Batik Painting, 'the Sun Shooter'

This handmade batik painting depicts the ancient Chinese legend of Hou Yi, shooting at the suns.  Long ago, there were ten suns - sons of the King of Heaven, spirit birds - who took turns lighting the heavens.  But one day, they decided to play and appeared in the sky together.  Their fearsome flame caused a deadly drought on earth, scorching crops and burning grass; people were not plagued by both hunger and wild beasts.  So people selected Hou Yi, the best archer of the nation, to shoot down the suns.  After the suns spurned his attempts to get them to return to their divine home, he shot them from the sky.


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Price: $99.99

Dimensions: 59.1in x 31.5in
Weight: 1kg

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About the artist, Yan Ping

“ I lived near a Miao village.  I became obsessed with Miao ethnic art especially batik at a very young age.  From the Miao village, I met Ani and Akin who were about the same age as me.  The brother and sister came from a very traditional Miao batik craftsman family.  We became very good childhood friends.  We often played hide and seek in their yard for hours.  We grew a little older, we learned the batik making together.  After college, I came back to my hometown, wanting to start a career in batik.  In 1996, three of us formed this batik workshop.  Besides the traditional Miao designs, we also created designs from other Chinese culture influences. We are very proud of what we do, making beautiful artworks using traditional methods that our ancestors had passed on to us.”  Read more...


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