Along the River During the Qingming Festival
The artist
Zhang Zeduan, a Chinese court painter who lived almost a thousand years ago.
What you see
A very long scroll painting that shows a busy Chinese city full of people, boats, shops, and bridges.
The story
Painted around the year 1120, it shows life during the Qingming festival along a wide river.
The style
It is painted on a scroll you slowly unroll from side to side, like a story that keeps going.
Look closer
Look for the huge wooden arched bridge crowded with people, with a boat passing underneath it.
Where to see it
The famous original is kept safe in the Palace Museum in Beijing, China.
Fun fact
The scroll is so long, over five meters, that it holds hundreds of tiny people all doing something.