Essay · 6 min · EN
Eternal China: Reading the Qingming Scroll
Does the celebrated Qingming scroll depict a spring festival in the Song capital, or an ideal, timeless China of bustling commerce and imperial order?
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Essays and field notes
Essays, field notes and research by Noam Backner on China, Inner Asia, Buddhism, the Silk Roads, food, agriculture and the lived experience of place.