Why can’t the picture of Along the River During the Qingming Festival be hung in the house?

Yes, there are many cross-stitches of "Along the River During Qingming Festival" hanging at home. The painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival is relatively long, so you can choose a section to hang at home.

Along the River During the Qingming Festival is one of China's top ten famous paintings handed down from generation to generation. It is a genre painting of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is the only surviving masterpiece of the Northern Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan. It is a national treasure and is now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

Along the River During the Qingming Festival is 25.2 cm wide and 528.7 cm long, ink and color on silk. The work is in the form of a long scroll and uses scattered perspective composition to vividly record the urban appearance of Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty in China in the 12th century and the living conditions of people from all walks of life at that time. It is a testimony to the prosperity of Bianjing in that year and a portrayal of the urban economic situation in the Northern Song Dynasty.

This is unique in the history of painting in China and the world. In the five-meter-long scroll, Mao Zedong painted 814 people of various colors, 73 cattle, mules, donkeys and other livestock, more than 20 carts and sedan chairs, and 29 large and small boats. Houses, bridges, towers, etc. each have their own characteristics, reflecting the characteristics of Song Dynasty architecture. It has high historical value and artistic value.