Coronal

Coronal refers to a crown-like halo of light — most commonly associated with the sun's corona during eclipse, or the aureole of light around a heavenly body. In the context of Hao Boyi's Beidahuang landscape work, this title likely describes a meteorological phenomenon: the ring of diffused light that appears around the sun or moon when viewed through thin cloud or ice fog, a common feature of the northeastern Chinese winter sky. The print probably presents a sky-dominated composition, with the atmospheric light effect rendered through radial gradations of tone moving outward from a central luminous source. Hao's technical facility with tonal graduation across the woodblock surface would make this subject a demanding exercise in controlled ink application, achieving the soft diffusion of natural atmospheric light.