Book of ”A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains” including a print copy of this whole painting.

“A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains” is one of the most celebrated masterpieces in Chinese art history. Painted in 1113 by Wang Ximeng, a prodigious artist only 18 years old at the time, this nearly 12-meter-long scroll represents the pinnacle of traditional Chinese blue-green landscape painting.

The work captures a vast, idealized panorama of mountains, rivers, villages, and pavilions, rendered in vibrant mineral pigments of azurite blue and malachite green. With meticulous brushwork and a rhythmic composition, Wang Ximeng creates a harmonious blend of nature and human presence, reflecting the grandeur and elegance of the Northern Song imperial vision.