A
hanging scroll (; also called 軸 or 掛軸) is one of the many traditional ways to display and exhibit Chinese
painting and
calligraphy. Displaying the art in this way allowed public appreciation and appraisal of the aesthetics of the scrolls in its entirety by the audience. It is to be distinguished from the
handscroll, which was narrower and often much longer and not designed to be all visible at once.