Is the riverside scene on Qingming Festival spring or autumn?

It has always been a bit controversial whether the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival depicts spring or autumn, depending on which season I prefer, because I actually prefer to paint scenes of spring.

First of all, there is a scene in the painting where a creature is walking outside the city to the city, and wicker or flowers can be seen on the sedan chair. In the book "Tokyo Dream" written by Meng Yuanlao, which describes the customs of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is written that people will decorate sedan chairs with willows or flowers when they go out for an outing. It can be seen that this is a sedan chair coming back from an outing.

Then there is a paper horse shop selling sacrifices in the painting, which says at the door? Wang Zhima? Generally, the ancient people offered sacrifices to sweep around Tomb-Sweeping Day, so it was probably around Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Then, in the painting, the willow tree is painted very carefully. The branches are dry, but there are some green shoots. If it is autumn, they are not green shoots, but all turn yellow and fall, which can also be used as one of the evidences of spring.

One thing that is considered to be autumn is that many people bring fans in their paintings, so they feel too hot and go out with fans. In fact, this is not the case. "Tokyo Dream" also records that most people in the Song Dynasty took fans when they went out, not to enjoy the cool, but to cover their faces with fans when they met people they didn't want to see. Another point is that Song people like to make small bets in their spare time, many of which are made by fans.

In addition, most people in the painting are wearing long sleeves, and only one person selling sesame cakes is wearing a coat. It can be seen that the weather at that time was still relatively cool, and only the store standing by the fire was hot and wore short sleeves. It can also be speculated that it was not a hot autumn after all.

But there is a place in the painting where donkeys pull charcoal into the city, so many people think it is autumn. Another explanation is that city people use charcoal to cook tea, so pulling charcoal may also be used by city people to cook tea and soju.

Look at everyone's opinion. Spring also makes sense, and autumn also has signs. All the explanations make sense.