Bird-and-flower painting

Bird-and-flower painting
Early Autumn, 13th century, perhaps by the Song loyalist painter Qian Xuan. The decaying lotus leaves and dragonflies hovering over stagnant water are likely a veiled criticism of Mongol rule.[1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	花鳥畫
Simplified Chinese	花鸟画
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin huāniǎo-huà
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Hoa điểu hoạ
Chữ Hán	花鳥畫
Korean name
Hangul	화조화
Hanja	花鳥畵
Transcriptions Revised Romanization hwajohwa McCune–Reischauer hwajohwa
Japanese name
Kanji	花鳥画
Transcriptions Romanization kachō-ga

Bird-and-flower painting, called Huaniaohua (simplified Chinese: 花鸟画; traditional Chinese: 花鳥畫; pinyin: huāniǎohuà) in Chinese, is a kind of Chinese painting with a long tradition in China and is considered one of the treasures of Chinese culture.^[2] The huaniaohua was named after its subject matter. It originated in the Tang dynasty where it gained popularity, matured by the end of that period and during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period,^[3] and fully reached its peak during the Song dynasty.^[2][4] Most huaniaohua paintings belong to the scholar-artist style of Chinese painting. In the coming centuries, the genre gained popularity and spread throughout the East Asian cultural sphere. It also had an influence on Iranian painting in the golomorgh [fa] genre of illustration for book covers and illuminated manuscripts.