Garden of Solitary Enjoyment refers to a site built in 1073 by the statesman Sima Guang (1019–1086) after he had retired to Luoyang, Henan province. Every spring, visitors would flock to his garden.
This world-famous masterpiece of social customs painting of the Northern Song Dynasty has spawned countless copies, imitations, different versions and re-creations. Among them, Ming Dynasty’s Qiu Ying’s “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” is the most famous.
China’s top ten greatest works of Chinese ink painting. It’s about important historical paintings from the early Tang Dynasty.
This scroll, “Han Palace Spring Dawn,” was painted by the Ming Dynasty artist Qiu Ying and is regarded as one of China’s top ten surviving masterpieces.