The Tangzi Street Frescoes of the
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are located at No 74 Tangzi Street,
Hanximen in Western Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province.
Discovered in 1952, these frescoes are
representative of the Taiping
Heavenly Kingdom frescoes that have been found up to
now. This is the original location of the office for the officer in the charge
of Prince Yang Xiuqing: a single-storied, post and panel structure with gray
tiles that faced south.
There are 18 Tangzi
Street Frescoes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in total, all of which are wash paintings located in the
main hall and on the lime wall or board in the second hall. The main hall has
eight frescoes. On the front wall is the Picture of a Peacock and Peonies,
measuring 233 by 336 centimeters; on the eastern and western walls respectively
are four huge landscape paintings: Mountains, Hall on the
River, Waterfall and Balcony Looking Over and a gallery
of flower and bird paintings: The Steed, Two Deer and The
Red-Crowned Crane. On the walls in the second hall is another gallery of
flower and bird paintings: Lotus and Mandarin Ducks, Appreciating
Cranes and Deer in Spring, Lion Playing Ball, Picture of Fish
Swimming
, etc.
The Tangzi Street Office Frescoes explain
the temporary military and economic life through lively landscapes with a dense
country flavor. However, there are no people depicted in the
frescoes.