Built during the Ming Dynasty to feed future generations, the Longji Rice Terraces in southern China are a large-scale feat of engineering and innovation that will inspire your team to find creative solutions that stand the test of time.  Spanning more than 40 miles of steep mountains with an elevation range over 1600 feet, the rice terraces resemble dragon scales when seen from above, which explains the name Longji, or "Dragon's Backbone".  Make a statement in your lobby walls or liven up team spaces with this beautiful imagery in canvas or cotton print.
 
Although construction took place during the Ming Dynasty, the rice terraces were not an imperial project.  Ethnic minorities like the Yao and Zhuang people retreated from their native lowland areas into the mountains as the ruling Han expanded south from the ancient capital Nanjing.  Rice terraces were an innovative adaptation of these tribes' traditional agriculture to the previously uncultivated mountains, which were more easily defended and less of a prize to the expanding empire.
 
Adorn your office walls with a large-format canvas print of this look into the past that continues to sustain comminities in the present day.  Besides livening up otherwise drab business spaces with verdant green, the Longji Rice Terraces will inspire you and your team with the lessons of history - reslience in the face of adversity, creativity with an eye toward beauty, and the vision to build where others have not.