Chinese Painting #3

In this article I learned changes in Chinese painting in differenst time period.  The earliest paintings were just patterns or design, like spirals, zigzags, dots or lines.  The early pottery were painted in a similar way.  From the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), the painting style started to change.  The painters started to paint the world around them.  Artists from the Han (202 BC) to the Tang (618-906) dynasties started to paint human figures.  We know this from discovered the early paainting inside the tomb. They often painted on the tomb wall, silk banners, etc.  Tomb painting is to protect the dead to have peace at heaven, or to show how rich the family were.  Some of the tomb paintings are well preserved, so the scientist can study from it.  Now at the modern China,  artists started to using new techniques. 
One thing that I found interesting is the painting Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan in Song Dysnaty.  This is the only but famou painting he left.  It's unbelievable huge.  (25.5 by 525 cm=q10 in by 17 ft 3 in)  Is captured the daily life in the city, Kaifeng.  The painting included hundreds of people, livestocks,  up to sixty buildings, bridges, boats, and yet, everyone of them are different.  This is why this painting is so amazing. 

Source: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_painting