Photography A Terraced Tower and Fortress in Front of the Xibian Gate on the Beijing City Walls
Photography A Terraced Tower and Fortress in Front of the Xibian Gate on the Beijing City Walls
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A black-and-white photograph showing the exterior of the Beijing city walls. On the right, a fort or guardhouse rises above the Xibian Gate (Xibianmen 西便門). In front of it, there is a small house for the inspection of goods coming into the city. On the right, there is a tower with a wooden terrace built in the classic Chinese style. In front of the walls, there is a defensive moat.
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 photograph is the 97th 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 Beijinger ... more
A black-and-white photograph showing the exterior of the Beijing city walls. On the right, a fort or guardhouse rises above the Xibian Gate (Xibianmen 西便門). In front of it, there is a small house for the inspection of goods coming into the city. On the right, there is a tower with a wooden terrace built in the classic Chinese style. In front of the walls, there is a defensive moat.
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 photograph is the 97th 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 Beijinger Stadtmauer: Turm mit Vorbau und Blockhaus. (DZ, MV)
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