What is Chinese painting?

Chinese painting is a painting art founded by the Chinese nation, which has a history of more than 2,000 years and has formed a unique national style and oriental artistic charm.

The tools, materials, techniques and aesthetic implications of Chinese painting are different from other kinds of painting. The pigments in traditional Chinese painting are mainly ink, supplemented by mineral pigments, and painted on special Xuan paper or plain silk with various brushes.

The basic painting methods of Chinese painting can be divided into meticulous painting and freehand brushwork. Themes are divided into three categories: figures, landscapes and flowers and birds. The style of Chinese painting is to seek the likeness of God rather than form, "emphasizing emotion over reality", and demanding "putting pen first, opposing will with intention".

The basic techniques of Chinese painting are using pen, ink, water and color. With the development of the times, various painting schools are constantly innovating. Chinese painting has also absorbed some new techniques and explored various creative methods, which has made this ancient painting more colorful.

In addition, Chinese painting closely combined with China's calligraphy, poetry and seal cutting, and influenced each other, forming a unique art of poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing, which greatly improved the artistic value of Chinese painting. A Chinese painting must have poems, including poems, essays, beautiful sentences, feelings, inscriptions and so on. , and is always called an inscription. These inscriptions are all expressed in calligraphy, and the quality of calligraphy directly affects the quality of the picture. Calligraphy inscription is a part of Chinese painting composition, which can adjust and set off the picture. Printing in traditional Chinese painting has played a role in enriching the picture and improving the spirit, which can be described as "a little red in ink". In addition to echoing the contents of the picture, the seal itself also has high artistic value.