Ruins of Zhijing Pavilion, on an island in West Lake, Beijing

Ruins of Zhijing Pavilion, on an island in West Lake, Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bo01-086. No caption in the album for this photo. The pavilion was known as The Tortoise Temple. This photograph shows the pavilion after it had been damaged by bombardment by Anglo-French forces in 1860. Surviving structures were taken down and building materials were removed from the island during the reconstruction of Wanshoushan on Longevity Hill in the 1880s. Photograph by Charles Frederick Moore.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1870

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph