Greeting Guest Pines, in Huangshan, Anhui Province, grow from the rocky crevices add to the splendor of the scenery. They always extend a long tree branch to one side as if in greeting to tourists, by which they obtain such a name as "greeting guest" (yingke). 
Greeting Guest Pines at Mountain Huangshan
Greeting Guest Pines become an important subject matter of the wrought-iron painting since the 1950s. Wuhu artisans produced the paintings of Greeting Guest Pines and sent it to Beijing to decorate the People's Great Hall.
The Wrought Iron Painting of Greeting Guest Pines at People's Great Hall (Congress of PRC )
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