Talking about the urban characteristics of the Song Dynasty.

The first paragraph, Bianjing rural spring:

In the sparse forest mist, there are several huts, grass bridges, running water, old trees and boats. Two porters are driving five donkeys loaded with charcoal. They are going to town. Willow forest, branches

It's just a hint of green, which makes people feel that although it's chilly in spring, it's already spring back to the earth. In the sedan chair on the road, a woman sat in it. The top of the sedan chair is decorated with willow flowers, and the sedan chair follows the horse.

, carrying the burden, came back from the suburbs of Beijing for an outing to sweep the grave. The description of the environment and characters points out the specific time and customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day, which opens the curtain for the whole painting.

In the middle section, the busy Bianhe Wharf:

Bianhe River is the hub of national grain transportation in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is also the main road of commercial traffic. As can be seen from the picture, the population is dense, food ships gather, some people are resting in the teahouse, and some people are telling fortune.

Some people eat in restaurants. There is also the "Wang's Paper Horse Shop", which is a grave sweeper selling sacrifices. Ships in the river come and go, end to end, dragged by trackers, rowed by boatmen, and some are full of goods.

Upstream, some ships landed and were nervously unloading. Across the Bianhe River is a large wooden arch bridge with exquisite structure and beautiful shape. Such as flying rainbow, hence the name.

Hongqiao. There is a big ship waiting to cross the bridge. The boatman is supported by bamboo poles; Hook the bridge with a long pole; Lead the boat with hemp rope; Several people are busy lowering the mast so that the ship can

Only through. People in the neighboring ship are also pointing, as if shouting something. Both inside and outside the ship are busy crossing the bridge for this ship. People on the bridge are also trying to cross the river.

The tense situation makes employees feel nervous. This is the well-known Hongqiao pier, which is full of traffic and bustling, and is really the intersection of land and water transportation.

In the second half, busy city streets:

Centered on the tall towers, there are rows of houses on both sides, including teahouses, restaurants, foot shops, meat shops, temples, public halls and so on. There are silks and satins, jewels and spices in the shop.

Specialized trades such as incense and paper horses are available in all walks of life except medical clinics, car repair, fortune telling, shaving and plastic surgery, and big shops are also tied with "colorful buildings".

"Ring Gate", with the banner of the city head hanging, soliciting business, pedestrians in the market, pushing each other, endless stream, businessmen doing business, gentry looking at the street view, officials riding horses, and telephone callers.

Vendors include family members sitting in sedan chairs, monks carrying baskets, foreign tourists asking for directions, street children who have heard of books, and tycoons who binge drink in restaurants.

Brother, there are begging disabled old people, men and women, old and young, scholars, farmers, workers and businessmen on the edge of the city. They are all ready. Transportation: sedan chair, camel, ox cart, rickshaw and

Flat cars, flat cars, all kinds, everything. Vividly displayed in front of people.

In the five-meter-long picture scroll, there are more than 550 figures of various colors, including 50 or 60 cattle, horses, mules, donkeys and other livestock, more than 20 vehicles and bridges, and large and small boats.

More than twenty ships. Houses, bridges, towers, etc. They also have their own characteristics, reflecting the characteristics of architecture in the Song Dynasty. Zhang Zeduan's Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is a scene depicting a corner of Bianjing City in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Realistic genre painting has high historical value and artistic level.

In the history of painting, there are many paintings called The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, but there is only one original. After many scholars and experts have studied this topic, everyone's opinion is basically the same.

By now, everyone thinks that this painting of the Palace Museum in Beijing is an original of Zhang Zeduan in the Northern Song Dynasty. Other paintings of the same name were later copied or imitated by Zhang Zeduan.