Picture tells a thousand stories

Zhang Zeduan's famous work, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, created during the 12th century has inspired a modern day author. Xing Yi reports.

For many Chinese, Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls on April 5 this year, is associated with a famous painting created by Zhang Zeduan during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).

The 5.28-meter-wide and 0.24-meter-high Along the River During the Qingming Festival vividly depicts life along the banks of the Bianhe River, which flows through Bianliang, the capital city of the dynasty and today's Kaifeng city in Henan province.