Chinese Painting

The term "Chinese painting" originated in the Han Dynasty, when the Han people believed that China was the center of heaven and earth, so they called it China and called Chinese paintings "Chinese paintings", or "national paintings" for short. It mainly refers to scroll paintings painted on silk, rice paper, silk and framed. Chinese painting is a traditional form of Han Chinese painting, which is painted on silk or paper with a brush dipped in water, ink and color. Tools and materials include brushes, ink, pigments, rice paper, silk, etc. Subjects can be divided into figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc., and techniques can be divided into figurative and pictorial. In its content and artistic creation, Chinese painting reflects the ancient people's knowledge of nature, society and the political, philosophical, religious, moral, literary and artistic aspects associated with it.

Chinese name

Chinese painting

Foreign name

Chinese painting

Classification of subjects

Landscape painting, figure painting, flower and bird painting

Classification of techniques

Realistic, realistic, realistic, brushwork

Classification of specifications

Shafts, rolls, scrolls Fans

Representative Painters

Wu Daozi, Ma Yuan, Tang Yin, Zhang Hong, Chen Chun

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