A famous painting through the ages, a dream scattered in time and space.
Xuan Zhiyan, a researcher at the Modern Museum, accidentally traveled through time during the restoration work of Along the River During the Qingming Festival. When he woke up, he was in the scroll, with the prosperous Bianjing clearly in front of him. This is not only the prosperous time of the Song Dynasty, but also a place where all kinds of human nature and social events are intertwined. The shouts on the street, the welcoming music of the building and boat, and the chatter of the inkmen in the restaurant came to my face vividly, but Xuan stopped talking and became the figure in the painting.
He got acquainted with the confidante who was like the spirit of the painting - Liu Ruqing, a woman from Qinghe, who was beautiful and mysterious, and seemed to have an unknown secret with the painting. What's even weirder is that he frequently encounters "familiar faces" in Bianjing: Su Shi, who is dressed in commoner clothes and chatting and laughing, Zhang Zeduan, who is fishing alone in the cold river, Cai Jing, who is half hidden in the city... This picture, which has been static for thousands of years, turns out to be a true history sealed by time.
The person outside the painting is the soul in the painting. Xuan Zhiyan tried to find a way to return to reality, but gradually discovered that he might be the "key to the painting" chosen by fate - he could only leave by deciphering the historical truth hidden in the painting for thousands of years. However, when he is shaken by Liu Ruqing's tenderness and his obsession with Song Dynasty culture, how should he make a choice?
Is it to remain on paper and become a stroke of prosperity for thousands of years; or is it to reverse fate and awaken the shocking secret behind the thousand-year scroll?
A time-travel adventure about time, history and people's hearts is about to begin quietly in this famous painting that never ends.
