A Brief Introduction to Zhang Zeduan, the World Work Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival.

Zhang Zeduan, a painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, was born in Wudong. He studied in Bianjing in his early years, then studied painting and worked in Zong Wei Hanlin Painting Academy. Especially good at painting boats, markets, bridges, streets and city walls. Existing Works of Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. There were many famous painters in the Northern Song Dynasty, among which Zhang Zeduan was the most famous. Painting has a wide range of subjects. In addition to figure painting, landscape painting, flower-and-bird painting, there are many unprecedented descriptions such as Chen Guangcheng's social customs painting and Wiki's urban and rural life, among which Zhang Zeduan's The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is the most outstanding and famous. It is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. This painting is 25.5 cm high and 525 cm long, depicting the prosperity of Bianjing during the Qingming period. Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty was not only the political center at that time, but also a prosperous commercial city. The bustling market in the city, where there are all kinds of shops, is crowded with people coming and going. In order to highlight the prosperity of Bianjing during the Qingming period, this painting focuses on the scene of Bianjing, the land and water transportation in the United States and the busy market. The center of the painting consists of an arch bridge and the street of Qiaotou Street, which is probably the most prosperous place in Bianjing. Just look around and see the crowd crowded together. Look carefully, you and I will understand. These people are doing their own things, which are carefully arranged by the painter. There are some vendors and many tourists on both sides of the bridge. There are fruit sellers, tea sellers and fortune tellers in selling groceries. Most tourists lean against the railing by the bridge and watch the ships coming and going on the river. In the middle of the bridge is a pedestrian passage: some people sit in sedan chairs, some ride horses, some carry loads, some drive donkeys to deliver goods, and some push unicycles, forming a bustling street scene. The south of the bridge is connected with the main street, and there are many shops on both sides of the street. Teahouses, pubs, pawn shops, workshops and houses are connected, which shows the prosperity of Bianjing industry and commerce. There are many street vendors with big umbrellas in the open space. Bianhe River is the main waterway of Bianjing, and there are many ships coming and going on the river. Some are parked near the dock, some are driving in the river, and some big ships are overloaded, so many Qin drivers pull fiber ropes on the shore. There is a big ship full of goods coming from under the bridge, and it will soon cross bridge opening. The boatmen on the boat looked very busy, and some stood at the top of the tent and pulled off the sails; Some people are holding strings in the boat; Some use long poles to support the ceiling of bridge opening, allowing ships to pass smoothly. This tense scene attracted the attention of tourists on the bridge and boatmen on neighboring ships. They watched from the shore, and the scene was very realistic. Vividly reappear the urban life of the Northern Song Dynasty in front of us. It is the witness of Bianjing's prosperity, and it reproduces people's life scenes at that time. Through this painting, we can not only understand the city appearance of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also understand the life of people from all walks of life at that time. Therefore, it has great historical value. This painting is of high artistic level. So much content and so many people are all concentrated on one picture, but how difficult it is to draw. The pictures are dense and orderly, and there are vivid signs everywhere from the suburbs to the market, which fully shows Zhang Zeduan's high generalization ability and painting skills. When people mention The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, they will think of Zhang Zeduan, a superb artist.