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...
Bridge of the Curved Back — Summer Palace [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of the bridge, with a boat passing beneath: 'This marble bridge is on the K'un Ming Lake of the Summer Palace. The single span is twenty-four feet, and the height of thirty feet under the arch was to allow the Imperial pleasure barge to pass. It has the name Lo...
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.
Pi Yün Ssu [Jade Cloud Temple, Western Hills, near Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the terrace of the Jade Cloud or Azure Clouds Temple (Biyun si), with a priest in the foreground contemplating the hills beyond.
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.