What does the Riverside Map on Qingming Festival depict?

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is one of the top ten famous paintings handed down by China. This is a very precious painting. Of course, you can find it online. Do you know who painted it? Let's get to know it together!

Brief introduction of the author

Zhang Zeduan, the author of The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, is a famous painting master of the Northern Song Dynasty. Zhang Zeduan is good at painting buildings, houses, trees and figures, and his genre paintings are lifelike. Existing works include The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival and The Auction Scene at Jinming Pool.

Brief Introduction of Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival depicts the city appearance and prosperity of Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty. This painting really depicts the economic situation of the cities in the Northern Song Dynasty. Now this painting is collected in the Palace Museum in Beijing, which is a world-famous boutique.

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is more than five meters long, with figures of 8 14, 73 cattle, mules, donkeys and other animals, more than 20 cars and sedan chairs, and 29 large and small ships. It vividly shows the architectural features of the Song Dynasty and has high historical and artistic value.

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival depicts the typical scenery of Kaifeng, such as busy grain transportation, pedestrians on the bridge above, and shops at the East Corner Gate. The author painted touching scenes, such as the donkey walking on the road, the Xu Lai of the sedan chair, even the decoration on the top of the sedan chair, the scene of the people setting up stalls, the fortune teller soliciting pedestrians, and the grand occasion of the restaurant, all of which left endless reverie.