This work focuses on themes related to daily life, depicting the natural scenery along the banks of the Bian River, and the hustling and bustling life in the early twelfth-century city of Bianjing, then the capital of Northern Song Dynasty, as its citizens celebrate the Qingming Festival

Qinghai means "blue lake," and indeed the name of the province comes from the pristine waters of the vast Qinghai Lake high on the plateau-the "roof of the world"