Sentence:  The pine forests that coat the southern flanks of the gorge—and that, together with the <WSD>antishadow</WSD> cast by the frequent mists, make it look like the one true setting for all of those ancient Chinese ink scroll paintings of lonely poets and waterfalls—provide the wood for building homes, fuel for cooking and heating, something to sell in the market for a few yuan. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A dampening or absence of shadow.