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A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains
"A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains" by Wang Ximeng, Northern Song
Dynasty (960-1127), is a landscape painting masterpiece of ancient China. It is
now part of the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.
A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains
Wang was one of the most renowned palace painters of the time. He became a
student of the Imperial Painting Academy, and was taught personally by
Emperor Huizong of Song. He finished this painting when he was only 18.
Unfortunately, as a genius painter, he died very young in his 20s.
The hand scroll is 1,191.5 cm long and 51.5 cm wide. Heavy ink strokes of black
and other colors vividly depict mountains, lakes, villages, houses, bridges,
ships pavilions and people. It is one of the largest paintings in Chinese history
and has been described as one of the greatest works.
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