The characteristics of China's freehand brushwork are analyzed with specific works.

Chinese painting, also known as "Chinese painting", is a traditional painting in China (different from "Western painting"). Tools and materials include brush, ink, Chinese painting pigments, rice paper, silk and so on. Themes can be divided into figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc. Techniques can be divided into brushwork and freehand brushwork, and its spiritual core is "pen and ink". Chinese painting Chinese painting (Xuanhua): Painting on Xuan paper and silk with pigments is the main form of oriental art (Xue's characterization). From the perspective of art history, the capital before the Republic of China was called ancient painting. In ancient times, Chinese painting did not have a clear name, and it was generally called Danqing, which mainly refers to scroll painting painted on silk, rice paper and silk and mounted. It is called Chinese painting in modern times, which is different from western oil painting (also known as western painting) and other foreign paintings. It is created in accordance with the unique aesthetic trend of the Chinese nation and the resulting artistic techniques. Chinese painting reflects the national consciousness and aesthetic taste of the Chinese nation in content and artistic creation, and embodies the ancient people's understanding of nature, society and politics, philosophy, religion, morality, literature and art related to it. Traditional Chinese painting emphasizes "the nature of foreign teachers is the source of China's heart", melts things into nature, and requires "meaning to save a pen first, painting as best as possible", which is vivid in form and spirit. Because calligraphy and painting are in the same strain, both of them emphasize the use of brush to express thoughts and emotions, so painting, calligraphy and seal cutting influence and promote each other. Modern Chinese painting has made a breakthrough and development in inheriting tradition and absorbing foreign techniques. [Edit this paragraph] The origin of Chinese painting Chinese painting originated in ancient times, pictographic and laid the foundation stone; At first, there was no difference between writing and drawing, and the meaning was the same. There is a saying in China that calligraphy and painting are homologous. Some people think that Fuxi's painting hexagrams and writing are the first of calligraphy and painting. There is no difference between writing and drawing. Pottery is the product of Neolithic Age, which can be divided into black pottery, white pottery and painted pottery. On painted pottery unearthed in banpo village, an important Neolithic site, fish chased each other and deer jumped. An imitation boat-shaped pottery pot from Yongjing, Gansu, makes us feel like we are on the shore. There are also three groups of five people walking hand in hand on the dance color basin found in Sunjiazhai, Datong, Qinghai, showing youthful vitality. It is the foundation of studying the history of Chinese painting. In the late Neolithic period, the earliest bronzes in China were found in Xindian and Longshan cultural sites, which were both artifacts and arts and crafts. Common bronze decorative patterns include Yantun pattern, Yun Leiwen, Kuiwen, Dragon pattern and Tiger pattern. And the human body is also a useful decorative pattern. The double-nail-made pattern with a curly tail is very beautiful. Decorative paintings on bronzes in painted pottery pots with dance patterns can be divided into two categories. One is to describe the etiquette activities in aristocratic life, such as feasting, shooting ceremony, table sacrifice and so on. The other is to describe land and water attacks and wars. For example, Zhao Gu's Carving Bronze Sword embodies the ritual activities of aristocratic life. The other is to depict the image of amphibious assault, represented by the textbook of amphibious assault warfare published by Shanbiao Town. Other bronze pots in Baihuatan and banquet bronze pots in the Forbidden City all have pictures of war scenes. In these pictures, there are plots such as land-water war, solid wall defense and ladder attack. There are also descriptions of water warfare and land warfare, showing the details of charging and killing the enemy. Some soldiers hold swords and halberds, others hold swords and spears, and their images are vivid. These artistic techniques greatly inspired and influenced the stone carving and brick carving of Han painting.