The accurate chronicle is about 4050. Xia Dynasty (about 2050 BC-about 65438 BC+0600 BC) was the first dynasty recorded in China's history books. China people's concept of landscape originated from primitive religion. People's worship and awe of mountain gods and water gods has gone through a long historical process. In a society ruled by God. All the gods are hidden in mountains and rivers. Landscape is the mother of the gods. Mountain height and water depth; The vastness of mountains and water contains the infinite mystery of the celestial universe. In order to show the worship and awe of the gods of mountains and rivers, people depict the images of the gods of mountains and rivers for sacrifice or memorial. Myth or divine painting inspired the independent formation of landscape painting. Landscape is a favorite theme of amateur writers, and it is particularly easy to be idealized. Its function is usually just for pure meditation, and it has no special purpose. Mi Fei, an early literati and amateur painter, said that "the master of landscape painting is proud"-that is, landscape painting is superior to animal figure painting, which can be copied. A large number of important China landscape paintings are really created for meditation, which is the objectification of the creator's inner world, or reveals the artist's understanding of a certain natural order. There is no more secular role than this. But landscape painting may be more than this, and it is designed to directly adapt to the various situations and requirements of the artist's society. This is what we care about in this chapter. Regarding China's landscape paintings, if we ask such questions, such as "What are their meanings?" "What are they for?" We may get an oversimplified answer: mountains and rivers reproduce natural scenery, and people like to look at pictures of various landscapes, so they draw them. This is not completely wrong, but it is only a partial fact and an insufficient answer. I don't think there is an answer that can completely answer all the questions of China's landscape painting. In order to understand the significance and function of China's landscape painting, we should regard it as several types rather than a single type or subject category. I want to make a preliminary overview here. Firstly, several simple functional painting cases; Followed by these categories, their meanings and functions are not so clear, but we can speculate. /Yishu/080908/1131255.html You can go and have a look.