Part of the painting Along the River During the Qingming Festivalis seen in this picture. The famous ancient painting, a masterpiece by the imperial court painter Zhang Zeduan, is a long painted scroll 528 cm long and 24.8 cm wide, which portrays street scenes of Bianjing (today's Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province), the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). [Xinhua] |