I had always assumed that the craggy mountains in traditional Chinese art were poetically licensed exaggerations of a convoluted landscape ... until I went to Guilin and found them as magnificently improbable as the painterly renderings. (Sorry for the funky photo. It was an Ectachrome slide that deteriorated for years before I scanned it … from a shot that was technically flawed to start with.)
China has such magnificent and varied landscape. I would love to see it in person. For now? Maybe I will watch Crouching Tiger , Sleeping Dragon again, just for the landscape. Perhaps you have other movies to recommend?
Very cool. I love that both images have so much in common, in addition to the mountains -- the fluffy trees, the water running along the bottom, and even the tiny people in your image.
At first I thought the photo was the painting and the painting was the photo -- then I thought they were both paintings...! it really took a while for my brain to accept that the image on the right was photography!! :)
Art mountains / real mountains
Good one, Terry. It made me look up the formation of karst mountains: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/how-were-guilins-magical-mountains-formed/
Once again, terrific, Terry.
And I, too, Love Crouching Tiger..the scenery incredible!
China has such magnificent and varied landscape. I would love to see it in person. For now? Maybe I will watch Crouching Tiger , Sleeping Dragon again, just for the landscape. Perhaps you have other movies to recommend?
Such a wonderful virtual tour .
This reminds me of my first sight (virtually) of the Dolomites in Italy - so Disney-esque.
Thanks, Terry!
I felt the same way when I landed in Guilin. I marveled that the landscape was real!
Very cool. I love that both images have so much in common, in addition to the mountains -- the fluffy trees, the water running along the bottom, and even the tiny people in your image.
As one who loves mountains, I found these two just wonderful. And a welcome testament to the mountains' reality.
Hard to believe those mountains exist. And your photo looks more like a painting than the painting!
At first I thought the photo was the painting and the painting was the photo -- then I thought they were both paintings...! it really took a while for my brain to accept that the image on the right was photography!! :)