Searching Ancient Relics in Fengjing， a Ming Dynasty（1368.1644） hanging scroll by Dong Qichang， ink on paper， 80cm×29.8cm， in the collection of the Palace Museum， Taipei.
Dong Qichang（1555.1636） was a famous litterateur， calligrapher and painter in the Ming Dynasty. Proficient at drawing landscapes， he founded “Songjiang school of painting” and was a master of different literati paintings in the Yuan Dynasty and a model of literati painters in the late Ming period. Old trees， the thatched hut， the bridge and the village in the fore place and never-ending mountain ranges in the distance constitute a very tranquil and elegant scene. It is a masterpiece of Dong Qichang.
