Along the River (32 page)

paternal grandfather 

Zhang is a family name (surname) and Mei Lan means “Beautiful Orchid” 

famous court painter ( 
AD
1085—1145)

royal surname 

capital city of China during the Song Dynasty, located in the eastern Henan province of China; it is now known as Kaifeng  

Bureau of Music of Great Brilliance 

Inner Palace 

Outer City 

a town on the Yangtze River, near the Three Gorges Dam 

imperial park, commissioned by Emperor Huizong 

Royal Academy of Art; it was very prestigious to be accepted as a Han Lin scholar 

Rainbow Bridge