Along the River During the Qingming Festival Handscroll Paint Antique Collection

“Along the River During the Qingming Festival” (Qingming Shanghe Tu 清明上河图) Handscroll Painting. One of the most famous ancient Chinese painting ever. Antique reproduction.

It is a handscroll painting by the Song dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145) and copied many times in the following centuries. It captures the daily life of people and the landscape of the capital, Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng) during the Northern Song. The theme is often said to celebrate the festive spirit and worldly commotion at the Qingming Festival, rather than the holiday's ceremonial aspects, such as tomb sweeping and prayers. Read right to left, as a viewer unrolled it, successive scenes reveal the lifestyle of all levels of the society from rich to poor as well as economic activities in rural areas and the city, and offer glimpses of period clothing and architecture.The painting is considered to be the most renowned work among all Chinese paintings, and it has been called "China's Mona Lisa."