邦妮，中央美术学院人文学院博士研究生，研究方向以中国美术史为主，发表文章涉及中国古代卷轴画、明代图像视觉文化研究等内容。目前主要关注的学术议题主要为宋元卷轴画与明清大众图像。

ContentsPreface．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．01Chapter ITravel in Time Through a Painting Section 1 Tranquil Life in Bianjing Suburb．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．002Section 2 The Prosperous Bianhe River．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．008Section 3 Rainbow Bridge Known as ‘the Visual Center of Painting’．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．018Section 4 Thriving Business．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．024Section 5 Which Gate of Bianjing City Is It? ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．041Section 6 Busy Urban Area．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．047Section 7 Secular Figures in the Genre Painting．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．069Chapter II The Northern Song Dynasty Behind the MasterpieceSection 1 Bianjing， the Capital of the Northern Song Dynasty．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．076Section 2 An International Metropolis Supported by Citizens．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．090Section 3 Bianhe River， Bianjing’s Lifeline．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．096Section 4 Water Transport of Grain， the Foundation of the Country．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．103Chapter III ‘The Riverside Scene at the Qingming Festival’ and the Chinese Genre PaintingSection 1 The Song Dynasty’s Genre Painting Trend．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．112Section 2 Life of the Song Dynasty in Genre Painting．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．129Section 3 The Decline of Genre Painting．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．142Section 4 Looking Back on Chinese and Western Genre Paintings．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．150Chapter IV A-Thousand-Years Odyssey of ‘The Riverside Scene at the Qingming Festival’ Section 1 Drifting in the ‘River of History’．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．166Section 2 Building up Fame While Wandering Around．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．176Section 3 Global Study of ‘The Riverside Scene at the Qingming Festival’．．．．．．．．．．187Section 4 Chinese Painting With a Long History．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．190Section 5 Chinese Painting Closely Connected With World Culture．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．197Appendix A Brief Chinese Chronology．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．202