The first thing one notices in Traveling amid Mountains and Gorges is the huge mountain that covers some two-thirds of the painting. Its craggy rises of stone are capped by dense forest. The work cannot help but inspire a reverence for nature in its beholders.
面對《谿山行旅圖》，首先是一座幾乎盤據了整個畫面三分之二的巨山迫面而來，高聳的山峰岩石堅硬粗糙，頂上灌木叢生，結成密林，令人不禁產生一種仰望的意念，而這正是華北黃土高原的地理特徵。