Chinese traditional Shanshui paintings exhibited in Brussels

Huge Shanshui paintings, Chinese traditional painting style depicting scenery or natural landscapes, created by Chinese painter Xu Longsen are hanged at the atrium of the Justice Palace during the exhibition "On Top of A Thousand Mountains" in Brussels, capital of Belgium October 11, 2009.

"For me, colors say a lot of things and I use a lot of colors. So when I see such paintings with only black and white, I found it really amazing," she said.

"It's so big and it's very successful to do such a big piece of work. It gives you a lot of emotions," she added.

Etienne Dekimpe, coordinator of an exhibition focusing on China held in 2007, liked the paintings very much, saying that "it's monumental art in a monumental place."

"Standing in this building with Mr. Xu Longsen's paintings, we have a feeling that as human beings, we are too small and we have to hold respect for nature," Dekimpe said.