Courtyard of the Lama Temple (雍和宮), Beijing

Courtyard of the Lama Temple (雍和宮), Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk04-12. Source: 'The Pageant of Peking' by Donald Mennie (A.S. Watson and Co., Shanghai, 1920). 'The Yonghe Temple' (雍和宮), also known as the ‘Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple’, the ‘Yonghe Lamasery’, 'Yonghegong', or the ‘Lama Temple’, Peking (Beijing). The female lion (with a lion cub) (Tongshi 銅獅) is in the foreground.

Caption in album or on mount

XII. COURTYARD OF THE LLAMA TEMPLE

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1915-1920

Photographer

Mennie, Donald

Material

Book

Media

Black and white photograph