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The Qingming Riverside Painting is one of the top ten famous paintings passed down from generation to generation in China. This is a folk painting of the Northern Song Dynasty, the only surviving masterpiece of the Northern Song painter Zhang Zeduan. It is a national treasure level cultural relic and is currently housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing. The Qingming Riverside Map is 25.2 centimeters wide and 528.7 centimeters long, with colored silk. The work, in the form of a long scroll and using scatter perspective composition, vividly records the urban landscape of the capital city of the Northern Song Dynasty in China in the 12th century, Tokyo (also known as Bianjing, now Kaifeng, Henan), and the living conditions of people from all walks of life at that time. It is a witness to the prosperity of the capital city of Bianjing during the Northern Song Dynasty and a portrayal of the urban economic situation of the Northern Song Dynasty. This collection features a Qingming Riverside Cross Embroidery with a length of 602cm and a width of 75cm. In the form of long rolls, using skilled and refined cross stitch techniques. The collection is majestic, beautiful and exquisite, with a relief sculpture of the Qingming River Arch Bridge on top, creating a vivid picture. This collection is handmade by a renowned master and requires approximately 2.6 million stitches to embroider into a magnificent and magnificent finished product. The shuttle of every stitch creates such exquisite patterns, with exquisite embroidery and delicate needle production, making it a masterpiece with both cultural and collectible value. In the long scroll, a total of 814 characters of various colors were embroidered, including 73 livestock such as cows, mules, donkeys, more than 20 carriages and sedans, and 29 ships of all sizes. Houses, bridges, and city towers each have their own characteristics, reflecting the characteristics of Song Dynasty architecture and having high collection and artistic value.