Traditional Chinese paintings are mainly divided into three types, bird-and-flower painting, landscape painting, and figure painting. Different from the other two, bird-and-flower painting depicts a variety of objects, including almost all creatures in nature except for human beings such as flowers, birds, insects, fish, vegetables, fruit, beasts, etc. It reflects the relationship and emotions between the painter and objects in and beyond the painting.
花鳥,为中国传统的三大画科之一。与山水、人物不同,花鸟画的摹写对象纷繁多样,包括花、鸟、虫、鱼、蔬果、禽兽等几乎自然界除人类以外的全部生物。在画纸内外,体现出画者与对象之间的关系与情感。