Coming to the End of the Corridor at the Summer Place in Beijing

GLOBAL TIMES
By Zhang Wen

Suzhou-style painting patterns. Photos: CFP, IC

CHINA---During the last restoration of the Summer Palace's Long Corridor in 1979, Qin Shulin was among the youngest of 60 painters touching up some of the 18th century walkway's more than 14,000 paintings. Now, the 59-year-old is one of the few active artisans from his generation skilled at caihua, or Chinese color painting, in Beijing. Suzhou-style decorative paintings adorn the Long Corridor and other ancient wooden architecture structures in Beijing, such as the Prince Gong Mansion near Shichahai Lake and Fayuan Temple in Xicheng district. [link]