Morning in the Mountain Village - Chinese Landscape Painting

This is a great southern Chinese village scene. A hearty person is carrying a basket of goods on their back across a bridge in the foreground. Mountains rise to the heavens in the background.

This was painted by Yang Wei, who lives in a village outside of Chengdu in Sichuan Province. We lost contact with Yang Wei after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, but we hope to make a trip to Sichuan this year (2010).

The characters written on this painting include the title explained above, the year painted (2006), and the artist's signature.