A handscroll painting by the Song-dynasty Chinese artist Zhang Zeduan, created in the early twelfth century, depicting daily life along a river through the city of Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng) during the Qingming spring festival. Its panoramic detail, showing hundreds of figures, boats and buildings, makes it one of the most celebrated works of Chinese figure painting and a primary visual record of Song urban life.
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- Year Created: 1100
- Medium: Ink and color on silk handscroll
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Along the River During the Qingming Festival (simplified Chinese: 清明上河图; traditional Chinese: 清明上河圖; pinyin: Qīngmíng Shànghé Tú; lit. 'Clear bright up river image') is a handscroll painting by the Song dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145) and copied or recreated many times in the following centuries.
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Chinese: 清明上河圖; pinyin: Qīngmíng Shànghé Tú; lit. 'Clear bright up river image') is a handscroll painting by the Song dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145) and copied or recreated many times in the following centuries.
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