What is the definition of flower-and-bird painting?

Flower and bird painting is a kind of Chinese painting, which depicts flowers, birds and insects. In Chinese painting, all paintings that describe flowers, flowers and birds, fish and insects are called flower-and-bird paintings. There are three painting methods of flower-and-bird painting: meticulous painting, freehand brushwork and concurrent painting. Fine brushwork flower-and-bird painting is to outline the object with thick and light ink, and then color it layer by layer; Freehand flower-and-bird painting is to draw objects in a concise and general way; Between meticulous painting and freehand brushwork, it is called meticulous painting, and its form is realism. Flower-and-bird painting is a traditional painting discipline in China, which focuses on animals and plants. It can also be subdivided into subfamilies such as flowers, feathers, fruits and vegetables, grasshoppers, animals and scales. China's flower-and-bird paintings reflect the aesthetic relationship between China people and natural creatures as aesthetic objects, and have strong lyricism. It often expresses the author's thoughts and feelings, embodies the spirit of the times, indirectly reflects social life, and shows very distinctive characteristics in similar paintings of various nationalities in the world. Its techniques are diverse, and it can be divided into meticulous flower-and-bird painting and freehand flower-and-bird painting (which can also be divided into big freehand flower-and-bird painting and small freehand flower-and-bird painting) with delicate or unrestrained description techniques. According to the different colors of ink, it can be divided into ink flower-and-bird painting, splash-ink flower-and-bird painting, colored flower-and-bird painting, sketch flower-and-bird painting and boneless flower-and-bird painting. This is a kind of Chinese painting. The Northern Song Dynasty's "Xuanhe Huapu Flower and Bird Narration" says: "Poets have six meanings, know more about the names of birds, animals and grasses, and remember their ups and downs during the four seasons, so the beauty of painting is more interesting here, which is different from poets." In Chinese painting, all paintings that describe flowers, flowers and birds, fish and insects are called flower-and-bird paintings.

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