Chinese art denoted by the term Guohua 国画, which literally means "the painting of [our] country".

Chinese art appeared in ancient times, and the date of its occurrence, thanks to new archaeological finds, recedes further and further into the depths of centuries. From the point of view of a European, Chinese guohua painting is rather unusual and even mysterious. It is strikingly different from European painting. Moreover, this difference is present literally in everything, in materials, technique and tools.

Traditional Chinese painting is symbolic and allegorical. If we are used to looking at paintings by European masters, then the works of Chinese masters must be read and understood. Moreover, painting and calligraphy are very close in China. In China, every artist is a calligrapher, and every calligrapher is an artist. Both use the same linear method of writing, the same materials and tools: a brush, soft porous paper made from bamboo or hemp fiber, ink and mineral and vegetable paints such as watercolors.

Fisherman. China, ca. 1350. Ink on paper. The artist is Wu Zhen (1280–1354). Metropolitan Museum, New York

Distinctive features of Chinese painting from European art are that they do not use volumes, forms, perspective in the usual sense for us, the play of shadows, not respecting proportions, and the colors here are not so expressive. traditional chinese painting it is mostly monochrome and the drawings are created with a line drawing. Another important difference between Chinese painting and European painting is that Chinese masters paint all their paintings without preliminary sketches.

Old trees, flat distance. China, ca. 1080. Artist - Guo Xi (c. 1020-1090). Ink, colored paints, silk. Metropolitan Museum, New York

It is interesting that there is no still life in Chinese painting, at least in the usual sense for us. From the point of view of the Chinese, immovable objects are divorced from reality and dead. The picture must necessarily contain the dynamics of life and time. If the artist depicted stones or fruits, then a plant was always present next to the stone, and fruits are always depicted on a branch.

Horse "Lightning in the night". Fragment. China, ca. 750. Ink, paper. The painting field is 34 cm long and 30.8 cm wide. Attributed to the artist Han Gang (c. 706–783). Metropolitan Museum, New York

Masters of painting in China use brushes of different sizes, from very thin to very thick. The stroke can be as light as autumn leaf, or as powerful as a tiger. Chinese painting is characterized by conciseness, clear composition, as well as expressive and rhythmic contours and, of course, flat execution without chiaroscuro. Another unusual feature is the tagging of paintings with the seal of the master, which replaces a personal signature.

The creations of remarkable Chinese artists often contain a deep philosophical concept. The Chinese artist and art theorist of the 5th century, Xie He, in his treatise “Notes on the Categories of Ancient Painting” (“Guhua pinlu”) formulated six laws of painting, six basic artistic principles, which should be taken into account by the master. So here is the first principle is the "soulful rhythm of living movement." That is, first of all, it is important to convey the essence of what he saw, and not the external resemblance.

Exquisite collection in an apricot orchard. Fragment. China, ca. 1437. Artist - Xie Huan (1377-1452). Metropolitan Museum, New York

Genres in Chinese painting this is, first of all, a landscape (mountains and reservoirs), as well as the image of flowers and birds, a portrait and an animalistic genre.

Chinese artists sought to convey the essence of objects. Therefore, they were alien to naturalism, the desire for external similarity. They tried to convey a lyrical experience, a mood that arises from communication with nature, calling to merge with it, to comprehend its secrets.

Finches and bamboo. China, 12th century The artist is Emperor Huizong (1082–1135). Ink, colored paints, silk. Metropolitan Museum, New York

Chinese painting styles

There are two styles in traditional Chinese painting. gongbi And se-and.

gunbi

Gongbi - "diligent brush technique", "fine brush technique". Unlike se-i, the gongbi technique implies realism and high detailing of the subject, prescribing small details.

Spring morning in the Han Palace. Fragment. 16th century The artist is Qiu Ying (c. 1494–1552). Imperial Palace Museum, Taipei

It was in this style that the artists worked, decorating the interiors of the palace chambers of the imperial families and the nobility with paintings. Let's say more, the artists who worked in the service of the emperor were simply obliged to master the gongbi style.

Features inherent in the gongbi style:

• Detailing of the object, contour technique
• Enhance contrast by layering color
• Exquisite image of items

The most famous artists of the gunbi style:

Yang Libian (c. 600-673) - famous artist Tang dynasty. Most of all he liked to depict scenes from Taoist and Buddhist parables.

Zhang Xuan (713-755) - the theorist and historian of painting Zhang Yanyuan (IX century) described him with only one sentence: "Zhang Xuan loved to paint women and children." During his lifetime, he did not enjoy great fame. But the name of the master was often mentioned in later discussions about Tang painting.

Zhou Fang (c. 730-800) - Chinese artist of the Tang period. The master went far in his style, devoted his art to portraying rich and noble people.

Gu Hujong (937-975)

Emperor Hui Zhong (1082-1135)

Tang Yin (1470-1524)

Qiu Ying (1494-1552) - was not a court painter, this is a nugget who achieved artistic achievements hard work.

Chen Hongshou (1598-1652), poet, painter, and calligrapher. His work was distinguished by exoticism, lightness and free style.

Se-i

Xie-i (寫意) style of Chinese painting is the transfer of ideas and feelings of the artist. This style assumes a free manner of writing. The main thing here is not the external similarity, but your own special vision, the spiritual mood of the master, the essence of the object. It is here that the artist creates under the influence of a momentary mood, on a whim. Copying such paintings is very difficult, rather impossible.

In this style there are no clear lines, no detail. Xie Style-and broad, free strokes with a wide brush are inherent. No wonder this style is called "rough brush".

The paintings were written in ink in black and white and did not look as elegant as the works in the gongbi style, but they are more sincere. In the later period of Chinese painting, the works of masters who worked in se-i style.

One of the most famous artists of traditional Chinese painting, master Zhang Daqian, said that se-yi is the transfer of the spirit of the subject and its inner essence.

Chinese painting at present

Today, guohua painting has greatly expanded its range and gone beyond the narrow confines of traditional themes, following the new time. Modern masters artistic brush fill their canvases, executed in the style of guohua, with a new meaning, the living spirit of modernity.

Huge changes in political system China at the end of the twentieth century, led to grandiose changes in cultural life. A new generation of Chinese artists, free-thinking and critically looking at things, created a new Chinese painting. Through bold experimentation with different styles, two worlds of arts - Western and Eastern - came closer.

Chinese traditional painting is a huge contribution to artistic culture of all mankind.

Traditional Chinese painting in Russia

Relatively recently in Russia, no one really knew anything about Chinese painting. But now many people are enthusiastically engaged in this type of art. Guohua painting captivates with its "friendliness" to beginners, its ease of learning, its unusualness and, of course, its mystery and mystery. The development of Chinese painting is especially easy for children. For them, this is a very interesting and exciting process.

Today in our country there are many wonderful, well-known masters of Chinese painting, who are firmly on the same level with Chinese artists.

Works of artists and teachers of the club

Works by Nikolai Mishukov

Corn and pepper 44x37 cm

Frog and lotus 43x32

Chinese art (国画 or guohua, where "go" is the state, and "hua" is painting) is a type of fine art that, according to Chinese experts, is more than 5 millennia old. Chinese painting differs significantly from Western painting in its techniques, materials, philosophy, traditions, which makes its study and practice especially interesting.

Chinese philosophy is based on the interaction of two polar energies - "yin" (female) and "yang" (male). Yang energy is light, sunny, hot, active, manifested, moving upwards. Yin energy is dark, lunar, cold, passive, streamlined, soft, moving down. Together, both energies are in balance and constantly flow into each other, where each of them contains a particle of its opposite.

For Chinese painting, these concepts are very important, since painting also manifests these two basic energies. The picture should contain emptiness and fullness, moisture and dryness, rich colors and halftones, spots and subtle drawing, which corresponds to the opposites of yin and yang. Thus, while practicing Chinese painting, we are still working on our own balance of energies, we know ourselves and improve ourselves.

In the 5th century Chinese painting theorist Xie He formulated 6 laws Chinese painting ("lu fa"), which is still adhered to. There are various translations of these laws. Here I will give a translation of E.V. Zavadskaya from the treatise "A word about painting from a garden with a mustard seed." So, what is important for Chinese painting:

1) the spiritualized rhythm of living movement;
2) structural method using a brush;
3) conformity of the form to real things;
4) adherence of colors to the type of subject;
5) proportional arrangement of things;
6) copying the works of ancient masters.

Xie He called "liveness" (the 1st principle) the most important of the six principles. In the 4th century, the famous artist Gu Kaizhi expressed the idea that "form is only a means to express the spirit." Those. even in ancient times, Chinese painters realized the great importance of conveying the spirit of nature, rather than simply copying it. good artist one should not only "observe", but also "comprehend" what he draws.

At the end of the 11th century, a number of artists appeared who formed the direction of "painting scientists" or "painting educated people"(wenzhenhua), which is characterized by a synthesis of 3 types of arts: painting, poetry and calligraphy, embodied in one pictorial work. Self-expression came to the fore, and the artists of this direction believed that "there is no need for similarity", trying to go beyond simple external resemblance.

Here it is worth mentioning that in Chinese painting there are 2 basic techniques: se-and("we write the meaning, the idea") and gongbi("brush work").

Se-i- these are free movements with a brush, creating an image with several strokes, where, just, the spirit is more important than external similarity. A picture in this technique can be drawn in a few minutes.

At the core of technology gongbi lies the creation of a thin detailed contour of the depicted object and its further multi-layer toning, laying shadows and coloring. This is a very painstaking work, but as a result, refined, very voluminous and naturalistic images and paintings are born. Depending on its complexity and size, the work on creating a painting in the gongbi technique can take several days, weeks, months and even years!

Main genres of Chinese painting:

1. "Flowers and birds"

2. "Mountains-water" (landscape)

3. Painting people

4. Animal genre

Chinese painting is very symbolic. Almost every flower, fruit, insect, bird, fish, animal, etc. carry their own meaning, which is encrypted in the picture. For example, a tree peony is a symbol of wealth and a high position in society, wisteria is a flower female beauty, narcissus symbolizes purity and incorruptibility, fish - for money, and any paired symbols speak of love and a happy marriage.

I would also like to note such a feature of Chinese painting as a connection with calligraphy, another ancient art form in China. Beautiful writing was a necessary skill for educated people, so many civil servants, officials, knowing calligraphy, could also draw traditional Chinese painting subjects, such as bamboo, orchid, chrysanthemum, plum blossom, daffodils and others, which are based on a calligraphic line. Therefore, it is often said that Chinese painting is not painted, but written, and not watched, but read. Elements of calligraphy are an integral part of Chinese painting.

You can learn about what materials are used for Chinese painting from a special one on our website.

In general, Chinese painting can be understood, the technique can be mastered through practice, there is no need to have artistic ability and special talents in the Western sense of the word. Therefore, Chinese painting opens the door to anyone who wants to do artistic practice, touch your creativity, to feel inner balance and a state of meditation. And let it be a flower or a bird, and not an epoch-making polysyllabic canvas - in Chinese painting, even in one small flower or insect, the Universe is embodied!

The article used materials from the books "History of Chinese Painting" by Zhang Anzhi - Rostov n / a: Phoenix; Krasnodar: Neoglori, 2008 and "A word about painting from a garden with a mustard seed" - M .: V. Shevchuk Publishing House, 2001

Chinese artists have had a huge impact on world art, and their stunning works, made on rice paper and silk, have been admiring their laconic artistic language for several centuries.

Aesthetic canons of the living heritage, numbering thousand years of history, formed under the influence of the philosophical traditions of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. It is believed that nature teaches people to see the beautiful, and it is this truth that is the main theme traditional painting China. Unique masterpieces created by masters in different eras, is an important contribution to the world of fine arts.

Chinese traditional painting

Guohua is a Chinese painting, which differs from the Western one in the technique of drawing: an image is applied to silk or special thin paper with a brush. The artists use mineral, vegetable black ink, and their artwork often takes the form of horizontal or vertical scrolls.

Occupying a central place among the various areas of art of the Celestial Empire, guohua (Chinese painting) arose in the 7th-8th centuries BC, and since the end of the 19th century, the style has received a second wind.

"Four Treasures"

To write traditional paintings, the authors use a limited set of tools: black ink (or watercolor), a Chinese brush made of natural wool, paper and a device for rubbing paint. Many artists still prefer it, believing that it "reveals the essence of nature."

Much attention in the country is paid to the quality of the ink, and tiles with a black lacquer sheen are used for work. Masters grind them with water, getting the right consistency and creating a variety of shades. As Chinese artists admit, due to the poor quality of European ink, it is impossible to achieve the desired effects.

For painting, a special suan (rice) paper with a specific texture is used. Sometimes drawings are made on silk or cotton fabric.

Ink pots are highly valued and many are passed down from generation to generation. These devices, sometimes exquisitely decorated, are made of jade or fired clay.

line drawing

If we consider European canvases painted in watercolor, then in them you can not notice the line as such. In Chinese painting, all images are created through line drawing. This is what distinguishes the traditional Guohua style, which strongly resembles the calligraphy that is successfully developing in the country, elements of which artists necessarily introduce into their works.

It is impossible not to note the excellent technique of owning a brush, which has been improved over the course of several centuries. With the help of a thin or thick line, artists using the same tools as calligraphers convey space, volume, movement, without using the usual techniques of chiaroscuro. The beauty of Chinese painting lies in the mastery of a special bi-mo technique, the name of which is translated as “ink brush”. Black paint applied to rice paper is instantly absorbed, and one awkward movement, an incorrect line can change the overall mood of the picture, distorting the truth of life. Each stroke must be accurate and clear, because the author will not be able to erase or correct the drawing.

Finger painting technique

Curiously, Chinese guohua paintings are not always painted with a brush. Often masters use their hands, drawing lines with them and shading the paint. Painters apply contour lines with a fingernail, and broad strokes are performed with the pad of the thumb.

Poetic inscription

Traditional Chinese painting differs from European painting in that the picture has a poetic inscription made in a calligraphic style. So the masters expressed their attitude to the work, and the hieroglyphs complemented its figurative content. The famous calligrapher, writer and artist Su Shi, who lived in the 11th century, fought to ensure that poetry was always present in painting. Such inscriptions reflect the opinion of the author and become his handwriting.

Scrolls

Guohua is a Chinese painting in which there is unusual view paintings. They are rolled up on a stick into a scroll and stored in oblong cases. Works are written in special paper not only ink, but also paints from mineral and vegetable raw materials. Paintings in rolls, not intended for the mass audience, have been stored for more than a thousand years, without losing their brightness and saturation of shades. And today you can admire the masterpieces written several centuries ago by famous masters.

allegorical

Painting with water colors and ink is concise, and such a language of symbols is understandable to a true connoisseur of Chinese art. For example, plants and poetic lines depict the seasons, and the moon or a burning candle indicate the night.

Unfilled voids in paintings

Another feature that distinguishes Chinese painting from Western art is that the authors leave blank areas on the works, which can disguise themselves as images of a light cloud or a whitish fog. Sometimes an empty space is left so that the viewer has freedom for imagination, because Chinese paintings are an amazing art form that is impossible without the unity of the author and the viewer.

Mandatory Seal

By tradition, the masters must put a red stamp on the works, thus certifying their identity.

Having considered the features of the traditional one, we can say that guohua is a Chinese painting, which harmoniously combines poetry, calligraphy and engraving skill manifested in the print of the seal.

Genres of painting

There are several genres in traditional Chinese painting. The first is shangshui (landscape). The philosophical concept has become widespread in the country, according to which people and nature are one and there are no barriers between them. The landscape work evokes the appropriate mood in the viewer.

The second genre is huangyao (picture of flora and fauna). Chinese masters peer into the perfect forms of animals, stones, plants and convey their true essence, which cannot be expressed in words.

The third genre is jenwu (portrait). Even in ancient times, artists who worked with people knew one immutable rule: along with external resemblance, the creator must convey the state of mind and character of a person, emphasizing his beauty. inner peace. All painters clearly followed this principle, and even at an early stage in the development of Chinese art, the skill of the portrait genre reached an incredibly high level.

Guohua styles

Two traditional styles are known: gunbi, which prevails in early stages, and se-i, which is widely used in late XIX century. Let's analyze the features of these areas.

The Chinese style of gunbi is a certain manner of writing, in which paint (including color) is carefully applied and the smallest details are written. the main objective the artist's task is to accurately depict reality, and this idea of ​​naturalism is closely related to the influence of Taoism. Gongbi is considered the official academic painting. The masters who designed the interiors of the imperial palace worked in the style of clear lines.

However, after the spread of Buddhism in the country, the artists rethought this idea, and a new Chinese style, ce-i, appeared, characterized by a free manner of writing. The creators do not depict the external similarity of an object or object, but take care of conveying the mood. They strive to show sincere emotions, operating with images. It is believed that se-i is the painting of philosophers and poets, and creators work in this style under the influence of a momentary mood.

A variation of se-i is shuimo (only black ink is used to paint pictures).

Many Chinese artists successfully combine the techniques of one and the other style in their works, using mixed media. Li Kezhan, Qi Baishi, Fu Baoshi, Yang Yifeng, Huang Binhong, Pan Tianshou and other masters managed to achieve expressive effects in their works, conveying images of nature and capturing even the smallest details.

"Reading" paintings

National painting with water colors is characterized by an elegant figurative language, and the artists put a certain subtext into their works. If Europeans look at canvases, then the Chinese read them. The paintings are filled with a positive attitude and give their owner a good mood.

Chinese works are full of symbolism and allegory. For example, mountains represent the masculine light principle, and water represents the dark feminine. The painter conveys lyrical moods, experiences that arise after communicating with nature, and does not strive for naturalism and external resemblance.

Against the backdrop of majestic landscapes, miniature figures of people symbolize that a person is an insignificant link in the Universe, which is completely subordinate to its power. But in European art, people have always been portrayed as a powerful force capable of controlling the elements, and such ideas about a person are fundamentally different from Western Chinese painting.

Flowers are a separate topic for conversation. There is a painting that is called "four noble":

• an orchid symbolizing purity;
• chrysanthemum, embodying modesty and chastity;
• wild plum meihua - stamina and inflexibility;
• bamboo is a symbol of human character.

Often, artists depict willow, which embodies beauty and exquisite sophistication. She personifies spring and feminine grace. But the pine is the idea of ​​eternal youth and Confucian restraint.

Such a language of symbols is very understandable to the Chinese, and for those who cannot unravel the allegory, it is incredibly difficult to comprehend national painting.

Guohua masters

Xu Bei-hong had excellent basic skills European art and in his work he combined them with Chinese traditions. His magnificent portraits, in which the painter skillfully revealed the psychological traits of people, are considered masterpieces of Chinese art.

Yang Yifeng, who is a laureate of many national awards, worthily continues the traditions developed over the centuries.

Gu Yingzhi, who received the title of "queen of cats", works in the style of se-i. She skillfully portrays domestic animals, and Chinese ambassadors present her paintings to foreign guests.

Qi Bai-shi is one of the most prominent representatives style. An observant artist, able to capture the main features, paints original paintings, combining high skill with the art of calligraphy and the expressiveness of lines.

Painting training

Many people want to master the secrets of guohua, but learning to create in this technique is not so easy. Artists practice for a long time before starting work, which is carried out in one breath, in order to avoid mistakes.

The Chinese value not only external beauty paintings, but also internal, their strength and energy. Many shops in the country sell special coloring books, which show the sequence of drawing. Such training in painting bears fruit, and almost anyone will be able to paint pictures in the traditional style. This is how good taste is instilled and love for art is brought up.

Poetry taking shape

I must say that now guohua follows the time. It has long gone beyond the narrow confines of Chinese national traditions. IN fine arts stories appear on contemporary themes, and such pictures are filled with new content. Let us agree with the classic, who noted that "painting is poetry that has taken shape."

The Wu-Sing School of Painting holds regular classes in traditional Chinese painting 国画 go-hua (国guo - state, 画 hua - painting).

Many people ask what are the differences between go-hua and Wu-sin painting, because the technique of drawing some subjects is very similar. Of course, there are differences, but there are also many commonalities. In this article I would like to talk about the features of each of the techniques.

1. Let's start with the fact that Wu-Sin painting is a modern trend in painting, created and developed by Maxim Parnakh and Andrey Shcherbakov on the basis of, while the history of traditional Chinese painting goes back many centuries and even millennia.

Bamboo Chinese masters:

Bamboo U-Sin Olga Kineva:

Bamboo U-Sin Maxim Parnakh:

2. Wu Xing painting and traditional Chinese painting use different systems of images in the learning process, however, both techniques contain both internal work on oneself in the course of mastering the methods of working with a brush and immersion in a meditative state, and the ability to express oneself by creating their vision of certain objects.

Plum blossom Chinese masters:

Blossoming plum U-Sin Maxima Parnakh:

Blooming plum Andrey Shcherbakov:

3. However, traditional Chinese painting is much more regulated by the rules for the basic construction of plots and requires more time to work out strokes and assemble the form, while Wu Xing painting allows you to quickly get acquainted with the brush and create the first compositions during one lesson. Therefore, in our School, we recommend that you come to a go-hua course after mastering one or two stages of Wu-Sin painting - this will make the process of drawing traditional Chinese scenes more efficient and will allow you to thematic lesson perform one or more finishing compositions.

Orchid go-hua Elena Kasyanenko:

Orchid U-Sin Elena Kasyanenko:

Chinese master chrysanthemum:

Chrysanthemum U-Sin Ruslan Omelianenko:

4. In the Go-Hua classes, we also get to know more deeply about the possibilities of using the Chinese brush, because. There are a lot of types of strokes to convey the various forms and essence of objects. Many strokes and lines echo Chinese calligraphy and characters. We also learn how to mix paints, achieving natural and effective color transitions, and master the features of rice paper. In the classroom, we take the theoretical part received from Chinese teachers and from various thematic original sources, making translations from Chinese.

Works by Elena Kasyanenko:

5. Traditional Chinese painting is divided into two areas - se-i (writing the meaning - Chinese) and gong-bi (work with a brush - Chinese). The first technique is distinguished by the freedom of the stroke and expression, it is drawn quickly, momentary impressions and the inner state of the artist are reflected. The second technique is more scrupulous, based on the careful execution of the basic contour drawing, which is then layer-by-layer tinted. It can take several weeks, and sometimes months, to complete the work in the gong-bi technique (depending on the complexity of the drawing and the format of the work).

Se-i technique:

Gun Bi Technique:

6. In our traditional Chinese painting classes, we draw in se technique. It essentially echoes the painting of U-Sin. Both techniques are based on displaying the author's inner feelings with the help of free brush strokes, spots, calligraphic lines. Essence is primary, form is secondary. Often objects are depicted symbolically, without detail. The paintings are filled with movement, dynamics, one feels the freedom and beauty of a living brushstroke. Sometimes, drawing turns into a dance of energies.

Go-hua roses by Elena Kasyanenko:

Roses Wu-Sin Elena Kasyanenko:

Go-hua landscape by Elena Kasyanenko:

Landscape U-Sin Andrey Shcherbakov:

7. It is also worth mentioning the materials used. Traditional Chinese painting is done on rice paper with ink and Chinese mineral paints, for Wu Xing we use gouache and different types non-absorbent paper. However, both techniques are graphic, from a stroke and a line, so they can be perfectly used for painting walls, ceiling lamps, dishes, clothes, etc. Traditional Chinese art abounds various techniques images of traditional Chinese subjects on various surfaces: walls, interior items, porcelain, etc. So let's not limit our imagination and discover Magic world Chinese painting!

Go-hua works on rice paper:

Wu-Sin's works on thick paper:

Chinese plots on alternative surfaces:

The search for the unknown that lies in the depths of our souls, the undiscovered potential, the desire for self-expression and spiritual self-development leads many to the development of Chinese painting and Wu-Sin painting. This is a unique opportunity to work on oneself, to develop certain vital qualities through art.

U-Sin is a system of 5 primary elements - wood, fire, earth, metal, water. All worldview is based on it. ancient China. In painting, each of them corresponds to 5 specific strokes, with the help of which the artist U-Sin paints his paintings.

The Yin and Yang mandala, consisting of white and black drops, describes the patterns of the surrounding reality. It is this mandala that is the key to understanding Wu Xing. Yang, white, is the heavenly beginning, Yin, black, the earthly beginning. Yang gives energy, and Yin accepts, qualitatively transforms energy. The sky gives rain, light, heat, and the Earth absorbs all this and gives rise to various forms of life, such as grasses, trees, animals. In Wu-Sin painting, the task of the artist is to convey the essence of the subject, and not its form. And for this you need to develop your perception of the world, learn to see not with the mind, but with the eyes.

Andrey Shcherbakov - the founder of the school of Chinese painting and painting U-Sin, artist, teacher - talks in this video about the basics of painting U-Sin.

Why do they love so much wu-sin painting? This is one of the most effective techniques for learning to draw. It gives everyone the opportunity to learn how to draw from scratch. There is a liberation from patterns, creative thinking appears. U-Sin's painting gives that charge of creativity, which is so lacking in our lives. A person, having started to engage in this art, gets real pleasure from the realization of his inner capabilities.

Wu-Sin painting has a profound art-therapeutic influence. Imagine how a person endows the object he draws with a certain quality, trying to feel its essence. As a result, working through strokes, he develops the corresponding energy in himself. Transferring this knowledge to life, makes it balanced and harmonious. A person adjusts what he sees with what he thinks and what he does.

It is important to note that the Chinese traditional calendar, the Feng Shui system, Chinese astrology, the bodily practices of Zhong Yuan Qigong and Taoist Yoga, the internal wushu style “Xingyiquan” are based on the Wu Xing principle.