"The Double-Screen Weiqi Match" is a silk painting created by the Five Dynasties artist Zhou Wenju. Although t…
"The Double-Screen Weiqi Match" is a silk painting created by the Five Dynasties artist Zhou Wenju. Although the original has been lost, the earliest surviving Song Dynasty copy is kept at the Palace Museum in Beijing. The artwork depicts Southern Tang's ruler Li Jing playing go with his brothers. Using the "trembling stroke" technique, the composition is ingeniously designed, featuring a screen within a screen—hence the name "Double Screen." Several copies were made during the Song Dynasty. As a realistic court painting, this work not only vividly captures the likenesses of the figures but also accurately depicts the everyday objects inside the room. This makes it an important visual resource for historians studying household items and palace life during the Five Dynasties and medieval China.
Today, the painting is preserved at the Palace Museum in Beijing.