Material: Wood

Style: Square/Circle

Size: 25.8*17cm

Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains

This painting is probably the finest example of Chinese blue-green landscape painting. It is the only surviving piece by the young genius Wang Ximeng, who painted it under Emperor Huizong?s guidance when he was 18 years old.

The entire piece, painted in the hand scroll format, deployed scattered perspectives and the three visual angles (height, depth, level-distance), which are commonly used in Chinese landscape paintings.

This painting uses scarce mineral pigments with bright colors to depict the peaceful and prosperous country. In ancient Chinese landscape paintings, especially court paintings, the natural landscape is often a metaphor for the Emperor?s longevity and the dynasty?s everlasting prosperity. One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, as its name implies, depicts the vast country landscape.