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A Chinese artist has spent 8 months completing a large lacquer
replica of China's classical painting "Qing Ming Shang He Tu".
The Chinese traditional painting "Qing Ming Shang He Tu" was
created by artist Zhang Zeduan of the Northern Song Dynasty
(960-1127). It features a panorama of daily life, business
activities and social interaction in China's capital of that
time.
Hu Kaixin, producer of the lacquer painting, lives in southwest
China's Sichuan Province. His creation, which is 2.33 meters long
and 1.33 meters wide, required more than 50 kilograms of
lacquer.
The tradition of lacquer painting can be traced back 7,000 years
to the Hemudu Neolithic site in east China's Zhejiang Province.
Lacquer artworks are considered quite unique. They vividly portray
the world of Chinese landscapes and figure painting.
Hu has created thousands of lacquer artworks, the most famous of
which are a 400-kilogram stele, a pair of two-meter tall vases and
the replica of "Qing Ming Shang He Tu".????
(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2006)
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