2. Introduction to Millennium City Park of Kaifeng
Millennium City Park (also called Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden) located in the old
city of Kaifeng (the former Bianjing) in Henan Province.
The built area consists of several architectural complexes which are re-creations based on
the famous 12 century painting by Zhang Zeduan of 'The Qingming Festival by the
Riverside'. This picture is a painted scroll depicting life along Bian River during the Qingming
Festival.
A majestic pavilion of 31.99 meters (about 105 feet) will draw our attention. It is so tall and
seems to be able to touch the clouds. This is how it got the name of Fuyun (whisking the
cloud) Pavilion. It was also the place where important royal documents and traditional
Chinese painting and books are stored during the Song Dynasty.
Rainbow Bridge is a well-known feature in the Park. It is a replica of one of the ten ancient
timber bridges. The bridge is 5 meters (about 16 feet) high.
At each end of the Rainbow Bridge you will find many performances about folk custom. A
staff of about 1,000 employed in the garden wearing different traditional clothes put on
performances for the visitors. On the streets you can find acrobats, puppet
shows, cockfighting and even a marriage scene.
The whole landscape in Millennium City Park reflects an eternal theme of harmony
8. Zhang Zeduan, The painter of ‘The Qingming Festival by the
Riverside’ 張擇端,字正道,又字文友,東步(今山東諸城)人,北宋末年傑出畫
家,任職翰林圖畫院,專事繪畫。其作品大都失傳。 《清明上河圖》本是進獻給宋徽
宗的貢品,流傳至今已有 800 多年的歷史。
9. Stone carving of ‘The Qingming Festival by the Riverside'
清明上河圖石雕
全長 33.32 米,高 2.23 米。是迄今為止世界上最大的一幅《清
明上河圖》石雕。與原圖一樣具有極高的欣賞價值。
這幅圖描繪的是東京汴梁清明時節的繁榮景象,是當年繁榮盛
世的見證,突出反映了當時北宋都城的城市面貌和各階層人民
的生活。