People in the Han Dynasty thought that China lived in the world, so he was called China, and China's paintings were called "Chinese painting" for short. Mainly refers to scroll paintings painted on silk, rice paper and silk and mounted. Chinese painting is a traditional painting form of Han nationality. It is painted on silk or paper with a brush dipped in water, ink and color. Tools and materials include brushes, ink, Chinese painting pigments, rice paper, silk and so on. Themes can be divided into figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc. And techniques can be divided into figurative and freehand brushwork. Chinese painting embodies the ancients' cognition of nature, society and its related politics, philosophy, religion, morality, literature and art in content and artistic creation.

During the Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the impact and integration of foreign culture and local culture led to the formation of religious painting at this time, and the depiction of local historical figures and literary works also accounted for a certain proportion, and landscape painting and flower-and-bird painting also sprouted at this time. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, social economy and culture were highly prosperous, and painting also showed all-round prosperity. Landscape painting and flower-and-bird painting have matured, religious painting has reached its peak, and there has been a tendency of secularization; Portraits mainly show aristocratic life, with characters with characteristics of the times. By the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, it was more mature and prosperous, figure painting had turned to depicting secular life, religious painting had gradually declined, and landscape painting and flower-and-bird painting had become the mainstream of painting. The appearance of literati painting and its development in later generations greatly enriched the creative concept and expression method of Chinese painting. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, ink and wash landscapes, freehand brushwork flowers and birds got outstanding development, and literati painting and genre painting became the mainstream of Chinese painting. With the gradual stability of social economy and unprecedented prosperity in the field of culture and art, many great painters who love life and admire art have emerged. Painters of all ages have created famous paintings that will last forever.

Chinese painting is divided into three subjects. Figures, flowers and birds, landscapes, on the surface, are classified according to subject matter, but in fact, they express an idea and thought with art. The so-called "painting is divided into three subjects", which 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 combination of the three constitutes the whole universe and complements each other. This is a philosophical thinking from the sublimation of art, and it is the true meaning of art.