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What is Chinese painting also known as

Chinese painting.

It is a modern general term for traditional Chinese painting to distinguish it from Western painting. Chinese painting, referred to as "Chinese painting", it is the use of brushes, ink and Chinese paint on special rice paper or silk painting, the subject matter is mainly figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, the technique can be divided into two kinds of brushwork and writing, rich in traditional characteristics. Chinese painting can be divided into figure painting, landscape painting, flower and bird painting.

Chinese painting in ancient times, no definite name, generally known as Danqing, mainly refers to the painting on silk, paper and framed scroll paintings. Since modern times, it has been called Chinese painting to distinguish it from foreign paintings such as oil paintings (also known as Western paintings) imported from the West.