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An intricately detailed painting entitled "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" painted by the Song dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan, that captures the daily life of people & landscape of the capital of Kaifeng during the Northern Song Dynasty in China. The theme is about the festive spirit & worldly commotion at the Qingming Festival, revealing the lifestyle of the rich & poor, economic activities in rural & city, with glimpses of that period's clothing & architecture, including traditional Chinese architecture with pagoda-style roofs, pine trees alongside a river, a great bridge with many people crossing over to the other side of the river, & small boats to taxi people. The color palette is dominated by soft green, blues & grays, and painted with ink & colour on silk. The scene is busting with life, with a festive atmosphere.
The painting of Along the River During the Qingming Festival (清明上河圖) by Zhang Zeduan (張擇端) is a long scroll, ink and light colours on silk, 25.5 × 525 cm. It portrays in great details about urban life in a big city which was thought to be Biàn Liáng (汴梁), the capital of Northern Song Dynasty during the 11th-12th century. Biàn Liáng is now Kaifeng (開封).
