Shan shui

This article is about a style of Chinese painting. For Chinese landscape poetry, see Shanshui poetry.
Early Spring, painted by Northern Song dynasty artist Guo Xi (c.1020 – c. 1090 AD)
A painting by Yuan dynasty artist Gao Kegong (1248–1310)
A painting by Ming dynasty artist Shen Zhou, 1467
Painting by Qing dynasty artist Wang Hui, 1679
A river journey with the first snow (五代南唐 趙幹 江行初雪圖) by Chao Khan

Shan shui (Chinese: 山水; pinyin: shān shuǐ; lit. 'mountain-water'; pronounced [ʂán ʂwèɪ]) refers to a style of traditional Chinese painting that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes, using a brush and ink rather than more conventional paints. Mountains, rivers and waterfalls are common subjects of shan shui paintings.