Treading Song is a famous painter of the Southern Song Dynasty, Ma Yuan's masterpiece, this picture is near the ridge and stream bridge, the boulder perched on the left corner, sparse willows and bamboos, there are a few old farmers singing and dancing on the ridge. In the distance, the peak is cut into, the palace is hidden, and the sun is shining. The whole atmosphere is cheerful and open, which figuratively expresses the poetic meaning of "people are happy in the year of abundance, and they walk on the ridge with songs". Tap song is a folk entertainment form of non-conformity, with the foot stomping and song of the so-called. According to "Old Story of Wulin-Yuanxi", in the poem written by Li Bianfang about the prosperous weather of Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, there is the sentence "The shadows of the people are gradually balanced by the cold dew, and the sound of treading songs is by the side of the dawn clouds". In addition, Zhang Wuzi's poem: "The flat lake is printed in the evening sky, the song-treading girls are led by the brocade; the capital city is half-covered by the people fighting for the road, and there is still a huqin behind the boat". Can be seen in this form of entertainment in the civilian population is very prevalent. This picture in the specific painting method, the brush is strong and simple, the big axe chopping chapped extremely clean, it is the typical characteristics of the courtyard. The branches of the trees have a downward trend, is Ma Yuan's personal creation. This piece of work, in general, although not the edge of the scene, but in the specific treatment, has been integrated into the law of the edge of the scene, so, not to majestic, but to win the freshness. Especially the thin peaks, like water and stone bonsai, dynamic and light, never the Northern Song landscape painting of the kind of compelling heart and lungs of the overwhelming momentum.