Overview of Chinese painting
The term “Chinese painting” originated in the Han Dynasty and mainly refers to scroll paintings painted on silk, rice paper and silk and mounted.
Chinese painting is a traditional form of Chinese painting, which is painted on silk or paper with a brush dipped in water, ink or color. Tools and materials are brush, ink, Chinese painting pigments, rice paper, silk, etc., subject matter can be divided into figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, techniques can be divided into figurative and freehand.
In terms of content and artistic creation, Chinese painting embodies the ancient people’s cognition of nature, society and related politics, philosophy, religion, morality, literature and art.
