Dagao Hall or Temple (Dagaoxuandian), Beijing

Dagao Hall or Temple (Dagaoxuandian), Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bo01-067. Photograph by Charles Frederick Moore. The caption in the album (Entrance to Forbidden City) is incorrect. This is the Daoist Dagaodian (Dagaoxuandian, Ta-kao-hsuan-tien, Palace Hall) on the north-west corner of the Imperial Palace (Forbidden City), a building sited between Coal Hill and Beihai, Peking (Beijing). N.B. The shadow of the pailou (paifang) in this photograph.

Caption in album or on mount

Entrance to Forbidden (Imperial) City. Peking.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1870

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph