So the tomb sweeping holiday passed a few weeks ago but I& #39;m thinking about this painting that depicted a riverside down in the midst of the festivities. It& #39;s called 清明上河图 and fairly well known as an art piece

Because this is a very long painting, restaurants like to use it as a trim and you can see it in eateries in China and sometimes in overseas Chinese restaurants

If you& #39;re a fan of where& #39;s Waldo (wally for UK people) books where u look for small details there& #39;s a lot to find in this painting. I am partial to boat about to run into a bridge

Even with so much else going on you can see the people& #39;s gesturing and likely yelling animatedly as the boat gets closer. It& #39;s very lively and if you didn& #39;t tell me it was about tomb sweeping festival I& #39;d never guess

You get the sense that even on a festival day this was very much a working holiday for people across the then capital of the Song dynasty. There& #39;s a sense of hurried coexistence among everyone in it. Which I guess suits the fact that restaurants display this painting, doesn& #39;t it