East Asian painting traditions often featured similar subjects and themes across China, Japan, and Korea. Common motifs included landscapes, flowers, birds, animals, and human figures. Styles of painting were also influenced by calligraphy traditions in each culture. Facial painting traditions in performances like Chinese opera and Japanese Kabuki developed symbolic color systems to represent character traits. Traditional architectural styles also incorporated symbolic design elements like sweeping roofs. Paper arts, woodblock printing, and decorative knot tying developed as important folk art forms across East Asia with religious and cultural symbolism.
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