About Chinese traditional painting, which of the following is NOT true?
A.
The characteristics of Chinese painting are closely related to the nature of the medium.
B.
The likeness in Chinese paintings was achieved in much the same way as Western paintings.
C.
Chinese painting is inseparably associated with literature and other arts such as poetry and calligraphy.
D.
Chinese painting is symbolic, for everything that is painted reflects some aspect of totality of symbols of a more specific kind.