For centuries, Chinese have demonstrated their love and appreciation of nature, literature, painting, sculpture, and pottery. Most important museums all over the world take pride in collecting Chinese arts. Painting Chinese paintings stress harmony between humans and nature. Many beautiful works show mountains, trees, clouds, waters, and flowers.
Many artists use simple black ink while others use color for flowers and people.
Some artists spend their whole lives trying to perfect the drawing of one type of scenery, plant, or flower. Chinese writing, or calligraphy, is also considered a form of painting, and is almost always done in black ink. Sculpture and Pottery China is famous for its pottery which can be made of clay, bronze, jade or cloisonne. Some consider the magnificent Terracotta Warriors in Xian, life-sized clay figures of soldiers and horses, as the ninth wonder of the world. Music Western music is based on an eight-note scale.