# Shaanxi: research and seven compositions Preparation date: 4 October 2026. The original regional map was reviewed visually; its painterly conventions are not considered geographical evidence. ## Inventory of the source map North: Loess Plateau, cave yaodong, horseman, Yan'an, Yellow River. Central Wei River valley: Baoji and a water wheel; Xianyang, Weinan, Xi'an. Near Xi'an are terracotta warriors, the city wall and a large pagoda; Mount Huashan with steep peaks. Further south the Qinling Mountains, Han River, Hanzhong with tea fields and pickers, Ankang with a leaf badge; Daba Mountains and villages. The map emphasizes the real contrast between the dry north and the tea-growing south, but the physical placement of decorative monuments is conventional. ## Confirmed tea base Shaanxi has real southern tea cultivation in Hanzhong and Ankang: Hanzhong Xianhao, Ziyang teas and Pingli Nuwa tea are established regional identities. Shangluo also has tea production under the Qinling Quanming regional name. Jingyang in the north is a Fu brick-tea processing and trade centre; do not invent a northern Jingyang plantation. Fu tea is compressed dark tea and must appear as textured bricks, separate from loose southern green tea. The Qinling range, Han River and the dry northern loess provide the province's meaningful geographic contrast. Show no medical promises, selenium diagrams or goddess claiming to make tea. ## Limitations and interpretation Agriculture is not transferred from Hanzhong to the loess north. Jingyang is shown through work with imported raw material/brick, not tea bushes. "Richest in selenium," medicinal properties, and "northernmost tea" from tourist descriptions are not used. Xi'an warriors are immobile museum/archaeological forms, not living historical heroes drinking tea. ## Sources - [tea.travel — Shaanxi](https://tea.travel/en/region/shaanxi/) — Reviewed Hanzhong, Ziyang, Pingli, Shangluo and cultural Xi'an. - [Shaanxi IP — Hanzhong Xianhao](https://snipa.shaanxi.gov.cn/sy/sqyw/202504/t20250402_3469830.html) — Production and unified regional tea of Hanzhong. - [Shaanxi Government — regional teas](https://www.shaanxi.gov.cn/xw/ldx/bm/202505/t20250528_3524087_wap.html) — Xianyang Fu, Hanzhong, Ankang, Qinling Quanming. - [Ankang Government — tea route](https://www.ankang.gov.cn/Content-2715443.html) — Ziyang Huangu, Yinghu and Pingli Jiangjiaping/Chang’an tea gardens. - [Shaanxi Archives — Jingyang Fu](https://daj.shaanxi.gov.cn/Article/View?id=2686) — Separation of northern processing from cultivation and a warning about legends. ## Seven independent solutions ### C1: Leaf and brick The province's main contrast: southern delicate leaf and northern Fu craftsmanship. A mountain saddle divides two real tea economies without a hard split-screen. The large branch curves toward the compact brick and creates a gentle visual argument. Tall serif title fits above the low central workbench. Dry northern architecture stays separate from living tea shrubs. ### C2: Tea through the word A large inscription links mountains, leaves, and workshops. Use the two A counters as clean breathing points, not tiny scene boxes. A horizontal processing bench links the nearest tea craft while a ridge links the far origins. One huge open tea sprig and the blocky brick stack provide contrasting geometry around the long title. ### C3: Two worlds of Qinling The tea south and northern processing are connected by one coherent story. The ridge bends around an open foreground work court; the river appears as a clear channel. Five localities form one connected sequence rather than five badges. The condensed lower SHAANXI is framed by basket and brick geometry, leaving people large and readable. ### C4: Under the roofs of Qinling Delicate tea work and the monumental culture of the ancient capital. The ridge flows behind the gate into Huashan; the close veranda and open gate create generous internal alpha. Set the elegant title in a low saddle. Fine basket weave contrasts with broad stone and crisp pagoda eaves; no tea rows around northern yaodong. ### C5: Tea through the city gates Friendly procession from the picker to the gates of Xi'an. The double-outline SHAANXI has an intentional broad central rhythm. Basket, boat, gate and mountain change height and scale; their contours overlap in only a few meaningful places. Warm ink accents clay and timber, cool ink details water and leaf, with most architectural interiors open. ### C6: Southern leaf and northern path A dynamic line runs through mountains, river and craft. Bold slanted SHAANXI sits above the route midpoint, away from Huashan's highest tip. Near leaf, medium workshop and distant gate create three scales. Angular hatch describes rock and wicker selectively; the open river and archways preserve transparency. ### C7: Tea and the ancient capital Ten open local episodes, from tea slopes to ancient walls. The single upper serif SHAANXI is correctly spelled. A tall pagoda and branch balance the low brick bench and city gate. Pair only nearby episodes and vary their sizes dramatically; no aligned stamp row, dense engraved background or all-enclosing mountains. ## Production format Generation: 3840 × 1280 px, PNG RGBA, true transparency. Drawing and letters fully within x60–3780 / y110–1170. Final print spread: 3840 × 1152 px, 250 × 75 mm. English only, no microtext or Chinese. C7 contains only the region name. C1 — two colors; C2/C3 — five; C4–C7 — three. The palette is individual for each region. Visual verification and the fact of generation are not implied by the presence of this study.