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What is the highest form of Chinese painting?
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One of the esteemed pursuits of the traditional Chinese scholar was landscape painting, known generally as shān shuǐ. Capturing the beauty of nature within a balanced composition is considered a conceptual feat achieved only by the hand of a master.
PAGODA REDOctober 7, 2020
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