Riverside Scene during Qingming Festival (清明上河圖)
Where to be found: the Paintings and Calligraphy Hall of Wuying Palace 武英殿書(shū)畫(huà)館
Riverside Scene during Qingming Festival. |
The masterpiece is 24.8 centimeters wide and 528.7 centimeters long, depicting real-life scenes of China in the 12th century. It displays the prosperous city of Bianjing (now called Kaifeng) on Qingming Festival, highlighting the developed economy of the Song Dynasty.