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Ji Dachun's paintings are drawn in pencil directly on the canvas. In terms of art, the use of pencil to replace pigments achieves an even better effect because pencil on canvas can create a particular kind of graphical effect. Ji Dachun's paintings have a feel of literati painting to them, and this has fused with his education in modern Western painting to create his style today. In his choice of composition Ji has clearly adopted the 'Spacing' layout used in traditional painting with the characters concentrated in the middle of the canvas, thus giving it a sense of history.

At the same time, the pure paintwork nature along with the child-like humor in the designs used in the painting can be found among the cartoon generation. It also has the strong stylistic traits of cartoon sketches, with ideas and concepts expressed using simple 2D drawings. The resultant scenes are ones that agree strongly with contemporary art while maintaining a strong sense of character and innocent fun. The humor expressed through Ji Dachun's works is like an ancient children's nursery rhyme that has had its time period and cultural context weakened. Thus transformed, it becomes a piece of collected wisdom that brings a refreshing breath of air to city dwellers long used to the thick smog. Freed from the constraints of a society obsessed with names, fortune and ideology, he brings to the audience the world that he sees through his eyes with a childlike heart. This provides city youths suffering from the 'Peter Pan Syndrome' with a place to daydream.