Jietai Temple (Chieh T'ai ssu / Jie Tai Si / 戒台寺), Western Hills, near Beijing

Jietai Temple (Chieh T'ai ssu / Jie Tai Si / 戒台寺), Western Hills, near Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk04-11. Source: 'The Pageant of Peking' by Donald Mennie (A.S. Watson and Co., Shanghai, 1920). This monastery, the Temple of the Ordination Platform (Jie Tai Si) features in ‘Peking Picnic’ by Ann Bridge (1932), along with the Tanzhe Temple (Tan Che ssu). For images of Jietai Temple by Hedda Morrison, search for “Jie tai si” (Match exact phrase). See Mx01-146.

Caption in album or on mount

XI. CHIEH T'AI SSU - WESTERN HILLS

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1915-1920

Photographer

Mennie, Donald

Material

Book

Media

Black and white photograph

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