A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains is a silk color painting created by Wang Ximeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. It is pointed out that the main locations of "thousands of miles of rivers and mountains" are Lushan and Poyang Lake.

This painting depicts the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland. On the screen, the peaks are undulating, the rivers are vast, the weather is colorful and magnificent. There are cliffs and waterfalls in the mountains, winding paths leading to secluded places, dotted houses, green Liu Honghua, long pines and bamboo trees, and beautiful scenery.

Wild fishing villages, waterside huts and water mill long bridges between mountains and rivers are set up according to the terrain and environment, reflecting mountains and lakes. This volume shows the magnificence of the motherland's mountains and rivers with concise techniques, brilliant colors and meticulous brushwork.

About the author:

Wang Ximeng (1096-1119 [Legend]), a famous painter in the late Northern Song Dynasty, was the only talented person who became famous for his painting in the history of China. However, there is no record about him in the history books.

When he was in his teens, Wang Ximeng entered the palace to study painting for a living, but he didn't work hard at first. Song Huizong Zhao Jishi was a student of the Academy of Painting, and later he was called into the Forbidden Library. He served in Hui Zong. Song Huizong had a unique eye and thought that "its nature can be taught", so he taught it himself. Wang Ximeng, taught by Zhao's relatives, shows pen and ink techniques and strives for perfection in art, so his paintings surpass the moment.

In April of the third year of Hui Zongzhu's administration (113), it took Wang Ximeng half a year to finally draw a famous painting "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", when he was only eighteen years old.