"Rare Public Opinion Map" Qing Qianlong "Gusu Prosperous Picture Scroll"

Part of the "Gusu Prosperous Picture Scroll"

Name: Gusu prosperous picture scroll

Age: Qing

Author: Xu Yang

Specification: Color on paper 1225*35.8 cm

Source: Liaoning Provincial Museum

In the twenty-fourth year of the Qianlong Dynasty (1759), Xu Yang, a Suzhou court painter who was good at characters, flowers, birds and insects, spent 24 years creating a long scroll called "Prosperous Breeding Map", and used scattered perspective techniques to reflect the city style of "Shangjia spokes, department stores and Khotan" in Suzhou at that time, also known as "Gusu Prosperous Map", dedicated to the Qianlong Emperor to praise the prosperity of Qianlong. (Liaoning Provincial Museum)