Tanzhe Temple (Tan Che ssu Monastery 潭柘寺), Western Hills, near Beijing
Collection
Identifier
Bk04-58
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk04-58. Source: 'The Pageant of Peking' by Donald Mennie (A.S. Watson and Co., Shanghai, 1920). The Tan Chueh Ssu (T'an Chou Ssu) Monastery (Monastery of Clear Pools and Wild Mulberry or Temple of the Pool and the Zhe Tree), Western Hills, Peking (Beijing). The ancient monastery is six miles north-west of Chieh T'ai Ssu. Both monasteries feature in the novel ‘Peking Picnic’ by Ann Bridge (1932). For images of Tanzhe Temple by Hedda Morrison, search for “Tan zhe si” (Match exact phrase).
Caption in album or on mount
LVIII. TAN CHUEH SSU - WESTERN HILLS
Location
Estimated Date
1915-1920
Photographer
Material
Book
Media
Black and white photograph
