# Liaoning: inventory and research for seven collections

Researched on 4 October 2026. This is an artistic brief, not evidence of an already completed generation. The map is a visual source; its captions and geographical placement are not automatically accepted as verified facts.

## Inventory of the source map

Liaoxi Mountains, Liao River, Liaohe Plain; Mukden Palace; Fuling, Zhaoling, Yongling tombs; caravan with the caption Tea Merchant Caravan; Tea Wharf with boats, architecture and a pier; Red Beach, cranes; Hongshan Culture: jade C-shaped figure and vessels; Qianshan; Benxi Water Cave with a boat; Liaodong Mountains, pines, tiger, sable, ginseng, deer/antlers; Wunu Mountain City; Yalu River, Great Wall Terminus, Broken Bridge; Dalian with a historic square; Liaodong Peninsula, Lushun with a fort and lighthouse; sailing and modern vessels, Bohai Sea/Yellow Sea. The captions Tea Wharf/Tea Merchant Caravan are not proven as specific historical objects; we do not present them as museum fact.

## Verified tea contexts and limitations

**Tea trade:** the official digital museum of old trademarks of the Ministry of Commerce describes Zhonghefu in Shenyang, its tea retail, festivals and tea culture education (S2). This is a reliable basis for a scene of weighing imported leaf, tea canisters and a tasting table. We do not use someone else's logo and do not present the author's facade as an exact historical view of the shop.

**Contemporary culture:** Shenyang's cultural administration directly describes museum cafés and milk-tea projects at the palace complex (S3). A modern tea cup next to the architecture is possible in the design, but not a fictional ancient imperial ceremony. tea.travel offers a useful route through the region, yet claims about specific proportions of “Manchu milk tea,” military tea, and particular old export branches are not confirmed here.

**Plants/geography:** ginseng, sable and deer are regional map motifs, not the composition of a "three-treasure tea". The prints contain no tea made from fur or antlers; if the root is present, it is a separate botanical detail. No claims about the absence of absolutely any experimental cultivation: we simply do not draw unconfirmed plantations. The coast, bridge, cliffs and palace are a geographical background in open outlines; modern tea pauses near them are artistically composed.

## Sources

- **S1** — [tea.travel — Liaoning](https://tea.travel/en/region/liaoning/). Regional route used; disputed historical tea claims excluded.
- **S2** — [Ministry of Commerce: Zhonghefu](https://lzhbwg.mofcom.gov.cn/edi_ecms_web_front/thb/detail/4a28386d70a4497bae4ff493c5dd1a66). Primary catalog on real tea trade and training in Shenyang.
- **S3** — [Shenyang Culture Bureau: cultural projects](https://wlgd.shenyang.gov.cn/zwgk/fdzdgknr/jyta/szxta/202408/t20240805_4711244.html). Confirmed as a modern museum beverage context, not an ancient rite.
- **S4** — [Ministry of Commerce: list of old Liaoning trademarks](https://lzhbwgresources.mofcom.gov.cn/thb/guide/liao-lzhml.pdf). Zhonghefu is listed as a tea trading house; Tianyitang is a pharmacy and does not replace it.

## Seven compositional solutions

- **C1 — Tea constellation:** Old Shenyang tea trade and modern coastal tea life are connected by two colors.
- **C2 — Large letters — tea worlds:** LIAONING becomes a tea street: scales, tasting, palace, and embankment interact with the letters.
- **C3 — Tea Territories:** The urban tea territory from the counter to the sea pause.
- **C4 — Illustrated Atlas:** The palace and Dalian are two unequal anchors of the atlas with a gorge, bridge, and tea table.
- **C5 — Parade of landmarks:** Double outline of the name and a light procession of tea objects, rocks and port silhouettes.
- **C6 — Travel lines:** A diagonal coastline connects the tea gesture, palace, bridge and lighthouse.
- **C7 — Based on real cups:** Nine large episodes in the manner of real cups, without invented imperial recipes.

## General parameters

English only. C7 contains only the main title; C1–C3 allow short verified captions. Native RGBA 3840 × 1280, significant elements in x60–3780/y110–1170; final central export 3840 × 1152, 250 × 75 mm. No mockup, opaque background, or fixed empty space ratio. Region palette: #2A527D, #D08A55, #7FA59A, #AB6271, #BDA747. C1 uses the first two inks, C2–C3 all five, C4–C7 the first three. The reference defines the manner, not the transfer of Guangdong subjects.