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A small pavilion, with titled-roof, elevated above ground. It stands right next to the vegetable farm in the country, on the boundary between the rural area and the city. It is also the only pavilion depicted in the painting.

A pastry shop on a busy street.

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.

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.

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…

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

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…

A Tax official sitting in the Tax Office right next to the city gate examining tax documents of the merchants at a table. The merchants may be paying a value-added tax on the goods they are bringing into the city.

A monk and a daoist stand side by side in a crowd of people listening to a storyteller telling a story. A literatus stands next to them.