See, for instance, the "Chinese banquet" (picture 4) depicted by a Dutch consular officer. The dragon-wound pillars towering on either side, the scores of officials kneeling on the floor, and the pervading atmosphere of ceremony and ritual are accurately conveyed.
這位荷蘭駐華公使筆下充滿南洋風味的「中國宴會」，龍柱林立、百官屈膝，行禮如儀，只是皇宮的天花板……，肯定是忘了抬頭觀察，只好畫個西式天廷湊和（圖四）。