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Murals from Rural North China, 1500-2018
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Trompe-l’œil 錯視畫
Unnamed Temple to the Dragon Kings and Avalokiteśvara-Guanyin 無名龍王、觀音廟 — (Yu County 蔚縣, 1698)
Dragon King Temple and Opera Stage Murals of Gou Family Hollow 苟家淺龍王廟、戲台壁畫 — (Yu County 蔚縣, 17th or 18th Century)
Tower to the Jade Emperor at New Peace Fort 新平堡玉皇閣 – (Tianzhen County 天鎮縣, 18th Century [?])
Unnamed Temples to the Perfected Warrior, Wenchang, and the Three Officials 無名真武、文昌、三官廟 – (Yu County 蔚縣, 18th-19th centuries)
The Shrine of the Harmonies 律呂神祠 — (Hunyuan County 渾源縣, 1783)
Murals to the Three Officials, Avalokiteśvara, and Kṣitigarbha (?) in The Great Temple Of Hemp Garrison Township 麻鎮大廟三官、觀音、地藏壁畫 — (Fugu County 府谷縣, 1788-1802 [?])
Shrines to Lord Guan and the Goddesses at Flower-Pot Village 花盆村關公、娘娘廟 — (Yanqing District 延慶區, ~1809 [?])
Unnamed Temple to the the Dragon Kings, the Goddesses, and Lord Guan 無名龍王、娘娘、關公廟 — (Yangyuan County 陽原縣, 18th-19th Century)
Temple to Mount Tai at Mount-Tai-Hall Village 岱嶽殿村岱嶽廟 – (Hequ County 河曲縣, 1852 [?])
Opera Stage Paintings at Yaoqu Village 邀渠村戲台壁畫 – (Yu County 蔚縣, 19th century)
Monastery of the Three Purities 三清寺 — (Yu County 蔚縣, 1861-1875 [??])
Unnamed Temple to the Perfected Warrior 03 無名真武廟 – (Yu County 蔚縣, 1871 [?])
Unnamed Dragon King Temple and Opera Stage 無名龍王廟、戲台 – (Zuoyun County 左雲縣, 1882 and late 20th century)
Unnamed Opera Stage 02 無名戲台 — (Yu County 蔚縣, 19th Century)
Unnamed Opera Stage 07 無名戲台 – (Yu County 蔚縣, 19th and early 20th century)
Ever-Peaceful Chan Monastery at Ever-Peaceful Town 永寧鎮永寧禪寺 – (Yanqing District 延慶區, 19th or early-20th century)
Lower Flat-Valley Village Opera Stage Murals 下平油村戲台壁畫 — (Yu County 蔚縣, early 20th century)
Various Paintings from Fu Village 富村分散圖畫 — (Dai County 代縣, early 20th century)
Opera-Stage Paintings of the Temple of the Eastern Marchmount of Pu County 蒲縣東嶽廟戲台壁畫 — (Pu County 蒲縣, 1937)
Village Screen Wall in South Xiji Village 南洗冀村口影壁 – (Yu County 蔚縣, late 20th century)
Tower of the Jade Emperor at Washing-Horses Grove Fort 西馬林堡玉皇閣 – (Wanquan County 萬全縣, 2007, possibly painted over earlier images)
Temple to the God of Walls and Moats at Holds-the-Gate Fort 鎮門堡城隍廟 – (Yanggao County 陽高縣, 2016)
Various Village Screens 各個村口影壁 – (Yunzhou District 雲州區, 2010s)