[mairdie]

I did. Very much so. That painting is much nicer than the early one by Zhang Seduan 1085-1145 AD, on which all the later paintings were based. But notice the same bridge. They all depict everyday life centuries apart. Absolutely marvelous.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I worked in China in a very remote region on the Yangtze River in the fall/winter/spring of ‘76-’77. The peasant villages, buildings, and boats looked a lot like what you see in that painting. The main difference was that everybody wore Mao suits in that era.