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This area just inside the city gate is one of the busiest in the entire city. In front of the state-run wholesale wine shop, a huge crowd gathers with heavy traffic going both inside and outside the city.

Donkeys are one of the most popular means of land transportation as depicted in the painting. They are used for carrying goods, pulling wheel carts, as well as for people to ride on them directly. Few elites, though, such as the literati or…

Donkeys are one of the most popular means of land transportation as depicted in the painting. They are used for carrying goods, pulling wheel carts, as well as for people to ride on them directly. Few elites, though, such as the literati or…

Donkeys are one of the most popular means of land transportation as depicted in the painting. They are used for carrying goods, pulling wheel carts, as well as for people to ride on them directly. Few elites, though, such as the literati or…

Two figures in long while robes, whose hair pins and hairstyle identify them as Daoists. (Hansen, 1996b, sec.25) They are conversing with each other on the street.

A cloth shop that sells various kinds of cloths.

Next to the elaborate gate of the city, we see this relatively low wall that could be its extension. Some scholars have speculated that it is part of a larger city wall that separates the city proper from the outer region.