Song for your supper

The design studio, Han Tang, has a name that sounds tightly linked to the two once flourishing dynasties of China.

But, instead of hanging poetry from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) on the wall, or adopting architectural features of the Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220), it has introduced the aesthetics of Song Dynasty (960-1279) to a Chaozhou cuisine restaurant in Beijing.

The screens inside the studio form a huge Chinese ink landscape painting of continuous mountains. Inspired by the painting of lucky cranes by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, hollowed-out cranes, which are made of white iron wire, fly around the interior greenery in various positions.