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A woman traveling on a horse, accompanied by several servants. Her way is blocked by a procession of ox-drawn carriages. One of her servants is shouting at the drivers to get out of the way.

A woman servant with her hair in a bun brings a bowl from the restaurant in the center of the scene to her mistress seated in the sedan chair. (Hansen, 1996b, sec.18)

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…

A branch wine shop on the street. The striped flag signifies people that it sells wine.

A branch wineshop (腳店) outside of the city wall. A board outside of the wineshop says "Ten Thousand Branch Wineshop (十千腳店)." Note the flag hanging outside of the wineshop which says "New Wine…

A wine shop located besides the river bank. The road-side entrance to the inn is decorated with an ornate bamboo trellis decked with a three-strip hanging flag, a characteristic feature of wine shops at the time. (Hansen, 1996b, sec.10) An entrance…

A small wine shop. A flag flying in front of the shop says "Little Wine." This kind of flag is an official sign of a wine shop. As we will see, all the wine shops in the hand scroll have the same flag in front of their gates.

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 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,…