Ancient towns and peasant paintings

Farmers' paintings of Zhulin Pass Ancient Town

The art of painting houses and walls has long been a tradition in the villages of China's Shaanxi province, most notably in Huxian, a small town southwest of the famous ancient city of Xi 'an, where farmers have a long history of frescoes with distinctive and showy artistic features.

Goddess statue of Zhulin Pass Ancient town

Residential houses in Zhulin Pass Ancient Town

In the mountains of southern Shaanxi, like the ancient town of Zhulin Pass in Danfeng County, you can walk among the houses and see the farmers' wall paintings in various colors. Together with the surrounding houses and green trees, they make up a lively and pleasant landscape picture scroll.