Chinese pavilion with immortal on crane; The gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (Rantei kyokusui)

A poetry gathering took place at Lanting, the Orchid Pavilion, in the year 353 in Southern China. The host, Wang Xizhi, invited 41 of his scholarly friends to an outing on the banks of a stream. They composed poetry and drank wine from cups that had been set floating on the stream.