The Drum Tower (银川钟鼓楼), Yinchuan (银川), Ningxia

The Drum Tower (银川钟鼓楼), Yinchuan (银川), Ningxia

Collection

Rosholt, Malcolm

Identifier

Ro-n0095

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ro-n0095. The slogans on the drum tower are: 无有良心,焉能爱民 (If people are without conscience, how can they love one another? / How can one love the people without a conscience?) and 不立法纪,何以救国 (If there is no law and order, how can the country be saved? / How can we save the country without enforcing laws and discipline?). This photograph is reproduced in ‘Days of the Ching Pao’ by Malcolm Rosholt (1978), page 186, incorrectly located at Kanchow (Ganzhou 赣州). See Hv47-161, Ro-n0092, Ro-n0093 and Ro-n0094.

Location

Yinchuan

Photographer

Rosholt, Malcolm

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph