Gods and mortals in Purple Cloud Cave, Hangchow

Gods and mortals in Purple Cloud Cave, Hangchow

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Su01-50. No caption for this photograph in the album. A Buddhist triad - A Mi T’o, Kuan Yin (Goddess of Mercy) and Ta Shih Chih (The “Mighty One”) - at the back of the Cave of the Purple Cloud (Tzu Yun Tung), West Lake (Xihu), Hangchow (Hangzhou). See also Su01-49.

Location

Hangzhou

Estimated Date

1910

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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