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The river is full of such cargo vessels transporting various goods and food items to different locations in the city.This particular one is arguably the most dramatic among all the ships in the painting. The entire crew is frantically trying to lower…

Here one can see the northern entrance to the Lotus Pavilion Academy. In late imperial China, wealthy lineages such as the Lus often established schools such as this, where junior members of the lineage could receive instruction in the Chinese…