“Across the River During Qingming Festival” is one of the greatest scrolls in China.
The prosperous scene of the Song Dynasty and the life of the citizens are captured by this silk painting with a length of 528 cm and a width of 24.8 cm.
The outer suburbs, boat bridges, city towers, markets and various characters are vivid and subtle in Zhang Zeduan’s writings.
Opening the scroll, a group of donkeys is walking along the path of the trees.
Have you ever wondered what the donkey is carrying? Why did the first donkey turn its head?
When you came to the first famous scene of the picture scroll, did you notice a broken willow tree in front of the house?
This tree trunk is not a part of it is broken, but the whole is completely broken, which makes people doubtful.
Take another example of the classic part of the whole picture—Hongqiao’s uproar and exciting scenes.
Have you noticed that there are tall poles on each corner of the bridge head, and cranes at the top. Are they weather vanes?
And under the bridge, there is a light box advertisement that reads “Ten Thousand Foot Store”, what kind of store is this?
The more we look closely, we will find that there are actually many interesting connotations to be discovered in the picture scroll.
Today, I would like to recommend a book “Across the River During Qingming Festival: A Day in the Song Dynasty”.
Different from other similar books, the most special feature of this book is its “super-fine reading” way of reading pictures.
It will bring you an immersive understanding of the bits and pieces of this handed down painting.
It focuses on the painting itself, magnifying hundreds of details.
Such as the “delivery boy” in front of the restaurant, the piece-rate worker carrying the goods on the dock, the man wearing open-crotch pants on the well platform, the uncle buying flowers on the street…
< p> All kinds of characters’ moods and details of lively and prosperous scenes can be clearly seen.
At the same time, it also focused on 36 wonderful aspects that cannot be missed, and made a popular and comprehensive interpretation with methods and knowledge.
The value of “Along the River During Qingming Festival” lies not in its beauty, but in its rich connotation.
We can not only appreciate the whole picture of this folklore scroll in detail, but also truly understand the painting.
The author is Mr. Tian Yubin, who has been deeply involved in the field of Chinese painting for many years.
Like a knowledgeable and friendly guide, he uses simple and interesting language for professional and meticulous interpretation.
“Along the River During Qingming Festival” is rich in content and connotation. It is worth reading inch by inch.
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Immersive reading of “Across the River During Qingming Festival”
To truly understand “Along the River During the Qingming Festival”, you must first read it carefully and clearly.
This book presents hundreds of wonderful details in “Shanghe Tu at Qingming Festival”.
For example, all kinds of people in the street market.
The storytellers, fortune-tellers, begging, haircutters, tea sellers, cake sellers, spice sellers…
For example, the rich stories of Hongqiao Up and Down scene.
Large ships, stalls on the bridge and a series of dangers, conflicts on and off the bridge…
Not only It guides you to see the key parts of the picture, zooms in on a clear enough picture, and makes specific marks.
And the interpretation of text and pictures is also very close, the reading process is smooth and natural, very enjoyable.
I really did it. While appreciating the whole picture, I looked at the details and established the foundation for interpreting ancient paintings.
Secondly, it is not enough to just “see”, but also to read clearly.
The book begins with the little donkey team carrying charcoal at the beginning of the scroll, and refines the scroll into 36 sections for perspective.
The author’s interpretation is professional and meticulous, the language is popular and interesting, and the connotation is very rich.
There are several mysteries in the first famous scene in “Along the River During Qingming Festival”.
Like a broken willow tree.
If you look closely, you will find that the trunk of the willow tree is broken, and you can see the fence and roof tiles behind the tree from the broken opening.
Why does the trunk appear to be broken? At this time, a group of people is passing by under the willow tree, what is the meaning?
The author not only points out the strangeness here, but also has a wonderful interpretation of it. Interested readers can find the answer in the book.
We also see frightened horses.
Why is the horse startled? Was it the horse or the donkey? All the mysteries were solved one by one, and a vivid picture was slowly unfolded.
With the in-depth reading, we can also see many similar wonderful interpretations.
Not only that, the book also introduces the utensils and costumes in the scroll, folk customs, prefaces and postscripts, and copies of Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Its knowledge content is no less than a small encyclopedia of traditional culture.
The whole book is informative, knowledgeable and interesting. It is a rare popular reading for aesthetic education.
It can also inspire people’s imagination and thinking, so that people can find real interest in reading paintings.
As Mr. Fan Di’an, President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Chairman of the China Artists Association, said:
“From the curiosity of ordinary people Starting out, setting the details that are incomprehensible and incomprehensible to ordinary people in ancient paintings as anchor points, and interpreting the readers with great interest and meticulousness. Adult readers like it.”
“Along the River During Qingming Festival: A Day in the Song Dynasty”, now available in a living room
Limited time special price of 58 yuan (price 88 yuan)
< p>Special end at 23:59 on July 21, 2022
The cover design is ingenious, which is in line with the bustling and bustling Song Dynasty city life theme .
Using 120 grams of imported super sensitive paper, it presents the details of ancient paintings in high quality.
bare back stitch binding, spread The large picture is seamlessly connected, and the 180-degree flat screen is unobstructed for reading.
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