中国水墨画介绍
Introduction of Chine Brush Painting
Traditional Chine ink painting is one of the brilliant Chine culture creations. It has thousands of history. Chine brush painting reflects Chine nation’s unique cultural literacy, artistic appreciation and aesthetic [i:sˈθetɪk] consciousness. We should inherit and carry forward the fine traditions of the culture, improve our aesthetic ability and creative thinking.
It is just like the painting in the western countries. As oppod to Western styles of art, works painted in traditional style is called as Chine painting, meaning “national painting." It’s created in accordance with the unique Chine aesthetic [i:sˈθetɪk] trend and artistic technique.
When we draw the traditional Chine ink painting, it helps us keep calm and cultivate our n of art. And it helps us to learn about the long Chine culture.
From the Chine ink painting we can e a number of funny and exciting stories behind them, the picture of it is a vivid documentary of the history at a certain period of time.
The Chine do painting with brushes, dipping their brushes in ink or paint and then skillfully wielding them. Painters produce on the Xuan paper with lines and dots—some heavy, some light, some deep, and some pale.
Classification according to subject matter of Chine painting
中国画按题材划分
Chine Landscape painting
中国山水画
Chine Bird-and-flower painting
中国花鸟画
Chine Figure Painting
中国人物画
The paper, ink, brush, and inkstone（砚台） are esntial implements of East Asian calligraphy: they are known together as the Four Treasures of the Study (文房四宝) in China.
Paper
Special types of paper are ud in East Asian calligraphy. In China, Xuanzhi, traditionally made in Anhui province, is the preferred type of paper. It is made from other materials including rice, the paper mulberry, bamboo, hemp, etc.. Sometimes the brush is ud to put ink on a pen.
Ink
The ink is made from lampblack (soot) （煤烟）and binders（粘合剂）, and comes in sti
cks which must be rubbed with water on an inkstone until the right consistency is achieved. Much cheaper, pre-mixed bottled inks are now available. Learning to rub the ink is an esntial part of calligraphy study.
Brush
The brush is the traditional writing implement（工具） in East Asian calligraphy. The body of the brush can be made from either bamboo, or rarer materials like red sandalwood, glass, ivory, silver, and gold. The head of the brush can be made from the hair (or feather) of a wide variety of animals, including the wolf, rabbit, deer, chicken, duck, goat, pig, etc.
Inkstone
A stone or ceramic [səˈræmɪk]（陶瓷） inkstone is ud to rub the solid ink stick into liquid ink and to contain the ink once it is liquid. Cheaper inkstones are made of plastic. Inkstones are often carved, so they are collectible works of art on their own.
