![Liu Zhenyuan works on his artwork. (Photo by Zhang Qingyun/for or chinadaily.com.cn)
Liu Zhenyuan from Harbin, capital city of Heilongjiang province, recently finished the landscape artwork on a miniature version of the Grand View Garden, or Daguanyuan, a major setting in the classic Chinese novel The Dream of Red Mansions.
The 67-year-old retired photographer was drawn to the story after watching a TV adaptation four years ago, and had the idea of making a miniature landscape of the Grand View Garden.
After four years of work, he designed and created thousands of elements, which formed more than one hundred scenes from the story.](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/08/10/57cdc87a7d3745d2a6631816e67397b1.jpg)
Liu Zhenyuan works on his artwork. (Photo by Zhang Qingyun/for or chinadaily.com.cn)
Liu Zhenyuan from Harbin, capital city of Heilongjiang province, recently finished the landscape artwork on a miniature version of the Grand View Garden, or Daguanyuan, a major setting in the classic Chinese novel The Dream of Red Mansions.
The 67-year-old retired photographer was drawn to the story after watching a TV adaptation four years ago, and had the idea of making a miniature landscape of the Grand View Garden.
After four years of work, he designed and created thousands of elements, which formed more than one hundred scenes from the story.
![A scene from the miniature landscape of the Grand View Garden, or Daguanyuan, created by Liu. (Photo by Zhang Qingyun/for or chinadaily.com.cn)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/08/10/31cdcb50319d4117b43ce6f4f82aad7c.jpg)
A scene from the miniature landscape of the Grand View Garden, or Daguanyuan, created by Liu. (Photo by Zhang Qingyun/for or chinadaily.com.cn)
![A view of the miniature landscape of the Grand View Garden, or Daguanyuan, created by Liu. (Photo by Zhang Qingyun/for or chinadaily.com.cn)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/08/10/39a0c02e8f554bbdb47cb464b52f9d63.jpg)
A view of the miniature landscape of the Grand View Garden, or Daguanyuan, created by Liu. (Photo by Zhang Qingyun/for or chinadaily.com.cn)