HSK Sprint visual credits
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Updated 2026-11-13.

Exam-first homepage city photographs (2026-11-13)
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All three are real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, not generated images.
Cropped to 4:5 and resized to 480x600 and 960x1200 WebP; no colour edits.
Visible attribution and source links appear directly below the city cards.
The crops retain their source work's ShareAlike licence (linked below).

A. Beijing: the Gate of Divine Might (神武门) of the Forbidden City and the
   palace moat in low golden sun (3 Nov 2018, early morning)
   Author: Luka Peternel
   Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gate-of-Divine-Might-Forbidden-City-2018-Luka-Peternel.jpg
   Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
   Local: /img/city/beijing2-480.webp, /img/city/beijing2-960.webp
   (Replaced on 2026-11-13 the earlier "Sunset of the Forbidden City 2006"
   by kallgan, CC BY-SA 3.0, which is no longer used.)

B. Shanghai: Pudong CBD viewed across the river from the North Bund
   Author: David Zhang
   Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pudong_CBD_viewed_from_the_North_Bund_in_Shanghai.jpg
   Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
   Local: /img/city/shanghai-480.webp, /img/city/shanghai-960.webp

C. Chongqing: Hongyadong at night
   Author: GeoffLeng
   Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%87%8D%E5%BA%86%E6%B4%AA%E5%B4%96%E6%B4%9E.jpg
   Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
   Local: /img/city/chongqing-480.webp, /img/city/chongqing-960.webp

Earlier photographs (retained on the 来华 and guide pages)
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All four photographs below use free licences. Attribution appears here
and in the site footer. Resized/cropped to WebP (and one AVIF); no colour
edits. The photo-carousel hero is no longer used on the homepage.

1. Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) in mist, with pines in the foreground
   File: Huangshan pic 6.jpg
   Author: eviltomthai
   Licence: CC BY 2.0
     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
   Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huangshan_pic_6.jpg
   Local files: /img/hero/huangshan-800.webp, huangshan-1600.webp,
                huangshan-2400.webp, huangshan-1600.avif, huangshan-card.webp
   Retained in the guide-page band; no longer a homepage hero.

2. The Great Wall of China in the hills
   File: China (Unsplash HCcp8MIAZ8o).jpg
   Author: Tony Bertolino (tonybert89)
   Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
     https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
   Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_(Unsplash_HCcp8MIAZ8o).jpg
   Originally published on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/HCcp8MIAZ8o
   Local files: /img/hero/wall-800.webp, wall-1600.webp, wall-2400.webp, wall-card.webp

3. The Bund, Shanghai, at blue hour, seen from the Shanghai World Financial Center
   File: Blue hour view of the Bund from the Shanghai World Financial Center dllu.jpg
   Author: Dllu
   Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
   Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_hour_view_of_the_Bund_from_the_Shanghai_World_Financial_Center_dllu.jpg
   Local files: /img/hero/shanghai-800.webp, shanghai-1600.webp,
                shanghai-2400.webp, shanghai-card.webp

4. Chongqing skyline at night (Qiansimen Bridge and the Yuzhong waterfront)
   File: Chongqing Skyline At Night.png
   Author: Maple Doctor
   Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
   Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chongqing_Skyline_At_Night.png
   Local files: /img/hero/chongqing-800.webp, chongqing-1600.webp,
                chongqing-2400.webp, chongqing-card.webp

Product interface
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/img/hero/ui-mock.webp is a screenshot of this site's own HSK 4 mock-exam
interface (listening section), taken on 13 Nov 2026. It is not a stock
illustration and does not depict a fictional person.

No longer used in the public hero
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Earlier original SVG ink illustrations in /img/scene/ (paper-grain,
ink-mountains, mist, city silhouettes, seal-laihua) are retained on disk
but are not used on the homepage hero or city cards after this revision.

Fonts
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Source Serif 4, Noto Serif SC and Noto Sans SC are loaded from Google Fonts
under the SIL Open Font License. The Ma Shan Zheng handwriting face is no
longer used.