What’s inside Zhang Zeduan’s “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” after enlarging it?

Along the River During the Qingming Festival is a relatively precious painting in our country. The "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" restores the prosperous scene of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was one of the more prosperous dynasties in the entire dynasty. Due to the diligent governance of the emperor, the entire dynasty showed peace and prosperity for the country and the people. The Riverside Scene during the Qingming Festival expresses this prosperous and prosperous era through painting. There are actually many mysteries in this long picture of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". If you enlarge the Riverside Scene during the Qingming Festival 100 times, a different scene will appear. Let me tell you about it below.

The entire scroll of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" uses realistic techniques to describe the living conditions of people on a street. The birds singing and the fragrance of flowers it depicts are particularly realistic, completely restoring the prosperous scene of this street at that time. The Qingming Festival is one of the more precious Chinese scrolls. The entire scroll is more than dozens of meters long and clearly depicts the scene at that time. But if you magnify the Qingming Riverside Scene a hundred times, you will find many differences. In the painting, two men can be seen acting intimately. A man holds a pointer to this man's face. What are they doing? Are you picking on blackheads or acne? Since ancient people cared so much about their appearance, we modern people don't pay as much attention to maintenance as the ancient people did.

Maybe we are overthinking it, but the way two men behaved so intimately was quite imaginative at the time. Look at the bridge in the picture above during the Qingming Festival. There are five men lined up next to the bridge. These five men look particularly leisurely and bored looking at the river under the bridge. One of the men is disturbed by a beggar begging, which makes him look special. irritable. A man next to him gave the beggar a few coins. This leisurely scene can show that the people at that time lived a leisurely and happy life, and the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful. The three men opposite these five men chatted with each other leisurely, lying on the railings of the bridge in a particularly leisurely and comfortable way. This kind of life is what we modern people envy and pursue.

Looking at the middle of the picture of Riverside During the Qingming Festival, there is a wedding procession. The groom looks very happy sitting on the horse, and the sedan decorated with flowers and plants behind is carrying the bride. This festive scene was watched by the people nearby. After all, you can only get married once in your life. The new groom seemed particularly happy. The entire welcoming team was mainly red, which was particularly festive, and the music was also mainly festive. You can also see that a person in the middle of the Qingming Riverside Picture shows a particularly impatient expression. It may be because the bargaining voice between the vendors and customers next to them is too loud, which affects the people next to them.

Look at a man sleeping under the tree, and the man may have taken off his pants because of the hot weather. Fortunately, there are no women in the crowd coming and going, otherwise it would be very embarrassing. Look at one of the men holding a fan to cover his face. Is it because he is shy? Actually no. In ancient times, if you met someone you didn't want to say hello to, you could cover your face with a fan and walk past the person you were familiar with. This was a courtesy. It is often used nowadays. It turns out that ancient people also knew how to treat others politely.