Historical value and significance of Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival.

Historical Value: The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, one of the top ten famous paintings handed down in China. It is a genre painting of the Northern Song Dynasty and the only masterpiece that Zhang Zeduan, a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty, has ever seen. This is a national treasure, which is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

It vividly recorded the city appearance of Tokyo, the capital of China in the12nd century (also called Bianjing, now Kaifeng, Henan) and the living conditions of people from all walks of life at that time. It is a witness to the prosperity of Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and also a portrayal of the economic situation of the Northern Song Dynasty.

This is unique in the history of painting in China and even in the world. In this five-meter-long picture scroll, * * * depicts a large number of characters, cattle, mules, donkeys and other livestock, cars, sedan chairs, large and small ships, houses, bridges, towers and other features, reflecting the characteristics of architecture in the Song Dynasty.

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The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival adopts the method of constantly moving the viewpoint, that is, "scatter perspective" to capture the required scene. From the vast Yuan Ye, the vast rivers, the towering battlements, to the nails and rivets on ships and cars, the small commodities on vendors, and the words on the market, they are all harmoniously organized into a unified whole.

There are officials, farmers, businessmen, doctors, fortune tellers, monks, Taoist priests, petty officials, women, children, teachers, cable car drivers and animals such as donkeys, cows and camels. There are fairs, trading, hanging out, drinking, parties, pushing boats, pulling carts, riding cars, riding horses and so on. There are many shops, hotels, teahouses and dim sum shops in the street, as well as towers, river ports, bridges, cargo ships, government buildings and thatched cottages.

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