A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth

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Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney invite you to join them on a magical journey through China via a marvelous 72-foot long 17th-century Chinese scroll entitled The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (1691-1698), scroll seven . As Hockney unrolls the beautiful and minutely detailed work of art, he traces the Emperor Kangxi’s second tour of his southern empire in 1689.

Type: Movie

Country: US

Premiered: March 18, 1988

Date aired: 1988-3-18

Season: Winter

Status: Released

Genres: Documentary

Episodes: 1

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Rating: 8

Budget: 150 paisa