According to the author, Han painting is an art from the Han Dynasty in China, reflecting the culture of the two Han dynasties. On World Museum Day on May 18th, Professor Gu Sen, the editor in chief of "The Great Collection of Chinese Han Paintings", was invited by "Guangming Yuedu" to provide readers with a detailed explanation of why they should read Han paintings? What are the contents of Han painting records? And explore the significance of the beauty of Han painting in today's artistic creation. He believes that the culture of the Han Dynasty is vast and profound, making it difficult to master. The most convenient and intuitive method is to read Han paintings. Firstly, reading this book is a convenient way to enter Chinese culture and appreciate Han paintings. Secondly, entering a museum can also deeply enjoy the visual and spiritual enjoyment of Chinese painting. Wen Li Tu (Eastern Han Dynasty) in Jiaxiang, Shandong, China. Stone and Han paintings and Han culture Han paintings are art from the Han Dynasty period in China, reflecting the culture of the two Han dynasties. In a narrow sense, Han painting refers to painted bricks, painted stones, and their rubbings. The Han painting referred to today is broad and covers two main parts: 1. Painting (wall painting, silk painting, lacquer painting, various types of painting, etc.); 2. Carving lines, reliefs, and rubbings on portrait stones, bricks, mirrors, and tiles. The two most prominent features of Han culture are the revival of local Chinese culture. This recovery went through the burning of books by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, which destroyed the folk pre Qin culture, and after Xiang Yu burned the Qin Xianyang Palace, which destroyed the royal collection of pre Qin culture. The Han Dynasty collected remnants and spent nearly 200 years rebuilding a pre Qin cultural system with the characteristics of the Han Dynasty. The hundred ancient books and records of the pre Qin philosophers that we know today are basically all from the system reconstructed during the Han Dynasty. The second is purity. The culture of the Two Han Dynasties was a period when Buddhism had just been introduced and had not yet had a significant impact on China's original ideas and concepts. At this time, the cultural preservation had a relatively complete localization and original ecology. Therefore, Han culture can be regarded as the inherent and root culture of China. Based on the above two points, it can be seen that the Han culture is a relatively pure local Chinese culture; It is a masterpiece of Chinese local culture. That is to say, what is recorded in the culture of the Han Dynasty is not only from the Han Dynasty, but also a large amount of pre Qin and ancient Chinese culture. Han paintings reflect precisely this period of early Chinese history; Their time spans from prehistoric times to the Han Dynasty; The geographical coverage radiates from the ancient land of China to the surrounding four barbarians and countries outside the region. Over the past four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, a large number of cultural relics were left behind. There are millions of Han paintings that exist today (excluding those that need to be discovered or excavated), including tens of thousands of portrait stones, millions of portrait bricks, dozens of wall painted tombs, and tens of thousands of portrait mirrors and tiles. The abundant remains have left a huge amount of image materials today, and this treasure trove is a solid foundation for all research. The content of Han paintings is complex and rich in records, including myths and legends, historical stories, production activities, official homes, social customs, etc. The images are diverse and vivid, and are regarded by many scholars today as an encyclopedia of pre Qin culture and Han society. As a search for the roots of Chinese inherent culture, Han painting is a direct and reliable form. Because of this, Han painting has not only attracted the cultural and archaeological circles, cultural and artistic circles, but also attracted disciplines and specialties including history, philosophy, religion, folk customs, ethnicity, astronomy, metallurgy, architecture, brewing, textiles, etc