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Chinese painting works

Chinese paintings are as follows:

The word Chinese painting originated in the Han Dynasty. China was called China in the Han Dynasty because he believed that he lived between heaven and earth and called China's paintings "Chinese painting" for short.

Mainly refers to scroll paintings painted on silk, rice paper and silk and mounted. Chinese painting is a traditional form of painting in China, which uses brush strokes dipped in water, ink and color on silk or paper.

Tools and materials include brush, ink, Chinese painting pigments, rice paper, silk and so on. The theme can be people, 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.