Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival and Preface to Lanting Pavilion

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is the representative work of Zhang Zeduan in the Northern Song Dynasty, which depicts the scenery of Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was once collected by Xuanhe Neifu in the Northern Song Dynasty. The silk book is 24-8 cm high and 528.7 cm long. The original is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. His paintings truly explain the urban life of Bianliang City in the Northern Song Dynasty. This painting depicts the prosperity of Bianjing in the Qingming period. It is a witness to the prosperity of Bianjing in that year and a portrayal of the economic situation of the city in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is of great historical value to describe the city appearance of the Northern Song Dynasty and the life of people from all walks of life at that time through this painting.

Preface to Lanting Collection is also called Preface to Lanting Collection. This was written by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in Jin Dynasty. The Preface to the Orchid Pavilion narrates the beauty of the landscape around the Orchid Pavilion and the joy of the party, and expresses the author's feelings about the impermanence of life and death. Calligraphy has been handed down from generation to generation, with 28 lines and 324 words. The composition, structure and brushwork are perfect. This calligraphy is mainly centered on the pen, with many strokes exposed, delicate expression and smooth and beautiful lines. The structure of Chinese characters is vertical, with low left and high right. The size of the word corresponds, the length alternates, and the virtual and the real are born together. The layout is wired, the layout has no columns, and every line is swaying and turbulent, which is a masterpiece of his middle age.