The Suzhou-style decorative painting includes Fangxinshi colored drawing and cloth-wrappers colored drawing. However, Fangxinshi colored drawing had already existed before the early Qing. Therefore, we can only say cloth-wrappers colored drawings may have been introduced during the Qianlong period.

Ceiling paintings inside the pavilion

Architecture is the congealed history

The decorative paintings of the Long Corridor are like little windows of Chinese history and culture. From those, people can learn about many Chinese legendary allusions and cultural connotations.

Character Colored Drawing: Uprooting the Willow Tree

In the year 1990, the Long Corridor which had depended on its unique architectural form and its rich and colorful paintings, was honored the longest corridor in the world.

Landscape Colored Drawing