Murals hais txog paintings ntawm phab ntsa. Hauv cov zej zog thaum ub, tib neeg tau kos duab ntau yam ntawm cov phab ntsa hauv qhov tsua los sau cov xwm txheej thiab qhia txog kev xav; cov no yog cov ntaub ntawv ntxov tshaj plaws ntawm murals.
Raws li cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm, Emperor Wu ntawm Han tau pleev xim rau ntau tus vajtswv hauv Ganquan Palace, thiab Emperor Xuan pleev xim rau cov neeg ua haujlwm zoo hauv Qilin Pavilion; cov no kuj yog murals. Los ntawm Wei thiab Jin dynasties mus rau Tang thiab Song dynasties, Buddhism thiab Taoism tau vam meej, thiab cov tuam tsev thiab monasteries feem ntau muaj cov duab kos. Lub Dunhuang murals khaws cia ib tug loj tus naj npawb ntawm tej hauj lwm zoo ntawm kos duab los ntawm lub sij hawm ntawd. Thaum lub sijhawm Ming thiab Qing dynasties, scrolls tau nrov, thiab cov duab kos maj mam poob qis. Tang Dynasty kws sau paj lug Luo Binwang sau nyob rau hauv nws zaj paj huam "Sab nyob rau hauv lub Xya pem teb nyob rau yim hnub ntawm lub Plaub Hlis": "Lub inscription tsis yog los ntawm Jin Dynasty, lub mural yog los ntawm Liang Dynasty." Tang Dynasty kws sau paj huam Duan Chengshi thiab Zhang Xifu sau nyob rau hauv lawv "Sau cov paj huam ntawm kev mus xyuas Tuam Tsev hauv Chang'an: Ib Sau Cov Paj Huam ntawm Paintings": "Alas, cov murals tsis tau tas li, lavish npaum li cas yog cov duab tshiab ntawm cov tiam tom ntej!" Song Dynasty kws tshawb fawb Lu You sau nyob rau hauv Volume Ob ntawm nws "Sau ntawv los ntawm Kev Kawm Qub": "Muaj ib tug mural ntawm ib tug oxcart nyob rau sab hnub poob tis ntawm lub Tuam Tsev Jiangdu." Guo Moruo tau sau hauv "Li Bai thiab Du Fu: Du Fu Txoj Kev Ntseeg": "Hauv Taiwei Palace, muaj cov duab kos duab, ua haujlwm ntawm cov neeg pleev kob nto moo Wu Daozi."
Murals ntawm lub tsev tuaj yeem faib dav dav rau hauv cov duab ntxhib- cov duab kos duab, cov duab kos duab, cov duab kos duab, cov duab kos duab kos duab, cov duab kos duab mosaic, thiab cov duab thaij duab ua los ntawm lwm cov ntaub ntawv. Cov tsoos txhuam hniav yog muab faib ntxiv rau hauv ntub- ntawm- ntub dej thiab qhuav- ntawm - ntub dej. Ancient Suav murals feem ntau txawv ntawm lawv qhov chaw, nrog rau cov khw murals, lub tuam tsev murals, grotto murals, tomb murals, thiab nyob rau hauv murals. Niaj hnub nimno murals feem ntau yog kev kho kom zoo nkauj architectural; kev sib haum xeeb thiab kev koom ua ke nrog lub tsev thiab nws ib puag ncig ib puag ncig yog qhov tseem ceeb. Cov ntaub ntawv muaj ntau haiv neeg thiab ruaj khov.
