Title: Along the river during the Qingming Festival (part) Embroidery size: 150 x 25cm Embroidery base: Silk fabric Frame material: wood Origin: China This is a reproduction of "Along the river during the Qingming Festival" which is one of China's most famous and priceless painting with silk threads, the most fineness of silk threads used on this painting is 1/10 silk threads, that means the artist split the thread up to 10 strands in order to get a great effect of painting, 100% hand embroidered and then wood framed. The original painting was created by a Song Dynasty artist named Zhang Zeduan and the size is 528 long and 24.8cm wide. The painting captures the daily life of people from the Song period at the capital, Pien Jing (today's Kaifeng). The theme celebrates Qing Ming Festival and the content reveals the lifestyle of all stratum of the society (from rich to poor) as well as different economic activities in rural areas and the city. It offers glimpse of the costumes and architecture during that period.