What is depicted in The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival?

It is generally believed that the Northern Song Dynasty genre painting The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival depicts the scene of spring.

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is a work created by Zhang Zeduan, a painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Since its birth, it is generally believed that the painting depicts the bustling and lively scenes and natural scenery on both sides of the Bianliang River and Bianhe River in the Northern Song Dynasty during the Qingming period. The earliest collector of this painting was Evonne of Song Huizong. There are not only thin gold lettering "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" and Shuanglong seal script written by Song Huizong, but also a poem by Song Huizong, in which there is a phrase "Water by the Spring River". The researcher thinks that according to Tomb-Sweeping Day's records in Tokyo's love love love, during the period of Tomb-Sweeping Day in the Northern Song Dynasty, there were not only activities to sweep the dead, but also grand outings, which also coincided with the scenery depicted in the painting.

Since the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival does not depict Tomb-Sweeping Day, why is it named Qingming Festival? There is a saying in The Book of Songs that "it is wise to cut down big businessmen", Mao Chuanzhong said that "landlite is wise if you don't worship the DPRK", and Ban Gu's biography of the later Han Dynasty also said that "you were born in the Ming Dynasty, which means that you are politically enlightened and the people live and work in peace and contentment". In this sense, the inscription "Qingming" in the painting should be a eulogy made by the author Zhang Zeduan in the hope of gaining the appreciation of the emperor. The inscription left by the Jin people on the screen said: "On that day, Hanlin presented an album, but it was handed down." It is pointed out that the theme of this painting is to express the tranquility of the scenery. According to Zhang Zhu's inscription on the back of the picture frame, "Hanlin Zhang Zeduan, with the right word, was born in Wu Dong (now Zhucheng, Shandong). Young people study, study in the capital, and then learn to paint. I am a' border painter' and I am particularly interested in the Guo Jing Bridge in Che Zhou. I don't work as a tutor. " Therefore, Zhang Zeduan was a court painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. These painters who serve the royal family must undergo strict professional training and serve the court faithfully. It should be their political task to depict such works with auspicious symbols and praise peace and prosperity. Knowing this historical background, it is not difficult to understand the exact meaning of the word "Qingming" in the painting.

Introduction to Zhang Zeduan:

Zhang Zeduan (1085— 1 145) was born in Wu Dong (now Zhucheng, Shandong). Famous painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. The genre painting The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is one of the world famous paintings's representative works. I have been eager to learn since I was a child. In his early years, he studied in Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) and then studied painting. Song Huizong works in Hanlin Painting Academy and is good at painting palaces, especially ships, shops, bridges, streets and battlements. After that, he made a living by losing his home and selling paintings, and he wrote "West Lake Auction Map" and "Riverside Map at Qingming Festival". He was an outstanding realist painter at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and most of his works have been lost. The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival and Jin Ming Heritage Pool are ancient artistic treasures of China.