She Shan Hill and church, near Shanghai

She Shan Hill and church, near Shanghai

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: HD-s09.  The church is the second built on this site, the She Shan Hill, by Jesuits, and it was completed in 1873. This building was demolished c.1925 and replaced with the She Shan Basilica, which still stands (Huanshan Road). See description of She Shan church, in History section, at http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/China_Sheshan.html.  Feng wen shan (Feng-Wan-Shan; Feng wen hills), is between Tsing poo (Tsing-poo; Chingpoo; Ch'ing-p'u; now Qingpu) and the suburban Songjiang district of modern Shanghai, 20 miles west of old Shanghai.  NCH (10 May 1873) has a description of the opening of the Roman Catholic church.  See HD-s10 ( acrop from HD-s09).

Caption in album or on mount

3 View at the Hills (Feng-wen-shan). Vicinity of Shanghai

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1873-1875

Dimensions

280mm x 211mm

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph