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1. Introduction 2

2. Chinese Scroll Painting 3 2.1. Types of Chinese Scroll Painting 3 2.2. Procedures of Chinese Scroll Mounting 3 2.3. Reminders of Display Chinese Scroll Paintings 4

3. Paper 5 3.1. Selecting Paper for Chinese Calligraphy and Painting 5 3.2. Shuan Paper 6

4. Chinese Painting and Mounting 6 4.1. Significance of Mounting Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 6 4.2. Framed in Wood 7 4.3. Mount in Your Own 7

5. Inscription 8

6. Conclusion 9

7. Reference 10

1. Introduction

What is Chinese calligraphy painting? Chinese calligraphy painting can also be called as Chinese calligraphy, is the trait of Chinese characters. It could be traced back to more than 8,000 years ago. Mainly it is based on Chinese characters, following some laws to express the personality, emotion or style of the calligrapher. It can even reflect the mind of the calligrapher. Chinese calligraphy and Chinese painting are regarded as the top of Chinese fine arts, leading other art categories. The relationship between Chinese calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting is very close. Especially after the advent of literati (or scholar) painting in Song and Yuan dynasties, painter laid stress on blending calligraphic skills to painting. This was because the theory of handling a brush is alike with both ink freestyle painting and running hand and cursive style of calligraphy.

The purpose of writing Chinese calligraphy and painting is to know more about their relationship and how they influence people.

2. Chinese Scroll Painting

Chinese scroll painting (juan zhou hua) is mean that after the calligraphy or traditional Chinese painting after mounting as hanging wall scroll, or it could also defined
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