How to appreciate China's paintings?

The first step is to look at charm. You will ask, what is the charm? This word sounds mysterious! The ancients said that "verve" is the sum of "spirit" and "verve". This is still very mysterious! China people can only understand the description of "lasting appeal", but in fact, I think lasting appeal is your overall "feeling" about this painting. A painting is placed in front of you, and you think it makes you comfortable, interesting or vivid, then the painting is successful, and it is full of charm. The second step is to look at the pen and ink of Chinese painting, which is mainly divided into three aspects: line, ink and color. Let's talk about it in different categories.

(1) Line Chinese painting is dominated by lines, so the first thing we should look at when we look at the pen and ink in the painting is lines. The third step is to look at the rules and regulations. Chinese painting is very disciplined. The so-called composition is the rules of the structural layout of painting. Chinese painting has many rules and regulations, and different schools of Chinese painting also have different rules. Here I take flower-and-bird painting as an example to tell you two basic concepts.

The fourth step is to look at inscriptions and seal cutting. As a Chinese painting, an inscription or seal is indispensable. Without these, the painting is incomplete. There are too many inscriptions and seals in Chinese painting to describe in detail in this short story. However, the function of the inscription seal in Chinese painting is not only to record the author's mood, thoughts, time, place, creative motivation and so on.