ABSTRACT
In the world of arts, the art of Chinese ink painting has its unique national identity as well as cultural and artistic characteristics. Chinese ink painting utilizes the media of Chinese brush, paper or silk, ink and water, and Chinese pigments to pursue the Chinese philosophical ideas and aesthetics, which has become a specific artistic spectrum amongst oriental arts. If we trace the origin of Chinese ink painting to the silk painting depicting dragon, phoenix, and lady dated back to the Chu Kingdom of the Warring States period (475–221 bce) and the feiyi burial banner depicting mythical scenes of heaven, life, and underground world of the wife of lord Dai of the Western Han dynasty (206 bce – 25 ce) unearthed at Tomb no. 1 of the Han dynasty at Mawangtui, Changsha, Chinese painting has a long history of over 2,000 years.
