Fig. 2

In 1794, the Qing dynasty government dispatched troops to suppress a peasant uprising in the Laer shan region, led by Bayue Wu, also known as Tianban Wu. The accompanying image showcases the homegarden landscape of the Miao people in this area during that period (Courtesy: the Palace Museum of China), depicted through realistic painting techniques by Feng Ning, a court painter of the Qing dynasty