Detail of an altar showing a statue of the goddess Sheng Mu wearing a phoenix headdress and a mantle embroidered with eight trigrams in a Daoist temple on Hua Mountain
Collection
Identifier
Hv30-116
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Notes
Historical Photographs of China album reference: Hv30. Hua Shan album. Album containing photographs of Hua Mountain in eastern Shensi (eastern Shaanxi). Inscription: Inscription on collar band of mantle indicates the robe was presented in 1928, the year wu-shen. Icon: Background screen is decorated with matronly figures attending Jade Emperor Yu Ti, the supreme Daoist deity, who is seated on a throne and encircled with clouds between two dragons Access to original photographs, negatives, and albums in the Hedda Morrison photograph collection is restricted. Photographs in the Hedda Morrison photograph collection: Copyright various dates, President and Fellows of Harvard College; all rights reserved. Digital images made from photographs in the Hedda Morrison photograph collection: Copyright 2000, President and Fellows of Harvard College; all rights reserved. Photographs and images from the collection may be reproduced only with written permission. Contact the Harvard-Yenching Library for permissions and fees.
Location
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Harvard-Yenching Library, USA
