Red-crowned Crane in the River， a Ming Dynasty（1368.1644） hanging scroll by Shen Zhou， ink and color on silk， 175.5cm×88.9cm， in the collection of the Palace Museum， Taipei.
This painting depicts the ideal of literati in ancient times. Under the rockery and bamboo， a hermit lies on his side， leisurely watching red-crowned cranes in the river. It seems that the hermit lives in a fairyland.