Zhang Zeduan's "Map of the Upper River of the Qingming Dynasty" Long Scroll Panorama

Qingming Upper River Map, one of the top ten famous paintings in China. It is a northern song dynasty custom painting, the only surviving fine work seen by the Northern Song dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan, which is a national treasure-level cultural relic, and is now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

The Qingming Upper River map is 24.8 cm wide and 528.7 cm long, and the silk is colored. In the form of a long scroll, the work adopts the scattered perspective composition method, vividly recording the urban appearance of The capital of the Northern Song Dynasty in The Twelfth Century of China (also known as Fenjing, now Kaifeng, Henan) and the living conditions of people from all walks of life at that time, which is a witness to the prosperity of the capital city of Tokyo during the Northern Song Dynasty and a portrayal of the economic situation of the Northern Song Dynasty.

This is unique in the history of Chinese and even world painting. In the five-meter-long scroll, a large number of colorful figures are painted, such as cattle, mules, donkeys and other livestock, cars, palanquins, large and small ships, houses, bridges, and city towers, which reflect the characteristics of Song Dynasty architecture. It has high historical and artistic value.