Ink and wash painting, one of the 1)_______ (独具特色的) traditional art forms of China, 2)________ (是.....的代表)Chinese painting. It began around the time of the Tang Dynasty, and then 3)__________ (兴盛于) in the Song and Yuan dynasties. With a history of over one thousand years , it has experienced 4)________(不断的) development , improvement and 5) _________(完善) . The tools and materials used to create ink and wash painting, i.e. brushes , rice paper , and ink, are 6)_________(具有......特色) of Chinese culture and closely related to the features of the paintings. For example, the mixing of water and ink creates different 7)__________ (层次)of dryness, wetness, thickness and thinness. The 8)__________(交融) and infiltration of water, ink, and rice paper enables such paintings to 9)_________(表现) rich images, and hence to achieve unique 10)_______(美学的) effects . Ink and wash painting 11)________(具有很高的地位) in the history of Chinese painting, and it is even regarded as the criterion to 12)________(衡量) the artistic level of Oriental paintings.