Which is the most significant classical Chinese painting? According to Paul Denlinger, visited China many times when young, it should be Along the River During the Qingming Festival. This (create) dates back to the Northern Song Dynasty.
This painting is important several reasons. First, up until this time, almost all Chinese paintings are landscapes, (contain) no or only a few images of people. Second, this is the first scroll (卷轴) painting (describe) both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing, Third, the painting is (high) detailed and features shops of all kinds and different economic activities in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technology of the time, which helps them great deal in understanding the Chinese lived.
The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the (origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies——the Qing version (hold) in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
