The form of Chinese painting

The forms of Chinese calligraphy and painting are colorful, including horizontal, straight, square, round and flat, as well as different sizes. Apart from murals, the following are common ones:

nave

China's old houses have high ceilings, so it is suitable to hang a huge calligraphy and painting on the middle wall of the living room, which is called "nave".

banners

a long strip of calligraphy and painting becomes a banner, and couplets are also made up of two banners. Banners can be horizontal or straight, and horizontal ones are similar to plaques. No matter calligraphy or Chinese painting, it can be designed as one banner or four or even more banners. Common banners are spring, summer, autumn and winter. Draw flowers, birds or landscapes of the four seasons, with four as a group. As for the longer poems, if they are not written by nave, they can also be divided into banners, which are quite beautiful.

horizontal batch

is also called a banner, which is long, painted and mounted horizontally, and can be hung independently in the room.

Essays

The so-called essays refer to small calligraphy and painting. Can be horizontal or straight, after mounting, suitable for hanging thin walls or rooms, very delicate.

picture frame

calligraphy and painting are framed with wooden frame or metal, and glass or film is pressed on it, which becomes a pressing mirror. Modern film has the advantages of no reflection and light weight. As for non-reflective glass, it will not affect people's appreciation of the picture, so it is very popular.

scrolls

scrolls are the characteristics of Chinese painting. Calligraphy and painting are mounted as banners, and logs are added as axes, and the characters are scrolled off the axes for collection. Sector

Take the inscription and painting on the sector of a folding fan or a circular fan and mount it, so as to form a mirror. Because the circular or fan-shaped form is beautiful, some people cut the picture into a fan-shaped shape before painting, and then mount it, which has a unique style.

album

calligraphy and painting are bound into a book, which is called album. In modern times, some stationery stores specially set the cost of mounting album pages for people to improvise. Album pages can be folded into squares, which are different from the following long volumes.

long scroll

the painting is mounted on a long axis and becomes a long scroll, which is mostly viewed horizontally. The picture is continuous, which is different from the album page by page.

dou Fang

The sketch is framed into a square-foot calligraphy and painting, which becomes dou Fang. The mirror can be pressed and mounted flat.

Screen

A single screen that can be placed on the table is a mirror screen, which is framed and stands on the table of the Eight Immortals. It is one of the traditional decorations. As for the screen, there are single or folded screens, which can be used with calligraphy and painting to sit on the site screen.