Photography Juyong Pass and the Great Wall of China
Photography Juyong Pass and the Great Wall of China
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A black-and-white photograph showing the Juyong Pass (Juyongguan 居庸关) and the Great Wall of China (Wanli Changcheng 萬里長城). The construction of more than 20,000 kilometres of walls and fortifications took place in different historical periods. The Great Wall served not only for defence, but also for customs clearance of trade goods that entered the Chinese Empire via the Silk Road. It was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987.
The photograph is the 363rd 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 die Grosse chin. Mauer: Tor des Nankou-Passes. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 29.8 cm, width: 9.1 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase - Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved
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