The description of suburbs and markets in The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is about 200 words.

A few days ago, I was lucky enough to visit the China Pavilion in the Expo Park. China Pavilion is divided into National Pavilion and White Pavilion. An important exhibit of the National Pavilion is The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. This picture is divided into two parts: the original picture and the big screen display. The objects are displayed in a showroom called "National Treasure". Walking into this showroom, you can see the original Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. It is spread out in a glass room, magnificent and long, colorful and panoramic. It is truly a "national treasure". Opposite the exhibition hall is the big screen Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. This picture on the screen is an enlarged picture of the real thing. The content is basically the same as the real thing, but it is innovative. People, animals, etc. In the real product, it will move on the screen, and there are various actions such as walking and working, which are lifelike and lifelike. Moreover, the night scene was transformed into a brightly lit, bustling and lively city street scene, showing the rich nightlife at that time. High-tech is vividly displayed in it, which is amazing.

In admiration, it reminds me of the ancient legal provisions of China. The original "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" describes the urban situation of Bianjing City (now Kaifeng City, Henan Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty, which conforms to the legal provisions at that time. However, the lively street scenes and rich nightlife on the big screen at night are contrary to the legal provisions at that time, because China has a long-term curfew and citizens are not allowed to go out at night. In China's first existing complete Tang Law, there are complete provisions on curfew. Violation of this regulation is called "committing night crimes", and those who commit night crimes will be punished. It is stipulated that the door should be closed after 400 drums are played at Shuntianmen at night; After another 600 hits, the square door will also be closed, and pedestrians are not allowed to leave; Anyone who violates this rule will be beaten twenty times, that is, "twenty times." However, there are exceptions. Exceptions include: emergency business, personal bereavement and illness. Under special circumstances, those who have obtained the certificates of the county or workshop can go out and walk without curfew. Also, if the guards are dereliction of duty, they should be released, and those who should not be released will be "thirty". These provisions in the Law of the Tang Dynasty were inherited by the main code of the Song Dynasty, the Song Criminal Code, and there are also provisions consistent with the Law of the Tang Dynasty. It can be seen that the night scene of The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is full of lights, but there can be no bustling crowds and rich nightlife on the streets of the city, because Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty was already under the control of the Song criminal law, and a curfew was imposed at night; Violating the curfew will also constitute a crime and be punished. In this sense, the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" can only be a city scene during the day, not at night. The "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" on the big screen of China National Pavilion is somewhat exaggerated. However, just from the perspective of entertainment, it is also good to increase everyone's curiosity, add a little fun to the museum, and let everyone immerse themselves in self-entertainment.

Finally, it should be mentioned that the curfew was still implemented in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the Daming Law of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty's Qing Statutes all had corresponding provisions, but they just developed. For example, the name was changed and the word "night offender" was changed to "night ban"; Aggravated punishment, from "20" to "30"; The provisions of refusing to arrest in violation of the "night ban" have been added, and those who refuse to arrest will be "100 sticks" and so on. Thus, curfew is a long-standing system in ancient China, which has developed and changed. When the legal system was reformed in the early 20th century, it withdrew from the historical stage with the abolition of the ancient Chinese legal system.