我国最早的山水画发现于汉代的墓葬中，在当时只是作为一种装饰出现在人们的生活场景中，没有实际和单独的审美价值。

随着社会的不断发展，中华大地无山不美，无水不秀，而山水之旺得之目，寓诸心，而形于画家笔墨之间，技法体系的丰富和完备呈洋洋大观之势。用笔用墨技巧，也在历代画家的继承和发展中日趋完善，并且变化万千。不同时代风气和地域环境导致了不同风格的争奇斗胜：有北方高山大岭的雄壮浑厚，也有江南小景的幽远澹泊。这些画作可以提高人的文化修养，增加知识，得到常人得不到的乐趣，又能存下一笔不可低估的财富。又能领略到中华民族绘画艺术的风采。

The earliest landscape painting in Our country discovered was in Han Dynasty's grave, at that time, it only was taken one kind of decoration appears in people's life scene, does not have actually and the independent esthetic value.

Along with society's unceasing development, China does not have the mountain not to be beautiful, anhydrous not Xiu, but the scenery is prosperous item, lodges the various hearts, but the shape between the painter words, the technique system rich and assumes the spectacular potential completely. With pen with ink skill, also consummates day by day in all previous dynasties painter's inheritance and the development, and is eternally changing. The different time atmosphere and the region environment caused the different style struggle to fight the victory wonderfully: In the North China There are the mountain big range majestic vigorous, also Chiangnan young Jing quiet to live simply far. These paintings may enhance human's cultural education, the increase knowledge, obtains pleasure which the average man cannot obtain, also can left over the wealth which cannot be underestimated. Also can understand the Chinese nation drawing art elegant demeanor.