All Chinese paintings are on silk or paper scrolls,rolled and stored in cabinets.The affinity between pictures and writing is exemplified again in this for paintings are preserved like books.Instead of being hung on walls as part of the furniture of a house,they are put away and only brought out for the edification of those who are especially interested.It is for this reason that many fine Chinese paintings hundreds of years old appear by the freshness of the colors to have been painted but yesterday. 绘画没有被当作房间的摆设挂在墙上，而是被收藏起来， 只是为了那些对此特别感兴趣的人的鉴赏才被拿出来。。All Chinese paintings are on silk or paper scrolls, rolled and stored in cabinets. The affinity between pictures and writing is exemplified again in this for paintings are preserved like books. Instead of being hung on walls as part of the furniture of a house, they are put away and only brought out for the edification of those who are especially interested. It is for this reason that many fine Chinese paintings hundreds of years old appear by the freshness of the colors to have been painted but yesterday. 绘画没有被当作房间的摆设挂在墙上，而是被收藏起来， 只是为了那些对此特别感兴趣的人的鉴赏才被拿出来