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Horseback riding is a popular means of land transportation. However, within the context of the painting, horseback riding seems to be restricted to the elite of society, such as officials or the literati. Note, also, while there are many wheel carts…

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)

A client consults a fortune-teller, whose stall advertises three different services: "determining auspicious days" (變轂), "fortune-telling" (看命), and "prognostication" (神課). (Hansen, 1996b, sec.18)

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…

An extension on the roof top on this riverside structure, perhaps to guard against rain.

This tower structure is apparently the de facto gate to the city. In the room of the top of the tower, there's a drum, and some have suspected that this is the drum tower of the city. Architecturally, this is by far one of the most complex and…

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…