Chinese painting originated in ancient times, and hieroglyphics laid the foundation; At first, there was no difference between writing and drawing, and the meaning was the same. There is a saying in China that calligraphy and painting are homologous. Some people think that Fuxi's painting hexagrams and Cang Xie's writing hexagrams are groundbreaking. There is no difference between writing and drawing. The word Chinese painting originated in the Han Dynasty. People in the Han Dynasty thought that China lived in heaven and earth, so he called it China. China's paintings were abbreviated as "Chinese paintings".

Chinese painting is mainly divided into figures, flowers and birds, and landscapes. On the surface, Chinese painting is divided into these categories according to the subject matter, but in fact, it expresses an idea and thought with art.

The so-called "painting is divided into three subjects" summarizes three aspects of cosmic life: figure painting shows the relationship between human society and people; Landscape painting shows the relationship between man and nature, and integrates man and nature; Flower-and-bird painting is to show all kinds of life in nature and live in harmony with people. The reason why Chinese painting is divided into figures, flowers and birds, and landscapes is actually a philosophical reflection on artistic sublimation. The combination of the three constitutes the whole universe, which complements each other. This is the true meaning of art..

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Chinese painting embodies the traditional philosophy and aesthetics of the Chinese nation in terms of observation and understanding, image shaping and expression techniques. In observing and understanding objective things, we adopt the method of seeing the big from the small and seeing the big from the small, and observe and understand objective things in activities, and even directly participate in things, rather than appearing locally or being limited to a fixed point.

Chinese painting permeates people's social consciousness, which makes painting have the cognitive function of "learning to paint after a thousand years of loneliness" and the educational function of "warning the world to stay away from evil and showing the future to stay away from good". Even the purely natural objective images such as landscapes, flowers and birds are consciously related to people's social consciousness and aesthetic feelings in observation, understanding and performance. The combination of interests, lyricism with scenery, and ambition with things embody China's concept of "the unity of man and nature".

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Painting (China Chinese Painting Form)