Child imagery has played an important role in China's traditional art of painting. The earliest depictions of children were found during the Warring States Period （475-221 BC）. However,it's after more than a millennium that genre paintings featuring children had their heyday in the Song Dynasty （960-1279）. A significant number of children's portraits had been created in history. Overall, child subjects fall into three categories: playing children, shepherd boys, and peddlers. Zhang Xuan and Zhou Fang were two portrait painters of the Tang Dynasty （618-907） good at depicting children at play. Popular children's games in ancient times include playing house,fighting on "horseback", cricket-fighting, and so on. Su Hanchen of the Song Dynasty began to establish romantic associations linking childhood with naivety in his artworks, which were drawn with meticulous observations.
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Portraits of Children in the Tang Dynasty Feet of Chinese Unicorn (Partial) Feet of Chinese Unicorn (Partial) Feet of Chinese Unicorn (Partial) Feet of Chinese Unicorn (Partial) Two Kids (Incomplete)
Portraits of Children in the Song Dynasty Children at Play in an Autumn Garden (Partial) Five Mascots (Partial) Washing the Statue of Buddha Children at Play (Partial) Children at Play (Partial) Children at Play (Partial) Children at Play in an Autumn Garden (Partial) One Hundred Children at Play (Partial) One Hundred Children at Play (Partial) One Hundred Children at Play (Partial) One Hundred Children at Play (Partial) One Hundred Children at Play (Partial) One Hundred Children at Play (Partial) One Hundred Children at Play (Partial) One Hundred Children at Play (Partial) Portrait of an Actor Portrait of a Peddler Children at Play Picking Dates (Partial) Children at Play in Winter Garden (Partial) Children at Play in Dragon Boat Festival (Partial) Portrait of a Peddler Peddling Children Living in Harmony (Partial) Children Living in Harmony (Partial) Grazing in an Autumn Forest (Partial) Children at Play in a Garden Children at Play in an Autumn Garden Ball-playing in the Shade of a Plantain Tree One Hundred Children at Play One Hundred Children at Play Returning Drunkenly on Chun-she Day Wenji Returning Home Child and Two Cats Children at Play Outside a Lotus Pavilion
Portraits of Children in the Yuan Dynasty Solidarity (Partial) Solidarity (Partial) Children at Play in Summer (Partial) Children at Play in Autumn (Partial) Portrait of a Peddler Return of Child Cowherds in the Shade of Willow Trees
Portraits of Children in the Ming Dynasty Children at Play A Facsimile Painting of Song Dynasty A Facsimile Painting of Song Dynasty A Facsimile Painting of Song Dynasty Watching the Children Catching Willow Catkins (Partial) Portrait of Figures (Partial) Peddler in Spring Peddler in Summer Peddler in Autumn Peddler in Winter Peddler Portrait of the Laughing Buddha Peddlers
Portraits of Children in the Qing Dynasty Children at Play First Day of the Lunar New Year (Partial) First Day of the Lunar New Year (Partial) Celebrating the First Day of the Lunar New Year Celebrating the First Day of the Lunar New Year (Partial) Celebrating the First Day of the Lunar New Year (Partial) Lunar Calendar Months (December) (Partial) Peace and Pleasure Peace and Pleasure Peace and Pleasure Peace and Pleasure Celebrating Lantern Festival Children at Play Under Palm and Banana Trees Auspicious Happiness Children at Play Early Spring Children at Play One Hundred Children at Play One Hundred Children at Play One Hundred Children at Play One Hundred Children at Play One Hundred Children at Play One Hundred Children at Play Appendix
