Table 3.
Recurring landscape elements (frequency)

Landscape types Dynasties
Pre-Qin Sui and Tang Song and Yuan Ming and Qing Modern
Natural landscape Topography continuous peaks (6), the summit of Mount Tai (6) continuous peaks (12), the summit of Mount Tai (7) continuous peaks (11), the summit of Mount Tai (9) continuous peaks (10),the summit of Mount Tai (10) continuous peaks (13), the summit of Mount Tai (8)
Plants pines (2), Wu Dufu pine (1) pines (9),Wu Dufu pine (3) pines (9),Wu Dufu pine (7) pines (6),Wu Dufu pine (5) pines (13), Wu Dufu pine (3)
Waterscape springs (1), streams (1) springs (5), streams (4) springs (3), streams (5) springs (8), streams (7) springs (9), streams (7)
Weather clounds (9), sky (8), sunrise (3) sky (10), clounds (9), sunrise (9) sky (9),clounds (10), sunrise (11) sky (7), clounds (9), sunrise (7) sky (9), clounds (13), sunrise (12)
Artificial landscape Relics stone inscriptions (2) stone inscriptions (1) stone inscriptions (3) stone inscriptions (7) stone inscriptions (6)
Human activities Time cyan (2) cyan (5) cyan (3) cyan (6) cyan (4)
Semantics Image towering (7), magnificent (7) towering (4), magnificent (3) towering (4), magnificent (4) towering (7), magnificent (5) towering (6), magnificent (5)
Semantics Divine Dragon (6) Divine Dragon (6) Divine Dragon (6) Divine Dragon (3) Divine Dragon (4)