Summer Mountains (detail)

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How is nature depicted in Chinese landscape painting?

At the left end of the scroll, your visual journey comes to an end with a smaller set of mountains echoing the central mountain range and revealing a retreat nestled within. On the balcony two men enjoy the view of a plunging waterfall.

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