The traditional aesthetics of Chinese ink painting emphasize "impressionism" and "creating the scene," worlds apart from the meticulous accuracy of Western realism.
當然，在傳統的美學概念上，中國水墨注重「寫意」、「造境」，和西畫纖毫必現、客觀確實的「寫實」、「寫生」概念大不相同。