Zheng Wei and Wu Guanzhong are good friends, Wu has also written the prologue for one of Zheng's publications. Ke Run is the wife of Zheng Wei, and the couple have sustained a strong friendship with Wu Guanzhong and his wife over the years. The other painting similar to this work Nursery Garden has been referenced in numerous publications, and the two paintings were done half a month apart. The work featured here was painted first, and it was because Wu Guanzhong was immensely satisfied with the result that he painted a second work with minor adjustments from the first, and gave the first work to Zheng and his wife as a gift.