Yanmen Pass (雁门关, Yanmenguan), Great Wall of China, near Xinzhou, Shanxi

Yanmen Pass (雁门关, Yanmenguan), Great Wall of China, near Xinzhou, Shanxi

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: LP01-65. No caption in the album for this photograph. The slogans on each side of the city gate ‘進取’ (enterprising / progressive) and ‘愛群’ (love community), were two of the main aspects of the thoughts of the warlord Yan Xishan (閻錫山 Yen Hsi-shan) (1883-1960). See LP01-31, LP01-61 and LP01-64.

Location

Xinzhou

Estimated Date

1917

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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