Chinese painting as one of Chinese traditional art forms, coming from Chinese calligraphy, is a bridge to show Chinese people’s value in life and nature, individual and collective, internality and externalism
It is subjectively expressing people’s inner reaction towards the whole society
Conventionally, China’s painting is directly connecting with calligraphy
They are integrative
In Chinese people’s thinking, a traditional poet should be of the capability of painting, calligraphy, poem and music
So as one of the basic skills to be an eligible literator, the skill of painting is indeed important
The painting is the outside expression of the poem content and the image of calligraphy, and it is also the exterior show of people’s inner world
The poem is painting and painting is poem as