Taoist hermit who lived on Mount Langya (狼牙山 Wolf's tooth mountains) and had helped Chinese soldiers defending the mountain, 1942

Taoist hermit who lived on Mount Langya (狼牙山 Wolf's tooth mountains) and had helped Chinese soldiers defending the mountain, 1942

Collection

Lindsay, Michael

Identifier

ML05-d52

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML05-d52. This photograph was reproduced in ‘The Unknown War, North China 1937-1945' by Michael Lindsay (London, 1975), with the caption: Taoist hermit. Opposite the image, Lindsay wrote "Lang Ya Shan (Wolf's Tooth Mountains) near 1st sub-district Headquarters ... On the top a memorial had been erected for soldiers who had defended Lang Ya Shan against a Japanese attack until ammunition had run out. The defence and the escape of the survivors was helped by a Taoist hermit who lived in a temple near the top of the mountain." 

Caption on photograph

Hermit who lived on top of Lang Ya Shan / 1942 

Location

Jinchaji

Date

1942

Photographer

Lindsay, Michael

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph