Visitors and paitse at the Tomb of the Princess, Tongzhou Canal, Beijing

Visitors and paitse at the Tomb of the Princess, Tongzhou Canal, Beijing

Collection

Cooper, William

Identifier

WC01-237

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WC01-237. 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 (pai-tze, paitse, 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 WC01-236 and WC01-238.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1911-1915

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections