The Chinese painting is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guohua, (mean) the "national painting" or "native painting". It is different from Western styles of art which (become) popular in China in the 20th century.
One technique of the Chinese painting is ink and wash painting and in Chinese it is called shuimo. In fact this was an art form (practise) by gentlemen from the Song Dynasty. This style is also referred to xieyi or the freehand style.
(traditional), the Chinese painting is done on rice paper or thin silk. There (be) broadly three subjects for traditional Chinese paintings—portraits, landscapes, and flowers and birds—of the landscape is the most familiar to people. Therefore the Chinese painting is often known as the landscape painting, or shanshui painting.
The landscape painting was regarded as highest form of the Chinese painting, and generally still is. In the north, artists such as Jing Hao painted (picture) of towering mountains and in the south, Dong Yuan, Juran, and other artists painted the rolling hills and rivers of their native countryside in (peace) scenes.
