Photography Inner City from Qihuamen Gate Towards Meishan Hill
Photography Inner City from Qihuamen Gate Towards Meishan Hill
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A black-and-white photograph: panoramic view of one of the three parts of imperial Beijing, called the Inner City (Neicheng 内城). It was located in the northern part of Beijing and surrounded the famous Forbidden City. Parts of the city were separated from each other and from the rest of the world by walls. Three city gates were located on the eastern outer wall of the inner quarters.
Chaoyang Gate (Chaoyangmen 朝陽門), known as Qihua Gate (Qihuamen 齊化門) in the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368), was located in the middle of the eastern wall of the inner quarter. The photograph shows part of the inner, imperial city, between Chaoyang Gate and Mei Hill (Meishan 藝山) or Coal Hill. The wider area around Meishan Hill is now called Jingshan Park (Jingshan Gongyuan 景山公園).
The photograph is the fifth 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 ... more
A black-and-white photograph: panoramic view of one of the three parts of imperial Beijing, called the Inner City (Neicheng 内城). It was located in the northern part of Beijing and surrounded the famous Forbidden City. Parts of the city were separated from each other and from the rest of the world by walls. Three city gates were located on the eastern outer wall of the inner quarters.
Chaoyang Gate (Chaoyangmen 朝陽門), known as Qihua Gate (Qihuamen 齊化門) in the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368), was located in the middle of the eastern wall of the inner quarter. The photograph shows part of the inner, imperial city, between Chaoyang Gate and Mei Hill (Meishan 藝山) or Coal Hill. The wider area around Meishan Hill is now called Jingshan Park (Jingshan Gongyuan 景山公園).
The photograph is the fifth 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 Tatarenstadt vom Tsi-Hua-Men gegen Kohlenhügel. (DZ)
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