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A woman traveling on a donkey, accompanied by two male servants. The women's headdresses indicate they are not well-off, as does the fact that they ride donkeys, and not in sedan-chairs. Yet because they are not on foot, the viewer realizes they are…

This vegetable farm, though without anyone working on it, is the only sign of any settlement in the rural area depicted in the painting. Vegetable is apparently a staple items in all the shops throughout the city, in addition to being part of the…

The Wang Family Paper Goods shop. The shop sells paper money and paper goods for worshiping ancestors and gods. Extending into the street is a paper multi-storey house. (Hansen,1996b, sec.8)

Water supply in the Northern Song capital of Kaifeng is scant. While people are permitted to use them, they are not allowed to dig new wells as they see fit. In the year 1046, responding to various plea for greater water supply, the Northern Song…

A wheel shop located on the busy street.A wheelwright and his apprentice work in their small shop. The wheelwright gently taps the wooden sections of the wheel onto the spokes with a mallet, while his apprentice readies new wooden sections. They are…

A wheelwright and his apprentice work in their small shop. The wheelwright gently taps the wooden sections of the wheel onto the spokes with a mallet, while his apprentice readies new wooden sections. They are making a wheelbarrow, whose frame lies…

A wholesale wineshop (正店) located on a busy street inside the city. A three-storied store, a flag "Wholesale Wineshop (正店)" is on the left side of the entrance gate. A small mountain of wine jars is piled in the back yard…

Willow trees are planted right on the riverbank in order to strengthen the foundation. The state also took to cutting the branches off the willow trees, so that the trunk would grow even bigger and stronger. Willow trees with unusually large trunk,…

Willow trees such as these can be seen throughout the scroll. They are mostly planted along the banks of the River, in order to strengthen the foundation.

Willow trees are planted right on the riverbank in order to strengthen the foundation. The state also took to cutting the branches off the willow trees, so that the trunk would grow even bigger and stronger. Willow trees with unusually large trunk,…