High Temple, Ting Yuan-ning, 1949

High Temple, Ting Yuan-ning, 1949

Collection

Rosholt, Malcolm

Identifier

Ro-s138

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ro-s138.  Typed captions, with errors, on back of photograph. Ningxia.  This building is the Zhongwei High Temple (Goamiao), which was rebuilt in Qing Dynasty style after 1949.

Caption on photograph

Buddhist-Mongol temple at Ting Yuan-ning, west of Yellow River, about 100 miles west of Ninghsia, summer 1949. Civil Air Transport landed Cessna on stone-cluttered runway. E.V. Wong, riding pilot, said he had to check gas tanks because if he had one p9ound overweight we co8uld not negotiate pass through mountains , also running along west bank of Yellow River north of Ninghsia. Photo by M,Rosholt,

Location

Zhongwei

Date

1949

Photographer

Rosholt, Malcolm

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph