A magnified, digital version of Jinling Tu is on show at An Era in Jinling. During his fourth inspection to southern China, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was presented with a rare long scroll of painting, Jinling Tu (Picture of Jinling, the historic name of Nanjing, Jiangsu province), from the Song Dynasty. It depicted in a variety of vivid details a booming city scene. Qianlong liked the work so much that he ordered several of his court artists to make replicas of it. One ...