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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,…

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.

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…

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 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…

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…

The tow-rope reaches its end on the path above the river, where five trackers are pulling it upstream, against the current. (Hansen, 1996b, sec.12)