Temple of Confucius.
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Temple of Confucius.
From "In and Around Peking" from the album: (Views of Peking and Japan, ca. 1900)
From the album (Views of Peking and Japan, ca. 1900)
1875
Albumen silver print
18.7 x 24.2 cm.
Purchase
1979.0054.0070
Inscriptions photo-recto (signature in negative) "T. Child, 1875"
mount-recto (printed label) "In and Around Peking. A description of
views taken by Thos. Child. No. 121. Under the North wall of the City
and near the Lama Temple is this celebrated and ancient building;
which contains the tablets of that Sage, with others of his disciples.
It is built in the usual style of temple buildings; but contains no
idols. The groves of Cypress are said to be upwards of a thousand
years old."
mount-recto (printed label) "In and Around Peking. A description of
views taken by Thos. Child. No. 121. Under the North wall of the City
and near the Lama Temple is this celebrated and ancient building;
which contains the tablets of that Sage, with others of his disciples.
It is built in the usual style of temple buildings; but contains no
idols. The groves of Cypress are said to be upwards of a thousand
years old."
