What are the classifications of flower-and-bird paintings?

A painting with traditional tools such as China's brush and ink, rice paper, etc., and animal and plant images such as "flowers, birds, insects, fish and beasts" as the description object. China flower-and-bird painting is one of the three branches of traditional painting in China. The object of flower-and-bird painting is not only flowers and birds, but also various animals and plants, including flowers, fruits and vegetables, feathers, insects and animals. Classification: Flower-and-bird painting is a traditional painting discipline in China with animals and plants as the main objects. It can also be subdivided into subfamilies such as flowers, feathers, fruits and vegetables, grasshoppers, animals and scales. China's flower-and-bird paintings reflect the aesthetic relationship between China people and natural creatures as aesthetic objects, and have strong lyricism. It often expresses the author's thoughts and feelings, embodies the spirit of the times, indirectly reflects social life, and shows very distinctive characteristics in the paintings of similar themes of all nationalities in the world. Its techniques are diverse, and it can be divided into meticulous flower-and-bird painting and freehand flower-and-bird painting (which can also be divided into big freehand flower-and-bird painting and small freehand flower-and-bird painting) with delicate or unrestrained description techniques. According to the different colors of ink, it can be divided into ink flower-and-bird painting, splash-ink flower-and-bird painting, colored flower-and-bird painting, sketch flower-and-bird painting and boneless flower-and-bird painting.