A Chinese painting. Refers to a painting made of pure ink and wash. There are three basic elements: simplicity, symbolism and nature. Legend has it that it began in the Tang Dynasty, became in the Five Dynasties, flourished in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and continued to develop in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and modern times. Give full play to the function of ink painting with brushwork as the leading factor. "Ink is color" means that the shade change of ink is a hierarchical change of color, and "ink is color" means that multi-level ink chromaticity can be used instead of colorful colors. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Shen Kuo's "Tu Song" said: "The south of the Yangtze River spread to Ju Ran, and the light ink and light blue became one." Which is ink painting. People in the Tang and Song Dynasties painted landscapes with wet strokes, which had the effect of "water fainting ink printing". People in the Yuan Dynasty began to use dry pen, and the ink color changed a lot, which had the artistic effect of "giving color at the same time". In the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei put forward that "ink painting is the best", and later generations followed suit. Ink painting has always occupied an important position in the history of China painting.

"Ink painting" composed of China's special cigarette ink has become a unique form of Chinese painting. Ink can be divided into five types: ink, light ink, strong ink, extremely light ink and Jiao Mo ink, namely, Jiao Mo (original ink), a strong ink, a heavy ink, a light ink and a clear ink.

Ink is a cool color, and the painting composed of five kinds of ink should have a cold feeling, and the tone should be gloomy. But why does a good "ink painting" make people feel warm, but can't feel its gloomy tone? This is because a good painting is good at comparing and reconciling the cold tones of white ground (blank) and black, thus giving people a sense of temperature between cold and hot. Moreover, good cigarette ink is not dark ink.

Everything that is smooth and reflective is called bright. Good ink has a black luster like paint, so it can be called bright black, which won't make people feel gloomy.