通草画简介

      通草画亦称外销通草水彩画、蓪纸画，是指中国画家采用中西绘画的原理和技巧结合，在五加科植物通脱木的树心剖切而成的“纸”片上绘制反映中国本土风情的水彩画。通草画是诞生在广州本土的中国外销画，被誉为“具浓浓广味的广州明信片”。十三行时期，通草画为广州向西方世界展示中国历史文化的窗口，以及西方人了解当时中国和广州社会的重要载体。

Pith painting

       Pith painting used to provide one of the most important cultural connections between 18th century's China and the world. The painting uses a special kind of paper, which was(is) carefully cut out from the core of a pith plants. When westerners first traveled to Canton, they tried to create paintings to record exotic country lives, which later on(however), became a painting business managed by native Chinese painters. By using pith paper plant , Chinese painters was able to create beautiful paintings in topics of various lifestyles in China at that time. The painting was widely loved and  purchased by foreigners as souvenirs during the thirteen Hong era.