Valley-floor town
Built-up streets fill the narrow bottom of the valley, producing a long, slender urban shape that follows the direction of the water.
Minimalist map poster · China
A mountain county town in southern Sichuan, squeezed into a narrow valley where streets follow the river and the slopes
28.0422° N / 105.8104° E





One city, five moods
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Actual pixels · 24 × 36″ HD filePrint-sharp
This is a crop of the real HD file at 100%. The paid download is rendered on our servers at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 pixels, so even the smallest lanes stay crisp on a 24 × 36″ print.
The map
Gulin is a county in the far south of Sichuan, administered from Luzhou, near the provincial border with Guizhou. The land is steep and folded. The county town fills a narrow valley floor, and its streets are forced into long, curving strips that follow the watercourse and the contours of the surrounding hills.
Because flat land is scarce, construction climbs the lower slopes, and roads switch back as they leave town. The wider county is mostly mountains and terraced farmland, and the Chishui river marks part of its southern boundary with Guizhou. It is a region known for distilling baijiu.
A Gulin map poster looks unlike anything drawn on a plain. The dense town is stretched into a thin, winding shape, and the empty spaces around it are hillsides rather than fields. The result is a sinuous composition with a clear sense of terrain, even in a flat black-and-white print.
Built-up streets fill the narrow bottom of the valley, producing a long, slender urban shape that follows the direction of the water.
Roads leaving the town zigzag up the slopes, drawing tight curves and hairpins that stand out against the open mountainside.
Steep slopes around the town remain mostly unbuilt, so the map shows a strong contrast between dense valley streets and empty surroundings.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
Free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. The HD version is 7,200 × 10,800 px, 300 DPI, no watermark.
Why Gulin
For people from Gulin and the hills of southern Sichuan, the shape of the valley town is a strong reminder of home. The poster works well in a small room, where the winding lines read almost like an abstract drawing.
The title, subtitle and coordinates line can be changed to any wording you like. Choose one of five styles, Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, to match the space.
Get the Gulin poster — $9| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| A3 · 29.7 × 42 cm | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| A2 · 42 × 59.4 cm | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 18 × 24" | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 24 × 36" | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
Yes. Drag and zoom the map in the editor — centre it on your neighbourhood, the old town or the whole metro area. The text updates independently.
The HD purchase includes 30×40 cm, 50×70 cm, A3, A2, 18×24″ and 24×36″, each as a 300 DPI PNG and a print-ready PDF.
You can download a free 900 px preview with a watermark. The paid HD files have no watermark and are sharp enough for large prints.
Send the PDF to any local print shop or online printing service and ask for the matching paper size. Matte paper and a thin black or oak frame suit this style best.
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