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The screen reads: "Starting from Lingyan Mountain, heading eastward from Mudu Town, crossing Hengshan, crossing Shihu, traversing Fangshan, passing between Shihe and two mountains, entering Gusu County City, exiting Changmen from Feng, Pan, and Xu gates, turning to Shantang Bridge, and ending at Huqiu Mountain.". According to statistics, there are over 12000 people, nearly 400 boats, over 50 bridges, over 200 shops, and over 2000 houses in the painting. The painting "The Prosperity of Suzhou" depicts the local customs of Suzhou at that time in the form of long scrolls and scattered perspective techniques.