View from inside a temple building at Jie tai si showing altar with ritual objects, lattice windows, and a monk outside on a terrace

Interior of a temple building at Jie tai si showing altar with a giant Buddha on a lotus throne and other statues

Interior of a temple building at Jie tai si showing an altar with draped statue of Buddha, ritual objects, and a lantern

Interior of a temple building at Jie tai si showing altar with a Buddha on a lotus throne and other statues

Stone stela and sundial at Jie tai si

Facade detail of a two-story temple building at Jie tai si showing terrace with incense burner

Terrace with a sundial and corner of a double-eaved building with roof ornaments at Jie tai si

Pine trees at Jie tai si

Pine tree at Jie tai si

Facade detail of a temple building at Jie tai si showing stairs flanked by two stone stelae and terrace with a sundial

Trunk of a pine tree supported by a stone stela at Jie tai si

Terrace with incense burner, stone stela, and sundial at Jie tai si

Terrace with incense burner, stone stelae, and sundial at Jie tai si

Two-storied temple building and side halls at Jie tai si

Tree and tortoise stela in front of a two-story, double-eaved temple building at Jie tai si

Incense burner in front of a two-story, double-eaved temple building at Jie tai si

Temple interior at Jie tai si showing altar with a six-armed Bodhisattva

Double-eaved temple building at Jie tai si

Trees and roof of a double-eaved temple building at Jie tai si

Stone stela in front of a two-story, double-eaved temple building at Jie tai si

Stone stela in front of a temple building at Jie tai si

Detail showing carved relief figures on a free-standing stone column at Jie tai si

Altar with ritual objects at Jie tai si

Detail showing carved relief figures on a free-standing stone column at Jie tai si

Branch of the Nine-Dragon Pine and facades of two temple buildings at Jie tai si

Detail of temple building, Nine-Dragon Pine, incense burner, and stone pillar at Jie tai si

Pine tree leaning on a wall at Jie tai si

Courtyard with free-standing stone pillar and incense burner at Jie tai si

Courtyard with free-standing stone pillar at Jie tai si

Pine tree and rock garden at Jie tai si

Nine-Dragon Pine at Jie tai si

Nine-Dragon Pine at Jie tai si

Tree and terrace with stelae at Jie tai si

Nine-Dragon Pine at Jie tai si

Street entertainer playing a brass instrument called a nie dou jiang or suo na to attract audience for performing mice show

Street entertainer with a brass instrument called a nie dou jiang or suo na and boy watching performing mice show

Street entertainer and children watching performing mice show

Vendors' stands beside Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Trained mouse performing

Street entertainer blowing a suo na to attract an audience for a performance of trained mice

Street entertainer and children watching a performance of trained mice

Trained mice performing

Furniture-maker planing a piece of wood, Furniture Street, Peking

Furniture-maker working on a box, Furniture Street, Peking

Woman and child watching a furniture maker working on a table, Furniture Street, Peking

Furniture-maker drilling a hole in a box, Furniture Street, Peking

Furniture-maker staining a wooden relief panel, Furniture Street, Peking

Furniture-makers at work in a workshop, Furniture Street, Peking

Furniture-maker working on an inlaid table, Furniture Street, Peking

People cutting ice from the city moat near Yongdingmen (永定门), Beijing

Cook at an oven roasting a Peking duck

Street entertainer playing suo na to attract audience for performing mice show

Members of a wedding procession playing musical instruments and carrying umbrellas and sedan chairs past shops near Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Members of a wedding procession carrying three sedan chairs past shops near Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Funeral procession with a paper structure containing soul tablet and portrait of the deceased passing through Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Funeral procession passing through Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Funeral procession passing through Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Funeral procession with paper snow willows, mourners dressed in white passing through city gate, and paper money tossed in the air, Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Funeral procession with umbrellas, Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Funeral procession with umbrellas and banners, Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing