归牛（彩墨）

牛是很认命的动物。它们虽然有很强壮的身体、很坚硬的角，但他们很少发脾气。

傍晚时，牛自己知道找回家的路。回到牛棚，跪卧下来，静静的反刍白天吃的草料，乐天知命。

乡下地方，野树丛生，枝桠乱长，这群水牛在池中浸泡一整天之后也该回家了，“外外外外”的呼朋引伴，快乐的结伴回家。

这幅画里描绘的是山脚下的农家，农人外出未归，屋舍浸在暮霭中，在山色苍茫，夜色悄然降临之际，牛群自动回家的情景。

Returning Oxen/ink and color painting

Oxen are fatalistic animals. Although they have great physical strength and hard horns, they seldom lose their temper.

Oxen know the way home when evening comes. When they return to their barn, they lie down and quietly chew the cud, which is derived from the grass they ate in the daytime. They are very easy-going.

In the countryside, in the midst of the tangled brush and trees, these water buffalo are ready to go home after soaking all day in a pond. They call each other together with a soft lowing sound, and happily go home with their companions.

This painting depicts a farm at the foot of a mountain. The farmer has gone somewhere, and dusk is falling over the buildings and sheds. As darkness descends on the mountains, the water buffalo know to go home on their own. ＠

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