One such example is the Hunting in the Mountains scroll, which depicts the mythical Erlang (True Lord) and his cohort.
Through their depictions of feasts, worship and street scenes, painters captured the religious beliefs and everyday lives of ancient China. The portrayal of figures - usually of heavenly beings, emperors, court ladies and common people - saw its heyday in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). The earliest ink figure paintings, created during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), were done on silk, as paper appeared only in the first century AD. EDITOR's Note: Every week we look at a work of art or a cultural relic that puts the spotlight on China's heritage.įigure painting is the earliest of genres to appear in the history of Chinese painting and continues to occupy a pre-eminent position.Ĭhinese figure painting first appeared in the Neolithic era - on pottery, tiles, tombs, cave walls and family shrines.
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