Shiqiao fortune telling _ Shiqiao fortune telling street is in that street.

Who is the author of The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival? What life scene did it depict at that time?

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival depicts the situation of Tokyo (now Kaifeng, Henan Province), the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, mainly focusing on the natural scenery and prosperity of Bianjing and its two sides.

The riverside scene on the Qingming Festival was a folk custom at that time, just like today's holiday party, people took part in commercial activities by it. The whole map is roughly divided into three parts: the spring scenery on the outskirts of Bianjing, the scenery of Bianhe and the market in the city.

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Bianhe River was an important transportation hub and commercial artery in the Northern Song Dynasty. As can be seen from the picture, the population is dense and merchant ships gather. Some people are resting in the teahouse, some are reading fortune-telling, and some are eating in the restaurant. There is also the "Wang Paper Horse Shop" selling grave-sweeping sacrifices. Ships in the river come and go, end to end, either pulled by trackers or paddled by boatmen. Some are full of goods, going upstream, and some are nervously berthing to unload. 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 pass. 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 sweating over the tense ferry scene. This is the well-known Hongqiao pier, with knife and scissors stalls, food stalls and various grocery stalls all over the bridge. Two stall owners are scrambling to greet a passer-by to see their goods. It is the intersection of land and water transportation, which is the climax of the picture.

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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. Silk, jewelry, spices, incense, paper horses and so on all have specialized businesses. In addition, there are medical clinics, car repair, fortune telling, shaving and plastic surgery, and all walks of life have everything. Large-scale shops are also tied up with "colorful buildings and happy doors", and banners are hung to attract business, and pedestrians in the market are jostling with each other. There are businessmen who do business and people who look at street scenes. There are monks walking around with baskets on their backs, tourists asking for directions from other places, street children who have heard of books, children of rich people who drink heavily in restaurants, disabled elderly people begging on the edge of cities, men, women and children, scholars, farmers, workers and businessmen, and so on. Means of transportation: sedan chair, camel, ox cart, rickshaw, flat car and various vehicles, which vividly show people the bustling scene of a commercial city.

Picture association

Open this picture gently, and you will see a camel team on the road beside the stream, coming from Bianjing City in the northeast, and five donkeys [4] are carrying loads. The groom in front is driving the leading livestock to the bridge at the corner, and the porter behind is driving the wolves with a whip, and the destination will arrive soon. From the way the packers skillfully control the packers, we can know that they are old horses that have been walking for many years.

A small sampan was bolted to the stump beside the bridge, and several small peasant houses were scattered among the trees in an orderly way. There are four crow's nests on a few tall branches, which look the same as the crow's nests in the way and height. There are several stone mills on the threshing floor, which are used for threshing in autumn harvest, and they are still idle there at this time. There are some sheep in the sheepfold, and there seems to be a chicken and duck pen next to the sheepfold, as if a large group of chickens and ducks were raised in the pen. What a peaceful rural scene! It is amazing that in the Song Dynasty more than 1000 years ago, agriculture and aquaculture were as developed as the world.

Look at the picture again, it is the junction of agriculture and commerce. On the right is a married couple, turning slowly from the north. Behind the horse, the groom is riding a bordeaux horse. There is a porter carrying the bride's dowry behind the horse, and there is a man holding the bride's dressing box in front of the horse. The sedan chair in front should be the bride's seat, because the surface of the sedan chair is decorated with various plants and flowers, which can be described as a "sedan chair". The word sedan chair comes from this folk custom, because it is the means of transportation for the bride to get married. Behind the sedan chair, a porter carried a load of fish, indicating that the woman's family wished her husband rich fish (the rest).

From the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day became popular. Therefore, it is not appropriate to say that this team returned from the grave only by the word Qingming. It should be a team that takes care of relatives getting married.

A farmer near the teahouse has two cows. Although such an earth-shattering event happened nearby, the two cows were indifferent. They are still ruminating leisurely. The seedlings in the distant fields are thriving and farmers are watering and fertilizing them.

A couple in the south traveled and hired two animals and a porter. A porter slowly walked southeast with what they needed for their trip.

There is a hotel across the street in front of the teahouse. Because breakfast is not served, it is very slow to hold up banners to attract customers. The hotel is located in the bulk cargo terminal, and the business is naturally booming. It's just that the guests are busy with business and have no time to eat or drink. You see that the owner of the dock is counting the goods to be sent to a certain place, and the dock workers are stacking the goods, ready to arrange loading and unloading in time according to the distance of the goods. It is said that the ship will get on first and then get off. Another ship is also unloading. Thick masts and ropes can be seen in the cracks in the branches and leaves of this 200-year-old tree. It should also be a large ship with a displacement of about 60 to 70 tons. In the middle of the street between the hotel and the teahouse, a man is calling a fortune teller. It may make him count something, whether it is marriage, family or business. When Mr. Shugua heard about this business, his brisk pace showed his joy. Looking into the street, people in a bag shop are talking to a buyer and seller, as if they can hear them talking about when to order oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to check out tomorrow. In the past, there were several shop names, and another avenue extended into the distance, where pedestrians and horses walked.

In the past, several shops were the main roads of Bianliang Avenue. There are many shops on both sides of the main road, surrounded by freight terminals and cargo warehouses. The location of this cargo warehouse is very superior, the surrounding streets extend in all directions, and the south is close to the deep water port. Several ships are moored in the harbor, taking turns loading and unloading goods. A ship near the dock is unloading. Several dockers are carrying sacks of food off the ship, and someone in the ship's cabin is rummaging through the boxes to load them. The ship to be loaded and unloaded is moored near the warehouse dock. After the boatswain gets on board, he eats and sails. The boatswain in front of the warehouse has just finished the bill and is about to board the ship. On the way, he met an acquaintance by chance, thinking about sailing forward, but he couldn't slow down his acquaintance or friend. He was humble and homely with him in his eagerness, and finally made a fist salute and left. At this time, the footsteps have turned and the appearance of rushing to the boat has been detached.

In the main channel of the dock, a cargo ship goes upstream, and the sailors on the right side of the ship are watching closely to avoid colliding with the moored ships. Working safely in the river is very important. A ship is moored on the dock in front of the bow. I'm glad a sailor came out, always pay attention to the movement of the ship and prepare to eliminate the collision between the ships. The moving ship seems to be berthed, and the "head fiber" on board (the first tracker of the fiber pulling team) has turned around to greet the partners to collect the fiber. Looking further upstream, there are eight boatmen rowing on a boat, which shows that the speed of water flow is very fast, and a helmsman keeps a close eye on the water situation and ship situation in the forward direction. A passenger ship ahead is busy docking. This is the passenger station. There are more than 20 people working nervously on the passenger ship. Several boatmen on the top of the ship are closing sails and erecting masts. Some boatmen are receiving cables falling from Hongqiao, ready to tow the passenger ship to the dock, and then tie it to the anchor post on the shore to increase the stability of the passenger ship. Sailors on the left string support the ship to the dock with Artemisia boats to increase the power to approach the dock. Two sailors at the bow turned the boat to the right. He turned to pay attention to the dock and used it to adjust the punting strength of passenger ships. Another boatman waved his right hand forward to command the boatman at the dock to meet him. It seems that he should be the boatswain of this passenger ship. The passenger ship is big and stable, and the boatmen have their own duties and their actions are very coordinated. It seems to be a group of boatmen with very high quality. The cabin and deck are closed, and there are warehouse doors for guests to enter and leave. The door of the warehouse will never be opened until the ship stops, and the security measures are quite strict. It can be concluded that it is a long-distance passenger ship with good safety performance.

Many people greeted the passenger ship at the dock. They greet their families or relatives and friends, and some even go to Hongqiao early to meet their relatives. On a smaller passenger ship next to it, someone waved and shouted to attract business and call the guests who need to go to Fenhe Waterway Terminal. It can be imagined how developed the traffic in the Bianhe River basin was at that time, and the road of flood and drought constituted a huge passenger and cargo transportation network.

Hongqiao is magnificent, so tall that the largest ships in the Bianhe River Basin can pass smoothly. It is wide and strong, and can parallel several animal-drawn carts full of goods. Judging from the structure of the bridge, it is also a great creation. The whole bridge is made of wood. It may be that the river is in a hurry, which is not conducive to the construction of piers. At that time, the engineers and technicians used their ingenuity to rivet the whole piece of wood side by side. The bridge deck is fastened with rows of wooden chains to form a huge and solid whole, and the load is distributed to make the wood across the river bear uniform force. Just imagine, more than a thousand years ago, without construction machinery, it was difficult to build such a large river-crossing timber, and the project was so magnificent. There are solid guardrails beside the bridge to ensure the safety of pedestrians, which makes the performance and quality of the project reach an impeccable level.

Hongqiao is the main throat of the two cities, and the bridge deck is full of traffic. Due to the popularity of passers-by, vendors seized the opportunity to occupy the road, some set up stalls, some sold food, and there was a stall selling knives, scissors, oxtail locks and other hardware. In order to make the goods more eye-catching, the booth is designed as an inclined plane, which extends to the bridgehead to form a characteristic business circle.

A boat under the bridge goes upstream and seems to be berthing. The boatman at the bow is testing the depth of the river, because some big stones are usually placed in the riverbed at the bridge head to prevent the water from washing the slope at the bridge head and preventing it from collapsing. When moving the ship in this position, you should be especially careful to avoid grounding and damaging the ship.

Not far from the upstream, several ships have been moored on the shore in turn, and two others are sailing in the main channel. The chorus of the engineer's Bianhe bugle and the fiber worker's Bianhe bugle echoed in the air, drifting away and drifting away. These cultural landscapes and beautiful rivers and mountains form a beautiful picture of customs, so some literati and dignitaries are looking for a good place, on the other side of the river bend buffer zone.

The picture of the past is already a bustling market business circle outside the city. It is the middle zone between Bianhe Wharf and the city gate, which is especially beneficial to commercial activities. With the absence of war for many years, hotel teahouses have gradually developed, and various shops are lined up, and all kinds of cars and horses are busy. The picture clearly shows that two technicians in a wooden workshop are nervously driving a mule-horse cart, a cargo owner rents a donkey on the street corner, and a porter is loading goods on the ground. There is also a lady who is going to rent a sedan chair to walk, and she won't go. From another point of view, it is a small labor square and the only way to enter the city. Therefore, business activities are frequent. A fortune teller lost no time in building a house here, and many people who look for his fortune-telling calculations are doing very well. There are many workers in front of the footbridge crossing the Xigou Bridge. Some sit and rest, some doze off, and some simply lie down and rest. Mules and horses are tied to the footbridge. It seems that they are saving energy in order to work energetically after work. Although they have nothing to do, they will not steal other people's business. They abide by the rules of footbridges very much. It can be seen that the business of the workers in the square is very good. One sedan chair has been lifted and the other sedan chair has been taken. A peddler on the bridge has sold out and gone home. Farmhouse Bridge also has some residents and some donkeys. There is a woman with a baby in her arms next to the house, and some fat pigs are lying not far away.

At the corner of the labor square is the moat bridge, where businessmen seize the opportunity to set up stalls. A peddler's rattan and bamboo basket is light and durable, and a lantern manufacturer has a thriving business. This kind of basket is bright and windproof after lighting, and it is a good partner for night lighting. Look, someone bought one and turned to leave. The stall owner is recruiting another buyer. Pedestrians on the bridge are like boats. Many people look into the river on both sides of the bridge to see if anyone catches any big fish in the river. There is a stall in front of the city gate, which is more interesting. He is standing up and kicking around with a rider. It seems that every pedestrian is selling his shit, and several people behind him are also paying attention to his business trends, which is a bit like commercial child care.

The gate is tall and majestic, and several camels slowly walk out of the city. This kind of animal can't be found on the mainland. It is a special product of Gobi desert and is used as a means of transportation. It should be that businessmen from the western regions come to the capital of song dynasty to do business, and they are international trade groups traveling between the silk roads.

Cities are more distinctive. It seems that one company is transporting another shipment. Freight logistics has begun to take shape. There is a sesame oil processing workshop next door. The sales of sesame oil are very good. There are also chariots and horses, and the supply is sufficient. Has begun to take shape. A multi-storey inn is bustling with guests in front of it, and there are also many guests inside. It must be a wealthy businessman living in Dajia. A shop across the street also has a shave, so it pays special attention to the appearance in the city. The functions of the city are really complete, with everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation. A silk shop is very wide and full of colorful silk scenes. It can be seen that sericulture brocade was quite developed at that time, and the business of water delivery was also very good. Groundwater is as sweet and refreshing as mineral water. There are two clinics in this small part of the city. Dr. Yang is good at sore surgery, and Zhao Taicheng is better at internal medicine. He is proficient in pediatrics for men and women and has a complete range of pills. At that time, the medical level was quite high.

Coming from the direction of the inner city, there is a group of people, escorted by ceremonial ceremonies in front, which is very imposing. As the saying goes, civil servants sit in sedan chairs and military officers ride horses. He is indeed a military attache, and someone behind him gave him a guard knife. The other two people are holding hands at the dock for fear of scaring the horse or losing his front hoof. This is the most effective way. The picture here has a discordant sound compared with the last one. How to fight such a military attache? He is too spoiled. Officials and dignitaries in the inner city still don't know what it's like.