A boat laden with reeds passing under the Bridge of the Crouching Dragon (臥龍橋), West Lake (西湖), Hangzhou (杭州)

A boat laden with reeds passing under the Bridge of the Crouching Dragon (臥龍橋), West Lake (西湖), Hangzhou (杭州)

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ar01-024. The caption in the album: 臥龍橋 Wolong qiao = Bridge of the Crouching Dragon. Wolong can also be a reference to a nickname of Zhuge Liang, a strategist who is also one of the main characters in the ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’.

Caption in album or on mount

臥龍橋

Location

Hangzhou

Estimated Date

1908-1910

Photographer

Erwo Xuan

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Share this page