Chinese Paintings - Top10 HD
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Chinese Paintings - Top10 HD is a iOS app in the Books And Reference category, developed by 俊 姜. First released 10 years ago(Oct 2015),
Store info: Last updated on App Store on Aug 29, 2025 .
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TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS CHINESE PAINTINGS !
THE FASTEST WAY TO KNOW CHINESE CULTURE !
CHINA’S NATIONAL TREASURES !
• SYSTEM LANGUAGE:
English
Japanese
Russian
Chinese
German
French
Portuguese
Spanish
Korean
• HERE ARE THE PAINTINGS:
- ALONG THE RIVER DURING THE QINGMING FESTIVAL
(清明上河图)
The painting is more than 900 years old. It depicts the prosperous Chinese business civilization of the then-capital city. There are more than 800 people in the picture. Chinese scrolls start with the right end side. This scroll is more than 5 meters long(5.74 yards). The canal in the painting is part of the Grand Canal (more than 1000 miles, a UNESCO World Heritage Site). Hundreds of thousands tons of grain was shipped along the canal to the capital every year.
- HUNDRED HORSES
(百骏图)
The painter is Giuseppe Castiglione, an Italian Jesuit. As a missionary, he came to China in 1715 and became a painter at the imperial court in 1723. He died in Beijing in 1766. There are one hundred horses and several nomadic herdsmen in the painting.
- EMPEROR TAIZONG RECEIVING THE TIBETAN ENVOY
(步辇图)
The painting shows the friendly encounter between the Tang dynasty and Tibet. In 634, the Tibetan king (Songtsän Gampo) sent an envoy to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang dynasty, to propose a diplomatic marriage.
- DWELLING IN THE FUCHUN MOUNTAINS
(富春山居图)
It was painted between 1348 and 1350, and considered to be the greatest painting by Huang Gongwang. The painting is 6.37 meters (7 yards) long. The painting is in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan. Huang was a Taoist living the Fuchun mountains. He died at age 85.The painting is the original one which has survived more than 600 years. It was once worth 50,000 grams of gold.
- DUCHESS GUO HORSEBACK RIDING IN SPRING
(虢国夫人游春图)
It depicts that Duchess Guo (the central one in a blue upper garment and a red wrap-around skirt ) riding a horse to enjoy the outdoors in spring, 752. The painting was redrawn a couple of copies by the royal painters in 1107, but only one copy survived 900 years as shown here. All the people in the picture are women, some of whom wear m