vertical, colossal gilded gate of a celestial palace above clouds, roofs cut off by frame top, scrollwork and coin patterns, doorway of endless golden light. white jade staircase descending into mist. on it nine tiny figures climb in file, each 4 percent of frame height, ant sized, pure backlit silhouettes, no faces: a rider on a black tiger, a tall man with a long beard and a halberd, a scholar with a tablet, an official with hand on chest, an emperor in a flat crown with a jade tablet, a minister with a hand scale, a man with a wooden measure, a merchant with a bundle, a plump faced figure with a ruyi. golden light outlines them. low angle, single point perspective, extreme scale, vertical stacking. black lacquer, crimson, gold, white jade. volumetric light, 8k.