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Original "Qingming Shanghe Tu" (Along the River During the Qing-Ming Festival) to be displayed in Hong Kong

One of China's most famous and priceless paintings, "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" (qingming shanghe tu 清明上河图) is now on display at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. The painting is on loan from the Beijing government as part of the c... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Tue, Jul 03 2007

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04 Apr 08 visit Hong Kong stocks closed for Qingming Festival  »  People's Daily Hong Kong stocks closed on Friday for Chinese traditional Qingming Festival, a public holiday for people to mourn for their deceased relatives and sweep the tombs of the departed. Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange will be resumed ...
29 Jun 07 visit National treasures to be exhibited in HK  »  People's Daily An unprecedented exhibition of China's most valuable national treasures, including the world famous painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" in the Song Dynasty, opened at the Hong Kong Museum of Art Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of...
04 Apr 09 visit From the Granite Studio Archives: Zhou Enlai, the Qingming Festival, and the spring demonstrations of 1976  »  Granite Studio Today is the Qingming “Tomb Sweeping” Festival, which is a day to honor the dearly departed.  It’s also a day with political significance, particularly after the death of a popular leader.  This post, originally published on t...
22 Mar 07 visit Shanghai tomb sweepers coming to a cemetary near you  »  Shanghaiist In two weeks time (April 5), we Shanghainese are going to celebrate the Qingming Festival. Tomb sweeping, or honouring the deceased, is one of the important Qingming Festival rituals for most Chinese. Eastday (in Chinese) said already around 30,000...
06 Apr 09 visit Qingming - a Day for Flowers  »  China Expat   You could smell these, too, if you were at the park.         Enough hand-wringing over losing the spirit of Christmas. What the world needs is more spirit of Qingming. Ironic, since the mind in a hurry quickly categorizes Qingming as ...

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