Tulou Morning Mist: The Charm of Hakka Culture | Original Square Landscape Oil Painting

A signature landscape work by WeicaGallery exclusive artist Yonglu YI, a renowned realist painter focusing on Fujian’s regional themes, this piece captures the serene morning scenery of an ancient village in the mountains with exquisite brushwork, centered on the Nanjing Tulou in Fujian—a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Adopting a square panoramic composition, the painting seamlessly integrates circular Tulou buildings, scattered dwellings, terraced fields, rolling green mountains and a winding stream. With an expansive perspective and distinct layers, the distant mountains are washed in pale cyan while the foreground is covered in rich green, perfectly reproducing the natural texture of western Fujian’s mountains where "mountains and rivers embrace, gathering vitality".

The artist excels at capturing the warmth of daily life: a wisp of morning smoke rising gently from the Tulou roof is the finishing touch, infusing the quiet ancient village with human warmth and evoking the peace and harmony of the Hakka people’s communal living. The textured terracotta rammed-earth walls of the Tulou and the lines of the terrace ridges are rendered in meticulous detail. The vibrant emerald green of the vegetation contrasts beautifully with the solid texture of the Tulou, with a warm and natural color palette that blends the realistic tension of oil painting with the ethereal mood of Eastern ink wash. Framed in a vintage deep reddish-brown solid wood frame with an off-white linen mat and double matting, it is sturdy and substantial, perfectly highlighting the cultural heritage of the Tulou. This one-of-a-kind hand-painted original boasts both artistic value and regional cultural collection value.