Monk at the Temple of the Azure Clouds, Peking

Monk at the Temple of the Azure Clouds, Peking

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk04-05. Source: 'The Pageant of Peking' by Donald Mennie (A.S.Watson and Co., Shanghai, 1920).  The Temple of the Azure Clouds (Bi Yun Si; Pi Yün Ssu; Biyunsi), an Indian-style Buddhist Temple in the Western Hills, Peking (Beijing).

Caption in album or on mount

V. "A SHRINE WHOSE EAVES IN FAR-OFF CLOUDLAND HIDE I MOUNT AND WITH THE SUN STAND SIDE BY SIDE" - PI YÜN SSU

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1915-1920

Photographer

Mennie, Donald

Material

Book

Media

Black and white photograph