Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 108
around the courtyard, thefamily occupying the central building.The windows of the servants roomsmay be seen in the outer wall. Thepillars of woodwork are highly decor-ated, and in the courtyard itself thereis always a flower-garden. Comparingthis simple house with a palace such asthe English… … A TYPICAL ENTRANCETO A HOUSE. THE GUEST HALL IN A CHINESE HOUSE, WAN HSIEN, SZE CHUAN. Every good house lias its guest hall,and every invited guest knows his placein it. A Chinaman is wretched in aforeign house because he does not knowhis place in it. Etiquette prescribeseverything in China, and no…
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