Creator story
Surprising fact
The five-metre scroll depicts more than 800 people, plus animals, boats and buildings, in astonishing everyday detail.
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Zhang Zeduan
Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145) was a master painter of the Chinese Song dynasty, famed for a single monumental scroll. His Along the River During the Qingming Festival is one of China's most treasured paintings.
His panoramic scroll is a beloved national treasure, copied and studied for nine centuries as a window onto Song-era life.
- A master of the Chinese Song dynasty court.
- Famous for the panoramic Qingming scroll.
- Captured Song-era city life with documentary richness.
Key works
A key work by Zhang Zeduan
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
Along the River During the Qingming Festival
Along the River During the Qingming Festival is one of Zhang Zeduan's defining works.