On this land of China in the orient of the world, the civilization spanning 5,000 years has given birth to numerous artists and countless superb artworks. If a selective introduction should be made, the first choice will certainly be the form of visual art, because the eyes are the most important and intelligent human sensory organs. In order to introduce such an exquisite art form to people without any background in Chinese culture and people lacking perceptual experience in art, we have to painstakingly pick and choose. Out of consideration that the works must truly be the products of the wisdom of the Chinese nation, created by ordinary Chinese, determined to be unique Chinese art forms, and permeated with the aesthetic ideas of the Chinese culture, we finally chose Chinese painting, calligraphy, paper-cut, embroidery and knotwork, and wrote this Introduction to Chinese Art Series from these five aspects.
