Ancient Chinese
Street
30 April 2007
Chongqing has a Foreigners
Street (洋人街), but at the
southeast section of the foreigner’s world
there is a corner that is more Chinese, at
least in appearance, than most non-foreigner
areas in the metropolitan.
A piece of ancient
Henan in Sichuan
It is a street built
based on the ancient painting, Riverside
Scene at Qingming Festival (《清明上河图》) by Song
Dynasty (960 - 1279) artist Zhang Zeduan (张择端).
During this May Day
holiday, along the Song street, Han clothing
will be available for visitors to don, copper
coins will be used as the currency and old
styled teahouses, taverns and crafts stores
will open for business.
The Riverside
Scene is a 5 metre long painting that
portrays a panoramic street scene of the 11th
century’s Chinese capital Bianliang (汴梁), located in today’s
Kaifeng, Henan.
A
section of the painting
