Hexi Caihua

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Hexi Caihua ({{zh|s=|t=和璽彩畫}}), Hexi painting, or Imperial-style decorative painting, is the royal variation of Caihua, a traditional Chinese decorative painting applied to the surface of the buildings.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2011-04/28/content_12415115.htm|title=Decorative Painting of the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace|website=www.chinadaily.com.cn|access-date=2019-06-04}}{{Cite journal|last=Zhu|first=Tiequan|last2=Li|first2=Tao|last3=Liu|first3=Naitao|last4=Chen|first4=Jian|last5=Huang|first5=Hong|last6=Fu|first6=Qianli|last7=Zhang|first7=Shangxin|date=2016-12-14|title=Hexi painting on Xitian Fanjing, a Qing imperial Buddhist temple in Beijing, China: technology revealed by analytical approaches (an initial report)|journal=Heritage Science|volume=4|issue=1|pages=42|doi=10.1186/s40494-016-0112-3|issn=2050-7445|doi-access=free|hdl=11858/00-001M-0000-002C-8479-5|hdl-access=free}} Historically used only on the most important buildings in Chinese palaces, it features large numbers of golden Chinese dragons on blue and green backgrounds.