Chinese painting is divided into several categories.

Chinese paintings are usually divided into three categories: landscapes, flowers and birds, and figures.

If further divided, there are many categories of Chinese painting. China's paintings have been classified in different periods in history, but they are difficult to express. The following are some popular categories:

First, the Song Dynasty Xuanhe painting spectrum is divided into Taoism and Buddhism, figures, palaces, fans, arowana, mountains and rivers, animals, flowers and birds, and vegetables.

Second, Deng Chun's paintings in the Southern Song Dynasty are divided into immortals, buddhas, ghosts and gods, biographies, landscapes, bamboos, flowers, bamboo feathers, animals, insects, fish, boats, fruits and vegetables, herbs and small-scale miscellaneous paintings.

Third, the Ming Dynasty Tao's "Dropping Out of Farming" is divided into Buddha and Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor Taoist Portrait, King Kong, Immortal, Lohan, Holy Monk, Fengyun, Dragon and Tiger, Family Succession, All over the Mountains and Forests, Flowers and Bamboo Feathers, Wild Donkeys and Beasts, People's Use, Boundary Painting, All Living Beings, Farming and Weaving, Engraving and Embedding. If further divided, there are many categories of Chinese painting. China's paintings have been classified in different periods in history, but they are difficult to express.