Valley-floor town
Buildings and main streets concentrate on the flat ground of the valley, giving the settlement a long, linear footprint that stretches across the map.
Minimalist map poster · China
34.8121° N / 105.1715° E
A town in the loess hills of eastern Gansu, where roads and buildings follow valleys cut into terraced slopes.

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Xiejiawan is a town in the southeast of Gansu province, in the loess country that stretches across much of northwestern China. The land here is made of fine windblown soil, carved by streams into steep gullies and reshaped over centuries by hand-built terraces. Towns in this terrain tend to gather along valley floors, where water, roads and level ground are easiest to find.
The map of a place like this is shaped largely by relief. Streets run lengthwise along the valley, buildings pack into the level strip, and roads climb away in switchbacks toward villages on the uplands. Around the town, rural lanes trace the curves of terraced fields, a pattern that is distinctive to this part of China.
A Xiejiawan map poster is less about a dense centre than about a settlement fitted into a landscape. The built-up area forms a narrow, elongated shape, and the lines around it wind and double back in a way that no planned grid would. For anyone with roots in the area, it is a recognisable portrait of home.
Buildings and main streets concentrate on the flat ground of the valley, giving the settlement a long, linear footprint that stretches across the map.
The surrounding slopes are shaped by generations of farming terraces, and the rural lanes that follow them add fine, curving lines across the edges of the print.
Roads leaving the town zigzag up the hillsides toward upland villages, producing some of the most expressive linework in the composition.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Xiejiawan
Xiejiawan rarely appears on maps outside China, which is exactly why a poster of it feels personal. It records the streets someone walked to school or the road a family took to market, drawn with the same care as any capital city.
Add a title and subtitle in your own words, set the coordinates line, and choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. The $9 download covers six sizes up to 24×36″, each without a watermark.
Order the Xiejiawan poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 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.
Pick a style at the top of the page, then choose Printed Poster — a size and, if you like, a frame — or Digital HD Files. Checkout takes one step, and your order page updates as soon as the payment goes through.
It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.
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Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
For $9 you get 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files in all six sizes, without a watermark, to print anywhere. Not sure yet? Download a free watermarked preview first.
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