The Chinese culture is profound, especially Chinese traditional paintings, which is even the representative essence of Chinese culture. Different from western painting, traditional Chinese painting has a long history admired by the descendants. It pursues the internal manifestations while pursuing the similar appearance, and it profoundly reflects the "essence, spirit and god" of the ancients. A good Chinese painting, whether it is full of gorgeous colors, monotonous or seemingly arbitrary, can

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... show the creators' thoughts and even show the times. This paper mainly introduces the historical changes of traditional Chinese painting and the way of expression of its artistic conception.