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
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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
