Yung Ho Kung, a Lama Abbot, with censer, Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Collection

Identifier

DC-s25

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Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: DC-s25. The Yonghe Temple (雍和宮), the ‘Palace of Peace and Harmony’, also known as the Lama Temple, the Yonghe Lamasery and Yonghegong, Beijing (Peking). This photograph was published in 'Peking the Beautiful' by Herbert C. White (The Commercial Press, Shanghai, 1927), on page 64 and captioned ‘The Prayer Hour at the Lama Temple (Lama Abbot, Yung Ho Kung)’. See Sw18-136.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1923-1927

Photographer

White, Herbert C.

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph