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Monday, April 4, 2011

History in clay

The clay sculpture from the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival is seen under construction in Tangshan, North China's Hebei province, July 15, 2010. The sculpture, 300-meter-long and 600 meter-wide, is 40% completed and scaled to two-thirds of the original scene and designed by Qin Shiping, a farmer-turned-entrepreneur from Tangshan city


The combo photo shows part of the clay sculpture from the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival (left) and part of the painted scroll (right). The famous ancient painting, a masterpiece by the imperial court painter Zhang Zeduan, is a long painted scroll 528 cm long and 24.8 cm wide, which portrays street scenes of Bianjing (today's Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province), the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)


The clay sculpture from the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival is seen under construction in Tangshan, North China's Hebei province, July 15, 2010


The clay sculpture from the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival is seen under construction in Tangshan in North China's Hebei province, July 15, 2010

The clay sculpture from the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival is seen under construction in Tangshan, North China's Hebei province, July 15, 2010

The clay sculpture from the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival is seen under construction in Tangshan, North China's Hebei province, July 15, 2010

 
 The clay sculpture from the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival is seen under construction in Tangshan, North China's Hebei province, July 15, 2010

The clay sculpture from the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival is seen under construction in Tangshan, North China's Hebei province, July 15, 2010.



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