A rooster (公鸡) is washing a mahjong tile (麻将牌) with the Chinese character Fa on-it. This funny scene reminds us the popular Chinese phrase gongxifacai.
Zhang Mingxiang, 26, is known on social media as "Wo Shi Chao Ren CR". The painter (mix) traditional Chinese painting with homophonic elements (同音异义的元素). This creative style has got him over 1 million (fan) on Bilibili. The inspiration about animals came along (sudden) after he saw people selling Chinese calligraphy (书法) on Douyin. When he began (share) his paintings online, he quickly got a large following.
Once, he was trying to draw a Chinese story about Wu Sung Fighting a Tiger an idea hit him, "Why not draw live squirrels, which could then be called wu song?" Since then, he (begin) to add homophonic elements to his wordplay (双关语). "For example, when I considered drawing a great hawk (鹰) spreading (it) wings," I thought. "Why can't it be a little chicken instead?" Zhang tries to show the dreams of everyday people with (encourage) themes in his paintings.
Now, Zhang also creates all kinds of (culture) products with his artwork, including T-shirts and pillows. He hopes that his style will go abroad one day.
