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Merchants stand with their goods in front of an official writing at a table. They may be paying a value-added tax on the goods they are bringing into the city. (Hansen, 1996b, sec.23)

A scholar talks to a Buddhist monk with a shaved head. (Hansen, 1996b, sec.25)

An official riding on a horse travels across the city. He is accompanied by a group of servants. In front of him are two palaquins. A woman sitting in one of them, probably the official's wife, is looking at the busy street from the window of the…

An official travels on a horse, accompanied by a team of servants.

An old woman is talking to a man. A child is playing besides them.

A passenger ship, with a number of onlookers point and shouting at the adjacent cargo ship whose mast is being pulled by men on shore.

There are a number of these ox-drawn carriages in the painting. It is not clear what types of passengers would ride in such carriages, but judging by the elaborate structure of the different carriages, it is safe to assume that the passengers belong…

There are numerous sedan chairs in the painting. As a sedan chair requires servants to carry it, the passengers in them must be relatively affluent members of society. In fact, virtually all of the sedan chairs in the painting are each accompanied by…

There are numerous sedan chairs in the painting. As a sedan chair requires servants to carry it, the passengers in them must be relatively affluent members of society. In fact, virtually all of the sedan chairs in the painting are each accompanied by…

On the River, we see a number of passenger ships in addition to the ubiquitous cargo ships. Here, we see a solitary man on a simple boat, perhaps doing laundry on the River.