Photography Front Gate Tower on the City Wall
Photography Front Gate Tower on the City Wall
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A black-and-white photograph showing a close-up of a terraced tower in a classical Chinese wooden building. The tower is part of the Zhengyang City Gate (Zhengyangmen 正陽門), better known as the Front Gate (Qianmen 前門).
Imperial Beijing consisted of three main parts separated by walls from each other and from the areas outside the city. The Outer City (Waicheng 外城) was located in the southern part of the city. In the north stood the Inner City (Neicheng 内城), which enclosed the third part, the famous Forbidden City (Gugong 故宫 or Zijincheng 紫禁城). The central gate between the outer and inner quarters was the Zhengyang Gate (Zhengyangmen 正陽門), better known as the Front Gate (Qianmen 前門).
The photograph is the 99th of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Turm des Tsien-Man ... more
A black-and-white photograph showing a close-up of a terraced tower in a classical Chinese wooden building. The tower is part of the Zhengyang City Gate (Zhengyangmen 正陽門), better known as the Front Gate (Qianmen 前門).
Imperial Beijing consisted of three main parts separated by walls from each other and from the areas outside the city. The Outer City (Waicheng 外城) was located in the southern part of the city. In the north stood the Inner City (Neicheng 内城), which enclosed the third part, the famous Forbidden City (Gugong 故宫 or Zijincheng 紫禁城). The central gate between the outer and inner quarters was the Zhengyang Gate (Zhengyangmen 正陽門), better known as the Front Gate (Qianmen 前門).
The photograph is the 99th of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Turm des Tsien-Man (Schmalseite) auf der Mauer. (DZ, MV)
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