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����Commonly known as "national painting��" traditional Chinese painting differs from other schools such as western oil painting and watercolor painting�� and exists as an independent category featuring distinctive Oriental flavor. The notion of Chinese painting actually came into being after the Republic Era�� before which painting was terms as "Danqing" ��literally translated as red and blue painting��.����After this period�� western paintings started to gain influence and a lot of Chinese started to learn typical techniques for oil painting and watercolor painting. In this context�� Chinese painting started to be celebrated as a local concept distinct from western paintings.����Generally speaking�� this term refers to the school in which painters employ the brush as the tool. Traditional Chinese paintings can produce a flexible and diversified interpretation of ink and color. Nowadays�� traditional Chinese paintings have become recognized across the globe. Increasingly�� more and more westerners have started to study it.