Pailou at the Ming tombs, near Peking

Pailou at the Ming tombs, near Peking

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk04-53. Source: 'The Pageant of Peking' by Donald Mennie (A.S.Watson and Co., Shanghai, 1920). This magnificent marble pailou, erected in 1541, is considered by many to be the most beautiful pailou in all of China. At the Ming Tombs, north of Peking (Beijing).

Caption in album or on mount

LIII. THE GRAND P'AILOU - MING TOMBS

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1915-1920

Photographer

Mennie, Donald

Material

Book

Media

Black and white photograph