What are the "four arts" of ancient China literati?

The traditional four arts usually refer to the four elegant artistic accomplishments admired and mastered by China literati, namely, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. These four arts are called "Four Arts for Scholars" or "Four Arts for Scholars".

Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are the spiritual sustenance of the ancients' self-cultivation beyond the secular world, which embodies the beauty, loftiness and wisdom of the world and pursues the realm of "harmony between man and nature" and "harmony between heaven and earth". It is the legacy of these literary forms that makes people feel the profoundness of China's ancient cultural heritage. Chyi Chin's paintings and calligraphy are also the artistic life of China literati. Guqin, as the first of the four arts, bears many cultural factors, and chess, calligraphy and painting also have their wonderful charm of rendering China culture.