「風俗畫」是人物畫的一種，是以描繪人類社會風俗活動而名；以呈現同時代大眾生活內容和氛圍為目標，並藉以滿足人們好奇與熱情心理的一種寫實性繪畫。清朝將臺灣納入版圖後，為確保其對臺灣有效控制和管理，將臺灣現有的人口分為「客民」、「土著」、「熟番」和「生番」四類。《番社采風圖》為巡臺御史六十七於巡視臺灣之際，深入番社采風問俗，將所見所聞詳加考證並俾工以圖記之，它重在情境與寫實；謝遂《職貢圖》則是以展示國力、象徵民族融合，展現國家大一統氣象之意義而繪，它偏於政治與誇耀，與六十七《番社采風圖》雖同屬風俗畫，其目的與功能並不相同，故意義自然是不相同，但在文獻與史料上卻具有同樣重要的研究價值。

“Genre painting” is a type of figure painting. It is named for depicting human social customs and activities; it aims at presenting the content and atmosphere of contemporary mass life, and is a kind of realistic painting that satisfies people's curiosity and enthusiasm. After the Qing Dynasty included Taiwan in its territory, in order to ensure its effective control and management of Taiwan, the current population of Taiwan was divided into four categories:”Hakka”, “Indigenous People”, “ Shu-fan” and “Sheng-Fan”. “Fanshe Caifeng Tu” is a tour of Taiwan censor Liu Shi Qi. During the tour of Taiwan, he went deep into Taiwan indigenous community, and detailed what he saw and heard and used pictures to record it which focuses on situation and realism. “Zhi Gong Tu”by Xie Sui is painted to show national power, symbolize ethnic fusion of culture, and show the significance of the unification of the country. It is biased towards politics and boasting . Although it is the same genre painting as Liu Shi Qi's “Fanshe Caifeng Tu”, the purpose the function are not the same, so the meaning is different obviously, but it has the same important research value in the literature and historical data.