The author combines the urbanization development in China since the 1990s and pictures (film and pioneer art) focusing on cities and intertwines “physicality” and “productions” to lay out an image map of contemporary Chinese cities. On this image map, the book pays special attention to the meticulously arranged metropolitan spaces of Beijing and Shanghai, and explores the interweaving and interaction between spaces and pictures through three-dimensional and in- depth case studies. By “viewing the pictures of cities”, we not only view and analyzes pictures through urban spaces, but also understand the urbanization development in contemporary China with the help of the “streets and alleys” and “costumes and accessories” in the urban pictures.