Three scenes from festivals of the twelve months, late 18th-early 19th century. Spiritual ascension of lunar goddess Chang’e from her earthly home to the moon, which is celebrated at the Mid-Autumn Festival. Qing dynasty (164-–1911)

---

Size: 1737px × 4960px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 18th, 19th, agriculture, art, ascending, ascension, ascent, astronomy, building, century, chang, china, chinese, cloud, clouds, colour, concept, country, deity, dynasty, eighteenth, female, festival, framed, god, goddess, harvest, harvesting, henge, heritage, ink, location, lunar, met, metropolitan, mid-autumn, moon, museum, nineteenth, painting, panel, panels, pavilion, people, portrait, qing, quing, religion, religious, science, silk, solar, spiritual, system, unknown, weather, woman, women