What is Chinese painting? Chinese painting is a traditional form of painting.

1, mainly refers to scroll paintings painted on silk, rice paper and silk and mounted.

2. The word Chinese painting originated from Han Dynasty. People in the Han Dynasty thought that China lived in heaven and earth, so he called it China. China's paintings were abbreviated as "Chinese paintings". Chinese painting is a traditional form of painting in China, which uses brush strokes dipped in water, ink and color on silk or paper.

3. Tools and materials include brush, ink, Chinese painting pigments, rice paper, silk, etc. Themes can be divided into figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc. Techniques can be divided into figurative and freehand brushwork. Chinese painting embodies the ancients' cognition of nature, society and its related politics, philosophy, religion, morality, literature and art in content and artistic creation.

4. Chinese painting originated in ancient times, and hieroglyphics laid the foundation; 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 Cang Xie's writing hexagrams are groundbreaking. There is no difference between writing and drawing.