Traditional Chinese Painting Traditional Chinese Painting is regarded as one of Three Treasures of Chinese Culture, the other two being traditional Chinese Medicine and Beijing Opera. Traditional Chinese Painting is the art of painting on a piece of Xuan paper or silk with Chinese brush that was soaked浸泡 with black ink or colored pigments颜料. The character of Chinese painting is closely bound up with the nature of the mediumink, pointed-tipped brush尖头刷, silk, a sheet of paper and so on. The ink-drawing remains almost always the foundation of the design while color is not a formal element . Traditional Chinese Painting is far less concerned with notions of symmetry, balance, and proportion than its European counterpart. In terms of the mode of expression, traditional Chinese paintings are divided into the xieyi school and the gongbi school. Figure painting, landscapes painting, birds and flowers painting are the three major classifications according to subject matter. Chinese Painting has been held as a good exercise to temper ones character 锤炼人格and cultivate ones personality.(180 words)Chinese Painting emphasizes the point that “inspiration comes from close observation and understanding of nature.” It is required that the painting should follow where the minds lead. Once the painting is finished, the implication is revealed, both the spirit and form are reflected in the painting.