Qingming Riverside Map Bookmark

"Bookmark of" Riverside Painting during Qingming Festival ": A slice of civilization in the long scroll of the city On both sides of the Bian River during the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Zeduan used a mouse-beard pen to seal the weather of the 12th century China capital on five meters of plain silk. This city scroll with 814 characters, 28 ships, and more than 60 livestock is not only the pinnacle of the world's genre painting, but also a key to opening the gene bank of Chinese civilization. It continues to release the decoding energy of traditional China society in the thousands of years. The commercial network of more than 160 shops in the picture bears witness to the earliest urbanization process in China. The advertisement "" Cooking Medicine Yuanzi "in front of the pharmacy store and the""Liu Family Colored Sand""sign under the eaves of the incense store reveal the awakening of brand awareness in the Song Dynasty. The sacks piled up in front of the tax office and the goods carried by the camel caravan from the Western Regions outline the trade map that spans the Silk Road on land and the Ceramic Road on Sea. All living beings of all classes of society are equally represented here: the peeping behind the curtains of the scholar-officials 'sedan chair, the trays on the shoulders of the shop staff, and the diviners in front of the physiognomist stall constitute a miniature model of hierarchical society. What is more worth pondering is the hidden urban governance code: the soldiers napping in the Wanghuo Tower and the folk autonomous traffic diversion staged in Hongqiao. These details together write a unique chapter in urban management in the Song Dynasty. "