Jing Hao, styled Haoran, assumedly named Hongguzi, was born in Wulongkou, Jiyuan. As a master painter of Chinese landscapes, he absorbed and developed the painting skills of Wu Daozi and Xiang Rong, both are famous painters in Chinese history. His proposition of sketching of real scenery has strong influence on later generations.

He lived in the Five Dynasties period, 910?950, Qinshui, Shanxi province, China. Jing spent much of his life in retirement as a farmer in the Taihang Mountains of Shanxi province. In his art, Jing followed the court painters of the Tang dynasty (618?907) in emphasizing the singular grandeur of the landscape. There are two paintings attributed to him: Mount Kuanglu and Travelers in a Snowy Landscape.

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His masterpiece Kuangllutu drew its materials from Huaping peak in Shili gallery of Wulongkou. Jing Hao Exhibition Hall borders beautiful Shili gallery to the north, faces clean Xiangyan Lake to the south. In the hall are displayed over 30 pieces of calligraphies and paintings from Jing Hao or his disciples. In the courtyard stands the stele corridor which was elegantly built and uniquely decorated.

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