Are Rock Paintings Intangible Cultural Heritage?

Rock painting is a kind of intangible cultural heritage.

The appearance of "rock painted paintings" in China can be traced back to the primitive and simple painted pottery in Banpo and the rich silk and lacquer paintings in Mawangdui, which flourished in the Tang Dynasty. However, it was once impacted by "literati painting" and "ink painting" which rose after the Yuan Dynasty, and became a national marginal painting.

"Rock color", an ancient and simple material, as a painting material, originated from the random smearing of primitive people.

Today's "rock color painting" aims to fully understand the value of national traditional painting, but it does not stick to tradition. Based on national art and observing the advantages of western art, it strives to build a national art form that combines traditional artistic spirit and modern artistic concept, so that China's color painting not only walks out of the brink of extinction, but also has the desire to occupy a place in the world art world.

Rock paintings are rich in colors and varied in techniques. They combine the eastern and western painting styles and are not bound by the old ones. Trying various new methods is the present situation of rock paintings in contemporary China.

Rock color painting, ink painting and oil painting are just different materials. This unity and integration is actually to express the author's feelings and life with different tools. Of course, the reason why rock color painting can become an independent kind of painting also has its own unique side.