Morning Boat Jam

Question

Yüan Shang-t'ung

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Question
Based on the examination of this seventeenth-century Chinese ink painting, Morning Boat Jam, what is the significance of this type of transportation to the Chinese community?
(1 point)
Responses

Chinese culture valued the water because it provided food.
Chinese culture valued the water because it provided food.

The Chinese refused to build bridges to promote ground transportation.
The Chinese refused to build bridges to promote ground transportation.

China's rivers were often

Answer 1

crowded with boats, leading to traffic jams.
China's rivers were often crowded with boats, leading to traffic jams.