岭南地处南隅,书画艺术的发展相对与其他地区要相对滞后,远不及当时黄河流域的中原文化。这种情况在宋代之后得到了极大地改善,随着中国文化中心区的不断南移加上岭南经济的逐渐崛起,文化的发展不仅得到了多方面的扩展,而且也与地域相融合,渐至形成不同的地域特点。殆至明清两代,岭南的经贸日益发达,为书画艺术也提供了史无前例的发展 Lingnan is located in the south corner of the development of calligraphy and painting relative to other areas to be relatively lagging behind, far less than the Central Plains culture of the Yellow River. This situation has been greatly improved after the Song Dynasty. With the constant southward movement of the Chinese cultural center and the gradual rise of the Lingnan economy, the development of culture has not only been expanded in many aspects, but also integrated with the regions and gradually The formation of different geographical features. In the late Ming and Qing dynasties, the trade and economic development in Lingnan became more and more developed, providing an unprecedented development for the art of calligraphy and painting