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Looking the history of Chinese art, we may say that the ink landscape painting is the most glorious among the different kinds of Chinese art and it has taken the leading position in the field of Chinese painting since the Tang dynasty. The essay thinks that there are two main reasons contribute to the formation of "ink and wash is better" phenomenon: the construction of social culture and the perfection of skills and tools. This essay will discuss the reasons in more detail on four aspects.First of all, because the painters who are good at literature became the pioneers in the field of Chinese painting since the Tang dynasty, the ink landscape painting, as their main creating way, gained the leader position in the field of Chinese painting. Besides, the further construction and profound influence of the main culture in Song and Ming dynasty affected people's tendency when they were appreciating the art, which made them like the ink landscape painting better in the creation of art. Furthermore, because of the nourish of the main culture in Song and Ming dynasty, the artistic conception of the ink landscape painting has a deeper cultural information and humane consideration so that the ink landscape painting achieved an artistic peak which the other kinds of painting could not reach. This part will be discussed on five aspects: firstly, the theory of "three religions combine together" is the thinking condition of the maturation of the ink landscape painting; secondly, the skill character of "neglecting the fact but valuing the artistic conception" in the ink landscape painting meets the theory of "observing things with heart"; thirdly, the function of "showing feelings" in the ink landscape painting adapts to the theory of "conveying the truth by writing"; the appreciation tendency of "being ordinary and innocent" in the ink landscape painting inflects the theory of "having happiness from the usual life"; fifthly, the artistic state of "forgetting the object and self realizes the life goal of "blending with the nature". At the same time, the essay thinks that the development of a kind of painting has a close relation with the construction and maturation of social culture. Then it discusses the maturation of the skill of blending the calligraphy with the drawing and the innovation of drawing tools and materials so that to make the variation of the way of drawing more rich, subtle, vivid and layering, and make the painters draw with high proficiency, finally, to achieve the appreciation goal of "using the ink to make the picture colorful" from the perspective of skill. In the end, the essay puts forward an opinion that the development and flourish of a painting format depends on the co-construction and perfection of skill, tools and social culture. What's more, it emphasizes that the developing of Chinese culture is the key to the flourish of the ink landscape painting. And it do hope that those learners who love Chinese art will pay attention to the studying and construction of social culture while they are enthusiastic in the development and innovation of the art of painting.