清明上河图

清明上河圖

Qīngmíng shànghé tú

proper noun

Meanings

1 Along the River During the Qingming Festival, Zhang Zeduan's Northern Song handscroll of life in the capital Bianjing

Characters

clear (清明 Qingming)

Examples

HSK 4

《清明上河图》是北宋画家张择端的作品。

《 Qīngmíng shànghé tú 》 shì Běisòng huàjiā Zhāng Zéduān de zuòpǐn.

Along the River During the Qingming Festival is a work by the Northern Song painter Zhang Zeduan.

HSK 5

《清明上河图》里画了五百多个人物，有的在买东西，有的在过桥。

《 Qīngmíng shànghé tú 》 lǐ huà le wǔbǎi duō ge rénwù, yǒude zài mǎi dōngxi, yǒude zài guò qiáo.

Along the River During the Qingming Festival shows more than five hundred people, some shopping, some crossing a bridge.

Tips

history

Painted by 张择端 in the early 12th century, the silk scroll is about five metres long. It follows the 汴河 from the countryside past the arched 虹桥 'Rainbow Bridge' into the streets of the capital 汴京, today's 开封. The original is in the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) in Beijing.

culture

It is one of the most copied paintings in China. An animated version more than a hundred metres long, with its figures walking, rowing and trading, was the centrepiece of the China Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

Stroke Order

清 qīng

明 míng

上 shàng

河 hé

图 tú