Starting from the things in our daily life, this Book leads us back to the ancient art world, to appreciate and explore the connotation and interest of calligraphy and painting works, and then to understand the Chinese cultural spirit inherited from the works. Apart from grasping the relationship between art, culture and life, this Book can help us to explore individual potential through art, and cultivate personal aesthetics and values. This Book can be used together with the general education curriculum of middle-school- Chinese Culture and Modern Life in Unit Modern China and it also can provide basic knowledge for the Art in Independent Monographic Study. Through teaching students to appreciate the art of painting and calligraphy, it can help students to explore individual potential through art, and cultivate personal aesthetics and values.This Book also introduces some Chinese paintings and calligraphies that are exhibited in Hong Kong, such as some exhibits in the "e;China's Treasure"e; exhibition held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China, on which teachers can propose some tour routes.