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Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for the year .. (1906)

Freer, Charles Lang · Shanghai : Kelley & Walsh · leaf 53

An illustration from Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for the year .., 1906, leaf 53
Perforated stone carving in the main outer wall of one of the smaller monasteries just above the Chao-yin Cave. The design is the mythical pheenix and the flaming ball (Pao-chii). Through the fenestrations of the original a charming picture of the Chusan Islands was seen.

History · Civilization · Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North-China Branch -- Periodicals · China -- History -- Periodicals · China -- Civilization -- Periodicals

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