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Going Up the River at Qingming Festival Time
painting by Zhang Zeduan
Also known as: “Ch’ing-ming shang-ho t’u”
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history of Chinese architecture
- In Chinese architecture: The Song (960–1279), Liao (907–1125), and Jin (1115–1234) dynasties
…a remarkably realistic hand scroll, Going up the River at Qingming Festival Time, painted by the 12th-century court artist Zhang Zeduan (whether painted before or after the sacking is uncertain). From contemporary accounts, Bianjing was a city of towers, the tallest being a pagoda 110 metres (360 feet) high, built…
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