Creative background:11year-1 124 years, Zhang Zeduan worked in Hanlin Painting Academy during his stay in Song Huizong, Evonne. At that time, Bianjing was extremely prosperous, with four rivers passing through the city and four land routes. It used to be the national land and water transportation center, and its commercial development ranked first in the country. At that time, its population reached 654.38+0 million.

There are many lively markets, shops and even night markets in Bianjing City.

On holidays, the capital is even more lively. In order to show the prosperity of Beijing, Zhang Zeduan chose the scene of Qingming, an important festival, and gave 59 performances. The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival shows the land and water transportation and busy market in the capital of Northern Song Dynasty.

Extended data:

The author uses scattered perspective to integrate complex scenes into a unified and changeable picture in the form of long scrolls. The distance between the city and the bridge house in the painting is high or low, the size of grass, trees, cows and donkeys, the family's work and the trip of boats and cars have all completed their etiquette, which can't be counted.

The scene is vast and the content is extremely rich. The whole painting is magnificent, with rigorous composition and neat brushwork. It fully embodies the painter's profound insight into social life and superb artistic expression.

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is not only a great artistic treasure of realistic painting, but also provides us with first-hand information on detailed images of commerce, handicrafts, folk customs, architecture and transportation in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has important historical and literary value. Its rich ideological connotation, unique aesthetic perspective and realistic expression make it a classic in the painting history of China and even the world.

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