Along the River During the Qingming Festival is a 12th-century painting attributed to
Zhang Zeduan. The original painting captures the daily life of people from the
Song dynasty at the capital, present-day
Kaifeng. This picture shows a 1736 remake of the painting, which updates the scenery to include
Qing-dynasty motifs and shows the influence of Western painting techniques, executed by five artists from the Painting Academy and active at the Qing court.
Painting credit: Chen Mei, Sun Hu, Jin Kun, Dai Hong and Cheng Zhidao, after Zhang Zeduan