Traditional Chinese painting generally refers to traditional Chinese painting (traditional Chinese painting form). The word "traditional Chinese painting" originated in the Han Dynasty. People in the Han Dynasty believed that China was a place in the world, so it was called China. Chinese painting was called "traditional Chinese painting", or "traditional Chinese painting" for short. It mainly refers to scroll paintings painted on silk, rice paper and silk and mounted on them. Tools and materials include brush, ink, Chinese painting pigment, rice paper, silk, etc. The themes can be divided into figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, and the techniques can be divided into concrete and freehand brushwork

From the perspective of art history, those before the Republic of China can be called ancient paintings. In modern times, in order to distinguish Western painting and other foreign paintings, it is called Chinese painting

Traditional Chinese painting has no definite name in ancient times. It is generally called "Danqing", which mainly refers to scrolls painted on silk, rice paper and silk and then mounted

Traditional Chinese painting has its own system in the world art field. In terms of content and artistic creation, it can reflect the ancients' understanding of nature, society and related politics, philosophy, religion, morality, literature and art