Along the River During the Qingming Festival, is a panoramic painting by Song Dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145). It captures the daily life of people from the Song period at the capital, Bianjing, today’s Kaifeng. The theme celebrates the festive spirit and worldly commotion at the Qingming Festival, rather than the holiday’s ceremonial aspects, such as tomb sweeping and prayers. The entire piece was painted in the hand scroll format and the content reveals the lifestyle of all levels of the society from rich to poor as well as different economic activities in rural areas and the city. It offers glimpses of period clothing and architecture.
If you like the painting and would like to see it init's entirety click HERE!!!
This is AWESOME....
In 2010, an electronic version of this painting was created for exhibit in the China Pavilion at the Shanghai EXPO.
No comments:
Post a Comment