Ruins at Tai-ping-koong. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the roadway towards two towers at Tai-ping koong, 'ten miles from Kiu-kiang, in the hill country behind that town ... The two towers shown in this picture are unlike anything I have met with elsewhere in China. They are said to be the ruins of a B...
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the Huang he lou or Yellow Crane Pavilion, partly obscured by the wall in the foreground: 'As to the tower, it was built originally in the early half of the sixth century, when the Chin dynasty was on the throne ... The tower was dem...