The Unique of Chinese Landscape Paintings
中国山水画的独特之处
Unlike Western landscape paintings, traditional Chinese landscape paintings go beyond the passive copying of nature. It is a unique tradition of Chinese landscape painting to create artistic conception，viz. to seek a unity of form and spirit，of human feelings and natural settings，with an emphasis on the expression of the painter's own thoughts and feelings. Landscape paintings appeal to viewers by the creative composition that results in “meaning beyond the picture and picture beyond the meaning. ” They try to preserve the painter's understanding and perception of the whole natural world，his/her thoughts and emotions, ideals and hopes, in the limited picturesque scene.
不同于西方的山水画，中国传统的山水画超越自然的被动复制。这是中国山水画的独特传统，创造意境。即，寻求一个统一的形式和精神，人文情怀和自然景观，重点放在了画家自己的思想和情感的表达。山水画创作的构思是“超出画面和画面之外的意义”的含义，以此吸引观众。他们试图保留画家对整个自然世界的理解和感悟，，他/她的思想和情感，理想和希望，都表现在有限的画境中。
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