Introduction: Chinese painting has a history of at least 2300 years if it is counted from the silk paintings of the Warring States period. The word Chinese painting appeared after the appearance of western painting, which generally refers to all non-western Chinese paintings. Chinese painting has its own unique charm, which has spread to this day and become the specialty of many literati. Chinese painting is used to depict gods and pursue a sense of beauty between similarity and dissimilarity. Chinese painting shows a magnificent momentum through ink drops.

First, the development of Chinese painting?

In fact, Chinese paintings only have portraits in the Zhou Dynasty, and a large number of murals appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, because of the prosperity of the state religion, the number of murals was very large, which made painting enter a new period. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many famous artists appeared in the painting world. Yan, a landscape figure, was a leading figure in the painting circle at that time, and his works such as "Walking Map" have been praised by later generations. In the later period, figure painting reached a new climax, showing a colorful and prosperous situation in the Tang Dynasty. During the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, many literati paintings appeared in the ancient painting art in China. It attaches great importance to the exploration of sketching and techniques, advocates painting with books, and emphasizes the sense of form between pen and ink. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the development of mural prints and New Year pictures enriched the types of Chinese paintings.

Second, what are the characteristics of Chinese painting?

Chinese painting mainly uses brush and ink when drawing, and sometimes some colored ink is used to draw on paper. The drawing paper of traditional Chinese painting is usually Xuan paper. Chinese painting also embodies the traditional philosophy and aesthetics of the Chinese nation in image-building and expression techniques. They pay attention to the beauty of symmetry, highlight artistic conception, and pay attention to the unity of subjective and objective artistic images. Pay attention to freehand brushwork rather than form, and the lines of Chinese painting are also very smooth, including a vivid image. Finally, Chinese painting likes to work closely with some poetry books to create an aesthetic feature that belongs to China people.

Chinese painting, a kind of culture, is a hobby that is very conducive to cultivating aesthetic taste. It is also an inheritance of China's history. Moreover, both the description of images and the creation of artistic conception show the free and easy nature of China people.