Isosiyete iherereye mu gace ka Xuchang, mu Ntara ya Henan - umurwa mukuru wa wig mu Bushinwa - ni ikigo cy’umwuga cyahariwe ubushakashatsi, iterambere, umusaruro, kugikora, no kugurisha ibicuruzwa byiza byo mu ntoki byakozwe mu ntoki hamwe n’imisatsi y’umuntu ku giti cye.
Haraheze imyaka, isosiyete yitangiye ubukorikori bukozwe mu ntoki, yubahiriza ubuhanga gakondo. Yinzobere mu bicuruzwa byakozwe n'intoki cyane nk'imisatsi nyayo y'umuntu, imisatsi ikozwe mu nshinge, imisatsi idoda intoki, n'imisatsi ikozwe mu ntoki. Ukoresheje ubwitonzi bwatoranijwe bwujuje ubuziranenge bwimisatsi yumuntu, ibicuruzwa bikoresha amaboko yitonze 钩 ingero, inshinge zikozwe mumutwe, hamwe nubwubatsi bwimbere bwimbere. Buri kintu cyose gikozwe neza, bivamo ibintu byarangiye bifite imiterere karemano, realism idafite icyerekezo, guhumeka neza, kwambara neza, no kuramba bidasanzwe - byose bisa neza nimiterere yumusatsi wumwimerere.