The Riverside Painting at Qingming : a Study of Cultural Spirit Creating “Yan Yun Hai Yu”

Abstract

This article involved with the cultural spirit contained in the riverside scene at Qingming, one of the top ten most famous paintings in China. It has been passed down from ancient times to the present. The purposes of this study were 1) to study the riverside painting at Qingming; 2) to translate the contents on the difficult paintings for the general public; and 3) to preserve the cultural spirit in modern society. This study has surveyed the riverside scene at Qingming through various research methods, including documentary and field research, data analysis, summarizing the appreciated painting, cultural spiritual analysis, and presenting the self-immersing idea in the riverside scene at Qingming painting and other similar Chinese paintings. The finding revealed the riverside scene at Qingming was the cultural spirit corresponding to the metaphor “Back to Basic” considered a great immortal philosophy in modern society. Teaching for all humans realized the caring, prepared for danger during peaceful period, with rapid technology and development.