Three large tile murals executed in Hong Kong appear like hanging scrolls on the building's facade. The mural on the viewer's left, designed in the style of a Sung Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.) landscape ink drawing, is described in the Chinese inscription as "Picture of Viewing Waterfalls in Summer Mountains." The center mural, identified as "Palace in Heaven", depicts a scene about the monkey king from the long 14th century episodic tale Hsi-yu chi, The Journey to the West. The colorful mural on the viewer's right, "Four Beauties Catching Swimming Fish", is in a style from southern China.Palace in Heaven and Four Beauties Catching Swimming Fish:
Picture of Viewing Waterfalls in Summer Mountains:
The text has been provided courtesy of Michael Several, Los Angeles, March 1998.
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