Lung Wang T'ang [Dragon King's Temple, Western Hills]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the temple buildings of the Longwang tang or Dragon King's Temple, set among woodland in the Western Hills (Xiang shan) north-west of Beijing.
Chieh T'ai Ssu — Western Hills. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from a terrace of the monastery, with a figure contemplating the view: 'The Chieh T'ai Ssu...or Altar of Abstinence is a richly endowed Buddhist monastery some 15 miles from Peking. It was a favourite resort of the Emperor Ch'ien Lung, and the view from its...
Courtyard of the Lama Temple. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the tree-lined cortyard of the temple, with one of the bronze guardian lions on its plinth in the foreground: 'The Yung Ho Kung...commonly known as the Lama Temple, is near the north wall at the end of Hatamen Street. It is a temple or rather...
The Long Gallery — Summer Palace [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along a covered walk in the Summer Palace, 'behind the marble terrace which borders the lake. Besides the fine vista of the gallery itself one has beautiful glimpses of lake scenery. Each rafter is adorned with landscape paintings.'
P'ai lou and marble bridge — Pai Hai [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking through the wooden gateway towards the bridge: 'This is the Jade Bridge already seen in No. III, but the view here is from the island end of it. The p'ai lou — merely decorative and not commemorative — is a very good specimen of the wooden structure...
Marble sentinel — Pi Yün Ssu [Jade Cloud Temple, Western Hills]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of a marble stupa on the terrace of the Biyun si (Jade Cloud Temple or Temple of the Azure Clouds), with a monk standing in contemplation.
The Forbidden City [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view across the Forbissen City: 'The view is taken from the Ch'ien Mên or Front Gate in the South Wall of the Tartar City. The South Wall of the Forbidden City is seen stretching across the middle of the picture, and beyond are the yellow tiled roo...
The sculptured base of the stupa — Yellow Temple [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculpture on the base of the stupa in the Yellow Temple (Huang si), erected in memory of the Panshen Lama, who died smallpox during a visit to Beijing in the late 18th-century: 'The monument is modelled on Tibetan or Indian lines and stands 30 feet...