In ancient times, everything was called "horizontal life" and people were called "vertical life", so the painting method of depicting objects or landscapes was called "sketching". In addition, because ancient paintings often use cinnabar and pheasant as pigments, paintings have the elegant name of "Danqing".
The ancients called calligraphy and painting "calligraphy and painting". Calligraphy and painting are the general names of calligraphy and painting. They are put together because they are all represented by lines, and there is a saying that "calligraphy and painting are homologous". Among them, the nicknames of calligraphy are Xizi and Linchi. And the nickname of painting is silent poetry, sketch and painting.
"Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting", collectively known as the four arts, is a skill that a modest gentleman must master since ancient times. Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting all have their own nicknames, which often come from allusions and contain rich cultural connotations.