「清明上河圖」是寫實風俗畫的傑作，歷代臨仿者甚多，此卷是由清宮畫院的五位畫家陳枚、孫祜、金昆、戴洪、程志道在乾隆元年〈西元一七三六年〉合作畫成，因此又稱為「清院本」。所畫的事物繁多，可以說是按照各朝的彷本，集各家所長的作品。用色鮮麗明亮，用筆圓熟，界畫橋樑、屋宇、人物皆細膩嚴謹，雖失去了宋代古制，卻是研究明清之際社會風俗不可缺的材料。

Up the River on the Ch’ing-ming Festival

Court Artists
Ch;ing Dynastry (1644-1911)

The original version of Up the River on the Ch’ing-ming Festival from the Sung dynasty is a masterpiece of genre painting. Many copies were made over the centuries. This is a collaborative effort of 5 Ch’ing court artists --- Ch’en Mei, Chin K’un, Tai Hung, and Ch’eng Chih-tao --- and was completed in 1736, hence its name as the “Ch’ing court version.” The contents are extremely rich, following after the styles and coloring and mature brushwork, the ruled-line representation of the architecture and the rendering of the figures are fine and exact. Although it departs from the Sung version (960-1279), it is an invaluable source of study for Ming and Ch’ing society and customs.