Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk04-18. Source: 'The Pageant of Peking' by Donald Mennie (A.S. Watson and Co., Shanghai, 1920). Fuchengmen (阜成門) was a city gate located at the midpoint of the Inner City (Tartar City) western wall. Also known as Pingzemen (平則門; Ping tso Gate; P'ing Tzu Men; Ping Tz'e Men; Pingtzemen; Gate of Just Rule; Mound Formed Gate). See SJ-s02 (same gate).

Caption in album or on mount

XVIII. THROUGH THE P'ING TZU MÊN

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1915-1920

Tags

• wall
• gate
• transportation
• worker
• architecture
• cart
• travel
• Peking
• people
• carter
• Mennie
• Fuchengmen

Photographer

Mennie, Donald

Material

Book

Media

Black and white photograph

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