Flower and Bird Painting

In the flower and bird painting, both expressing the external life and expressing the inner sentiments are stressed. (Expressing the external life means expressing the vitality and characteristics of the animal or the plant. Expressing the Inner sentiments means expressing the sentiments of the painter like a poet expressing his sentiments.) The painter expresses through the landscape and the flowers and-birds in his painting his own sentiments derived from his experiences in social life. Therefore, although the painter depicts mainly the natural objects, yet his work has a subtle relation with society and life. This is an important characteristic of the Chinese landscape painting and flower-and-bird painting.