Cherney continued with the same method in 2005–2006 to produce shen dao (“spirit road”), utilizing both recto and verso of each folio. In the exhibition, the albums are displayed upright, offering viewers a pathway of visual exploration. The imagery for shen dao was captured at Gong County in Henan Province, where the Northern Song imperial mausoleums are located. This burial complex—known as the “Seven Emperors, Eight Tombs”—enshrines seven Song emperors (all but Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong) along with the tomb of Zhao Hongyin, father of the dynasty’s founder, Zhao Kuangyin. It stands as a testament to ancient China’s royal mortuary culture and ritual hierarchy.Positioned about two hundred meters from the road, Cherney took one photograph from the west side and another from the east side. He then removed sky and earth from each frame and separated the remaining central sections onto opposite pages of the album: one folio shows the Shinto as seen from the west, and the verso shows it from the east. In one of the images, a motorcyclist happens to ride through the scene, fusing the solemn stone funerary sculptures with contemporary local life. The result is a natural, vivid portrayal of history’s passage. shen dao in the Bounded by Mountains series has been acquired by the Getty Research Institute, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, and other institutions.

秋麦延续同样的方式，在2005-2006年展开了「神道」的创作，同时利用了册页的正反面。展览通过将册页竖立，为观众提供了一条观看的回径。「神道」的取景地点位于河南巩县的北宋皇陵，陵墓群涵盖了北宋除徽钦二宗之外的其余七帝，加上赵匡胤的父亲赵弘殷的陵墓，统称“七帝八陵”，是古代中国皇家丧葬文化与礼教秩序的体现。秋麦站在距离神道约200米的距离，在两侧分别拍了一张照片，然后把天和地裁掉，并把画面分隔开，一张张地放入册页的两面里：一面展现了从西边看到的神道，另一面则是从东边。而且在其中一张照片中，正好有一辆摩托车经过。庄严的古代陵墓塑像和当代的地方人文活动融为一体，自然且生动的展现了历史的更替。「神道」曾被美国盖蒂研究中心、普林斯顿大学艺术博物馆、耶鲁大学美术馆等收藏。

Series: Bounded By Mountains 山重集