Traditional Chinese Painting in New Days

              Painting in the traditional style is known in Chinese as guó huà (国画), meaning 'national' or 'native painting', as opposed to Western styles of art which became popular in China in the 20th century. It was during the Warring State Period(475-221 BC) that artists began to represent the world around them. Traditional painting involves essentially the same techniques as calligraphy and is done with a brush dipped in black or colored ink; oils are not used. In traditional painting, most of the subjects are flowers, animals, landscapes, and figures. Nowadays, lots of creative Chinese artists developed new style of painting using those traditional techniques.