Places held in image, memory, and landscape
E'pang Palace Site in Xi'an
Begun in 212 BCE and never finished, the First Emperor's palace survives as rammed-earth foundations, protected since 1961; excavations in 2002 found no trace of the fire Du Mu's rhapsody describes.
Mural guide
Qinling
Grey-white peaks keep patches of snow near the top, with firs and birches on the slopes, a small lake among the meadow, and pink flowers blooming at lower right.
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