Which is the most significant classical Chinese painting? According to Paul Denlinger, who     1     ( come) to China many times when young, it should be Qingming Shanghe Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival. This    2    ( create) dates back to the Northern Song dynasty.

This painting is important    3     several reasons. First, up until this time, almost all Chinese     4     ( painting) were landscapes, which did not feature people at all or had only a few people.     5    ( two) , this is the first scroll (卷轴)painting to describe both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing ( now Kaifeng, in Henan province). Third, the painting is highly detailed,     6    ( feature ) shops of all kinds and different economic activities in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technologies of the time, which helps them     7    great deal in understanding     8    the Chinese lived.

The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the    9    ( origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies—the Qing version     10    ( hold) in the M National Palace Museum” in Taipei.