This painting is China’s national treasure. Its name is Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. It is famous painter Zhang ZeDuan’s immortal masterpiece in Sung Dynasty. Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival has recorded the appearance of the China city life of the 12th century vividly. This is unique in the world. I share it with everybody now.

The painting is kept in National Museum of China now. But we can see pictures of the painting. Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival describes flourishing scene and beautiful nature scenery of Sung Dynasty capital Bian Liang (Sung Dynasty is the heyday of China’s ancient dynasty). We can see the ancient Chinese life from the pictures. There are China’s ancient city lives; there are China’s ancient countryside lives too.

We can see the people of all kinds of vocations in the pictures. Include vendor, performer, beggar, monk, fortune-teller, doctor, innkeeper, teacher, peasant, shepherd, mill owner, ironworker, carpenter, mason, scholar…

We can see various businesses in the pictures. Include hotel, market of grain, kitchen utensil shop, bow and arrow shop, lantern shop, musical instrument shop, jewelry shop, cloth shop, painting shop, drugstore, restaurant and various pedlar…

Include a lot of temples, private houses, official residences in the pictures besides various shops. People use different transportation means, horse cart, ox cart, donkey cart, sedan chair, etc. The river is full of fishing boats and yachts.

You can click the below pictures and enjoy big pictures. Have a taste of ancient China fine life!