The Commission of Inquiry into the ‘Kucheng massacre’ arriving at the Mission, Gutian
Collection
Identifier
Os04-076
Copyright
© 2008 SOAS
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Os04-076. Photo from an album (UoB reference Os04) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference MS 380 876/4). The Union Jack (British flag) and Stars and Stripes (USA flag) are flying together on the building. The commission investigated the killing of eleven missionaries and Chinese Christians on 1 August 1895 at the mission houses in Huashan (华山), near Kucheng (Gutian), Fujian Province, by 'Vegetarian' rebels, who were part of a religious movement called zhaijiao (‘fasting school’), so called because they took vows of vegetarianism. This image was reproduced in an article entitled ‘The Martyrs of Ku-Cheng’ by Henry Mostyn, published in ‘The Wide World Magazine’, August-September 1899, page 77, and captioned: ‘The Commission of Inquiry arrives at Ku-cheng’.
Caption in album or on mount
The Mission Houses, Kucheng
Location
Estimated Date
August-September 1895
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London
