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What did an extravagant party look like a thousand years ago?
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The Night Revels of Han Xizai is a top 10 classic among all surviving Chinese paintings. It's attributed to court painter Gu Hongzhong during the Five Dynasties. The painting vividly represents a night party hosted by Han Xizai, a high-ranking official of the Later Tang Dynasty. How's the party like? And why did Gu Hongzhong make such a painting? Professor Fei Jun from the Central Academy of Fine Arts answers these questions.

The inaugural season of the CGTN Art Series, "The Song, Painted," is a virtual exhibition of Song-dynasty masterpieces that are currently housed in museums worldwide.

CGTN presents to the world a sumptuous journey of culture – zooming in on the Song Dynasty art and the ethos reflected in the paintings and delving into a millennial dream.

Enter the exhibition: The Song, Painted

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