Ming Dynasty Army (Medieval Chinese, 出警图)

Patreon: My Blog: I want to state first that I did not animate the figures in the painting, that was done by the marvelous NPM 國立故宮博物院 Please check out their links and see their original videos below. These will be much longer, and without any audio. In order to distinguish from their videos I have made sufficient editing changes as well as inserted music to heighten the sense of immersion for you all. SUBJECT The video depicts segments of the famous Ming scroll painting 出警图 “The Departure Herald“ from the Jiajing reign period (1522-1566 AD); the painting shows the emperor’s large imperial procession heading towards the imperial tombs of the Ming emperors located roughly 50 km north of the capital Beijing. The famous painting is currently housed in the Nat