How many themes does flower-and-bird painting have?

There are differences between China and the West.

China is dominated by ink painting, which is called Chinese painting, mainly including figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, boundary paintings and so on.

Figure painting is a painting with characters as the main body, mainly including Taoist painting, lady painting, portrait, genre painting, historical story painting and so on. During the Warring States Period, mature figure painting appeared in China and reached a high artistic level.

Landscape painting is a painting that mainly depicts the natural scenery of mountains and rivers. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, China's landscape painting has become an independent creation. By the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty, landscape painting was becoming more and more mature. China landscape painting can be divided into ink painting, turquoise, resplendent, light crimson, light color and other forms according to techniques and colors.

Flower-and-bird painting mainly depicts flowers, fruits, bamboo stones, birds and animals, insects and fish. Flower and bird painting started very early. There are many patterns and decorations of flowers, insects, fish and dragons on painted pottery in Neolithic Age and bronze wares in Yin and Zhou Dynasties. Traditional flower-and-bird painting can be divided into flowers, fruits, feathers (birds), animals, insects and fish.