The present set of prints originated from the same genre as the Gengzhi Tuxu, 'Scenes of Ploughing and Weaving' that were made into woodblock prints in the 28th year of Kangxi's reign as part of the didactics in educating princes and officials on the importance of sericulture and farming. According to the inscription, the present set of prints was produced by the court official, Fang Guancheng (1698-1768) who was the Governor of Zhili. In all, the scenes are interspersed with seven poems written by Qianlong and the same number by Fang Guancheng.

A set of similar prints is in the National Palace Museum, where a selected scene is illustrated together with an exact painting from an album leaf executed with ink and colour on paper, cf., Blossoming Through the Ages: Women in Chinese Art and Culture from the Museum Collection, Taiwan, 2003, p. 133.