Looking to get away from it all? This selection of idyllic landscapes by famed Chinese ink painters, past and present, offers a perfect opportunity to escape the hectic pace of city life in the digital age.

Following the ancient Chinese tradition of mountain worship, many of these landscapes use the contours of sacred mountains and the movements of waters and clouds to embody Daoist philosophy, beckoning the viewer to engage in a personal, cultural, and spiritual communion. As mountains are personified as venerable deities, rivers become their veins; mists are their breath; foliage is their hair; and rocks are their bones.

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Image: Thousand Trees on Azure Peaks in the Style of Dong Yuan, 1668. by Wang Jian (Chinese, 1598-1677). Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722). Ink on paper. Asian Art Museum, Museum purchase, B69D2. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.