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Along The River During the Qingming Festival
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Along The River During the Qingming Festival, 1737 version. • https://bit.ly/2Xp4WUW Creates a fascinating talking piece on canvas. • The silk scroll painting is perhaps China's most famous painting. This 1737 version presents a fascinating insight into the daily life of the people. The original is 11 metres long and 37 cm wide and includes over 4,000 people. • There are hundreds of sub-scenes and picture stories within the painting. The fine detail is not even lost by reducing the painting to a one meter by half meter canvas, breaking it into four strips on the canvas. It's an art piece that demands close inspection to appreciate the artistic and cultural genius of the five artists. • The 1737 version is the work of five Qing Dynasty court painters: Chen Mu, Sun Hu, Jin Kun, Dai Hong and Cheng Zhidao. The original silk scroll was presented to the Emperor Qianlong on January 15, 1737. It was later moved, along with many other artifacts, to the National Palace Museum in Taipei in 1949. • Along the River During the Qingming Festival is the title of several panoramic paintings; the original version is generally attributed to the Song Dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145). It captures the daily life of people from the Song period at the capital, Bianjing, today's Kaifeng. The theme celebrates the festive spirit and worldly commotion at the Qingming Festival, rather than the holiday's ceremonial aspects, such as tomb sweeping and prayers. • The entire piece was painted in hand scroll format and the content reveals the lifestyle of all levels of the society from rich to poor as well as different economic activities in rural areas and the city. It offers glimpses of period clothing and architecture. • As an artistic creation, the piece has been highly revered and court artists of subsequent dynasties have made several re-interpretive replicas. The painting is famous because of its geometrically accurate images of boats, bridges, shops, and scenery. Because of its fame, it has been called China's Mona Lisa . • In time, the Qingming scroll was sold, changing hands among numerous private owners, before it finally returned to public ownership. The Qingming scroll is notable historically as being among the paintings from the former imperial collection that remain in public ownership in mainland China; it was a particular favourite of emperor Puyi, who took it with him to Manchukuo and thus kept the Song Dynasty original (24.8 by 528.7 cm) out of the collection of the National Palace Museum. It was later re-purchased in 1945 and kept at the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City. • About 20 to 30 variations on this topic by artists of subsequent dynasties were made. Several Ming and Qing versions can be found in public and private collections around the world. Each version follows the overall composition of the original fairly faithfully, however, the details often vary widely. The Song Dynasty original and the Qing version, in the Beijing and Taipei Palace Museums respectively, are regarded as national treasures and are exhibited only for brief periods every few years. • On canvas at https://bit.ly/2Xp4WUW • Ray Smith
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