View of the Summer Palace, Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake and Nanhu Island, Beijing

View of the Summer Palace, Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake and Nanhu Island, Beijing

Collection

Edinger, Ernest

Identifier

Ed01-042

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ed01-042. View of the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), Longevity Hill (Wanshou Shan), Kunming Lake and Nanhu Island (南湖島), Beijing (Peking). Photograph taken from Jade Spring Hill, from whence the continual flow of water irrigated an area of rice paddy fields, which are rare in north China. See Hv09-180 and Mx04-052.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1930s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph