What are the characteristics of traditional Chinese art

1. Write God with form, and have both form and God. Chinese painting is concerned about the rhythm, the pursuit of mood, and has always required "form" to express "God". "Form" is secondary, while "God" is the main. "God" refers to the objective object of vitality, vivid flavor and essential features.

2, line, ink-based, brushwork, the pursuit of "fine ink" artistic effect, the bone method of brushwork. "Bone method" is also known as "bone power", which refers to the power of the brush contained in the writing strokes, which is the pillar of the strokes and the form, and also the basis for the expression of the spirit.

3. Ink is the main color in Chinese painting, emphasizing that "ink is divided into five colors" and "purity should be avoided". Ink is the basic color essential to Chinese painting, divided into burnt ink, thick ink, heavy ink, light ink, and clear ink, and each ink color, if used skillfully and appropriately, will show rich changes.

4. Composition emphasizes momentum and is not bound by the laws of perspective. Composition is said to be as good as it can be because of the momentum, and it changes because of the different momentums it desires. There are two kinds of composition, cloth potential, one is Zhang, the power to spread outward, giving a sense of painting outside the painting, and the second is convergence, the power to the inner collection, giving a sense of painting in the painting.

5. Organic combination of poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing. The formation of tradition depends on a nation's unique historical experience and habits of life, as well as special aesthetic concepts.