Many have the opinion that chinese paintings are highly imaginative implying that there is a lack of observation or outdoor research of the physical world.Otherwise, they feel that these works do not comply with their established understanding of aesthetics.
Alas, many do not have the opportunity to see original or printed good work of masters to counter-check those opinion.
Unfortunately, many are seeing (and we like to say, seeing is to believe) the works of the last two to three hundred years (late Ching Dynasty). Those are inferior, in concept and technique, to much earlier works in the Song Dynasty or even early-Ching. Many were just copied. Copied through individuals' memories because duplicates were not available then.
On another hand, if a good work is imaginative, I think it is the creativity of the master to symbolise, to plan and layout his work so that the onlooker would be conveniently invited to travel with him, not in time, but at least in space. All in relativity. I admire those early artists' appreciation of 3D space when science was not available then.
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