Three paitse, with skaters, Tongzhou Canal, Beijing
Collection
Identifier
WC01-236
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WC01-236. Party en route for The Tomb of the Princess Fuhui (Gongzhufen), also known as the Tomb of Foshou Gongzhu ('Imperial Maiden with the Buddha Hand'), the place called Erzha ('Second Lock'), in the suburbs of Peking (Beijing). Wooden sledges (paizi, pai-tzu, paidza) with iron runners extending behind, propelled by a man with a spiked pole thrust backwards between his legs against the ice. See WC01-237 and WC01-238.
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Location
Estimated Date
1911-1915
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections
