The exhibition will focus on displaying the Chinese painting masterpieces with different styles and themes with the theme of "concerning life, livelihood and nature" by the professional painters of the Institute of Chinese painting and the invited painters of Chinese Academy of Arts.

"The mental imagery of the age" implies that the exhibition is able to present the inheritance and innovation of the realms and techniques of Chinese paintings, can reflect the change of people’s living environment and mental concepts through the social progression, At the same time, it aims to illustrate the professional standards of the creation teams of the Chinese painting of the Chinese Academy of Arts, and show the proper academic taste and humane values in creation of Chinese painting.