The Cypress original: 栢 (bǎi)

Cypress, cedar, woodcut, landscape

This page features a traditional Chinese woodblock illustration. The artwork depicts a gnarled, weathered cypress tree clinging to a rocky slope. The twisted trunk and dense clusters of needle-like foliage are rendered with the precise line work and texture strokes (cun) characteristic of high-quality prints from the late Ming or Qing dynasties, such as those found in the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting.