中国画

• 拼音: zhōng guó huà
• 汉字拆解: 中 = centre; 国 = 囗 + 玉 (borders + jade — nation); 画 = 田 + 凵 (field in frame — picture)

含义

Chinese painting; traditional Chinese art. A painting style using ink and brush on silk or rice paper.

Encompasses landscape (山水画), flower-and-bird (花鸟画), and figure painting (人物画). Emphasises brushwork, ink gradation, and negative space. Distinguished from 油画 (oil painting) and 水彩画 (watercolour). Often mounted as scrolls (卷轴).

例句

1. 这幅中国画运用了留白技法，意境深远，令人回味无穷。
2. 他自幼学习中国画，尤其擅长工笔花鸟。
3. 博物馆正在举办明清中国画精品展，吸引了众多艺术爱好者。

用法指南

语境: art, culture, museums

语气: appreciative

正确说法

• 中国画讲究意在笔先，强调神韵而非写实。(Chinese painting emphasises conception before brushwork, focusing on spirit rather than realism.)
• 学习中国画首先要练好毛笔书法的基本功。(Learning Chinese painting requires first mastering the fundamentals of brush calligraphy.)

错误说法

• 这幅中国画画得很像 — Chinese painting values 神似 (spiritual likeness) over 形似 (physical likeness); praising photorealism misses the point

起源与历史

中国 (China) + 画 (painting)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal