circles and the longing for a new life embraced by the painters themselves all prompted the painters of this period to show the construction and life of the new period from a positive perspective. On the other hand, however, such demands make the painter directly confront the contradiction between the traditional painting techniques and the new period themes. The aesthetic taste nurtured by the traditional culture refers to the solemn and pure style, far away from the vulgar or personal moral cultivation. The traditional flowers and birds paintings are mainly represented by the gentleman