Appreciation of 2000 words in Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival

Thinking of writing: First introduce the history and background of The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, then talk about the form and what kind of city it reflects, and then express the social state at that time according to the painting.

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The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is one of the top ten famous paintings handed down by China. It is a genre painting of the Northern Song Dynasty and the only masterpiece that Zhang Zeduan, a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty, has ever seen. This is a national treasure, which is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is 25.2 cm wide and 528.7 cm long, and it is in silk color. The works, in the form of long scrolls, vividly record the city appearance of Bianjing in China during the Northern Song Dynasty12nd century and the living conditions of people from all walks of life at that time. It is the witness of Bianjing's prosperity in that year, and it is also a portrayal of the urban economic situation in the Northern Song Dynasty.

This is unique in the history of painting in China and even in the world. In the five-meter long scroll, 8 14 figures of various colors were drawn, including 73 cattle, mules, donkeys and other livestock, more than 20 cars and sedan chairs, and 29 large and small ships. Houses, bridges and towers have their own characteristics, which embodies the architectural characteristics of the Song Dynasty. It has high historical value and artistic value.

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is rigorous in structure, long but not heavy, "broad but not thick, fine but not trivial", which shows the artist's exquisite painting skills. The whole picture scroll is like a shocking symphony, which unfolds in ups and downs, gradually reaches its climax in the bustling scene, and finally returns to calm.

This picture can be divided into three parts: suburban scenery, Bianhe scenery and urban market. The cottages, farmhouses, grass bridges, ancient trees, ships and so on are the first things that come into view when the picture scroll is unfolded. When spring returns to the earth, willow branches sprout and glow with vitality, smoke rises slowly, and there is a small bridge running water in the distance, as if you can hear the trickle of running water. Early in the morning, several porters drove the donkey into the city. There are bearers, porters, horses and so on. On the way, people are rushing to the city, and there are also people returning from the grave in the suburbs of Beijing.

In the middle of the picture scroll is the busy Bianhe Wharf, which is also a wonderful part of the picture scroll. On both sides of the bustling Bianhe River, there are dense crowds, high-rise buildings and grain boats. In the picture, someone is resting in a teahouse, someone is eating in a restaurant, and someone is wandering in the street. A large and exquisite Hongqiao spans the Bianhe River. It's very lively under the bridge. The bridge was crowded and bustling. A unicycle and two mules are coming to Hongqiao.

Two people carrying sedan chairs shouted on the bridge deck to let pedestrians out of the way, and two dignitaries riding horses came face to face. Ships shuttled across the Bianhe River under the bridge. Some ships are unloading, while others are going upstream. Some parked on the shore, forming a busy social scene. A big ship full of goods slowly passed under the bridge. The boatmen are busy on the boat. Some people use bamboo poles to support boats, some people use bamboo poles to support bridges, and some people hold hemp ropes in both hands. There are many onlookers standing on both sides of the bridge and the river bank. Some people look ahead, some point fingers, some are indifferent, and some are worried about the safety of the ship.

The third part is the downtown street centered on the tower, which is also the climax of the picture scroll. There are many buildings on both sides of the street, such as government offices, residential buildings and towers, as well as pubs, butcher shops, teahouses, temples, pharmacies, shops, butcher shops and temples. Large shops and houses are hung with lanterns and various brands, such as Zhengdian, Sun Store and Zhao Taicheng Family. People are coming and going in the street. There are officials riding horses, peddlers, family members sitting in sedan chairs, tourists asking for directions, elderly beggars and monks carrying baskets. It can be said that men, women and children, officials and businessmen are everywhere.

After careful observation, we can find that the nobles in the sedan chair are arrogant, the dude in the restaurant revels wantonly, the street vendors keep selling things, and the disabled old people at the gate are quietly waiting for alms from others. At the end of the picture scroll, the painter arranged for a man with a bag and a suitcase to ask for directions. He looked up into the distance, leaving this picture with an aesthetic meaning of "words are exhausted".

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival directly reflects the social situation at that time, meets the needs of the development of commodity economy and caters to the aesthetic feelings of many emerging citizen classes, so it is sought after by countless people and gradually understood, accepted and appreciated by the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In this classic, Zhang Zeduan chose to closely combine realistic creative thoughts with romantic thoughts, and use the form of long scrolls to make an overall composition, and with the help of scattered perspective, the whole picture expanded its capacity, thus depicting complex and diverse things, making the picture have dramatic changes, and making the characters have high artistic cohesion and generalization in the narrow picture scroll. Therefore, this is the national treasure of realistic art.