Mural painting yog ib qho ntawm cov laus tshaj plaws ntawm painting. Piv txwv li, nyob rau hauv ancient sij hawm, tib neeg carved ntau yam duab nyob rau hauv lub qhov tsua phab ntsa los sau cov xwm txheej thiab qhia kev xav; cov no yog cov uas muaj sia nyob thaum ntxov. Ancient civilizations xws li tim lyiv teb chaws, Is Nrias teb, Npanpiloo, thiab Tuam Tshoj tau khaws cia ntau yam ancient murals. Mural creation tau vam meej thaum lub sij hawm Italian Renaissance, ua ntau yam hauj lwm nto moo. Hauv kuv lub tebchaws, txij li Zhou Dynasty, palaces thiab txawm tias tombs tau dai kom zoo nkauj nrog cov duab kos. Nrog rau kev nce qib ntawm kev ntseeg, cov duab kos tau siv dav hauv cov tuam tsev, cov tuam tsev, thiab cov grottoes (xws li Mogao Grottoes hauv Dunhuang thiab Yongle Palace hauv Ruicheng). kuv lub teb chaws khaws cia ib tug loj tus naj npawb ntawm nto moo Buddha thiab Taoist mural relics. Ib txhia ntawm cov relics no tau teev tseg raws li lub ntiaj teb cuab yeej cuab tam Sites, ua tim khawv rau peb ancient civilization.
Raws li kev sib txuas rau architecture, cov hniav thiab kev ua haujlwm zoo nkauj ntawm cov duab kos ua rau lawv yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kev kos duab ib puag ncig. Feem ntau cov duab ua ntej keeb kwm yav dhau los yog qhov tsua thiab pob tsuas, qhov ntxov tshaj plaws rov qab kwv yees li 20,000 xyoo. Fragments ntawm murals los ntawm Qin Dynasty palace hauv Xianyang, Shaanxi, Suav teb, hnub rov qab 2,300 xyoo. Murals kuj vam meej thaum lub sij hawm Han Dynasty thiab Wei, Jin, thiab Northern thiab yav qab teb Dynasty, nrog ntau unearthed txij li thaum xyoo pua 20th. Lub Tang Dynasty tau pom lub hnub nyoog kub ntawm kev kos duab mural, ua piv txwv los ntawm cov haujlwm xws li Dunhuang murals thiab Kizil Qhov tsua, sawv cev rau qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov duab kos duab thaum lub sijhawm ntawd. Tom qab Song Dynasty, cov duab kos duab maj mam poob qis. Tom qab xyoo 1949, nws tau ntsib kev txhawb siab thiab kev loj hlob. Lub mural complex ntawm Beijing Capital International Tshav Dav Hlau tau ua tiav xyoo 1979. Tom qab ntawd, cov duab kos tau txuas ntxiv mus rau cov tsev tshiab, nrog rau ntau yam haujlwm qhia txog kev tsim kho tshiab thiab kev loj hlob hauv kev kos duab, kev tsim khoom, thiab kev koom ua ke ntawm kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev paub txawv teb chaws.
