Eight Views

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Eight Views
Chinese name
Chinese八景
Korean name
Hangul팔경
Hanja八景
Japanese name
Kanji八景

The Eight Views (in Chinese: 八景; pinyin: bājǐng; Japanese: 八景, romanizedhakkei and Korean: 팔경) is an East Asian term to used to allude to the most beautiful or otherwise significant scenes of a certain area. It is a term often used in East Asia. Historically, various series of eight views were produced; in some cases, such as in the Eight Views of Xiaoxiang multiple series, a whole artistic tradition was developed, with a number of artists doing versions of the series. Series of eight views typically appeared in poetry and paintings in the olden times; and now, they may appear in local governments' advertisements to tourists.

The Eight Views[]

The general "eight views", which have no particular order, are:

  • Night Rain (夜雨)
  • Descending Geese (落雁)
  • Mandarin: Luòyàn
  • Cantonese: Lohkngaahn
  • Japanese: Rakugan
  • Clearing Weather (晴嵐)
  • Mandarin: Qínglán
  • Cantonese: Chèhnglàahm
  • Japanese: Seiran
  • Evening Bells (晚鐘)
  • Mandarin: Wǎnzhōng
  • Cantonese: Máahnjūng
  • Japanese: Banshō
  • Sunset Glow (夕照)
  • Mandarin: Xīzhào
  • Cantonese: Jihkjiu
  • Japanese: Sekishō
  • Evening Snow (暮雪)
  • Mandarin: Mùxuě
  • Cantonese: Mouhsyut
  • Japanese: Bosetsu
  • Autumn Moon (秋月)
  • Mandarin: Qiūyuè
  • Cantonese: Chāuyuht
  • Japanese: Shūgetsu
  • Returning Sails (歸帆)
  • Mandarin: Guīfān
  • Cantonese: Gwāifàahn
  • Japanese: Kihon

Mainland China[]

Original eight views[]

Later eight views[]

  • Eight Views of Mount Huang (黃山八勝), Shandong Province
  • (長安八景), also called Eight Views of Guanzhong (關中八景), Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
  • (in Chinese: 洛陽八景), Luoyang, Henan Province
  • (金陵八景), Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
  • Eight Views of Ram City (羊城八景), Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
  • (鷰京八景), Beijing
  • Eight Views of Jinzhou (Dalian) (金州古八景), Liaoning Province
  • Eight Views of Luda (旅大八景), Liaoning Province
  • Twelve Views of Bayu (巴渝十二景), Chongqing
  • (廬山十八景), Lushan, Jiangsu Province

Japan[]

Korea[]

Taiwan[]

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