Do China's flower-and-bird paintings only depict flowers and birds? What else can it contain?

Do China's flower-and-bird paintings only depict flowers and birds? There can also be: vegetables, insects, animals and so on.

China flower-and-bird painting is one of the three traditional painting families in China. In fact, the object of flower-and-bird painting is not only flowers and birds, but also various animals and plants, including flowers, vegetables, insects and animals, which are often given some symbolic meanings.

Flower-and-bird painting refers to a kind of painting with traditional tools such as China's pen and ink, rice paper and so on, and with animal and plant images such as "flowers, birds, insects, fish and beasts" as the description object. China flower-and-bird painting is one of the three branches of traditional painting in China. The object of flower-and-bird painting is not only flowers and birds, but also various animals and plants, including flowers, fruits and vegetables, feathers, insects and birds.

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.

The division of flower-and-bird painting:

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 reflects the spirit of the times and indirectly reflects social life by expressing the author's thoughts and feelings.

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.