Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 96
t interesting and pic-turesque feature of the country is itscity gates. There is a great familylikeness between them, the usual fort-like building surmounting the wallwhere it is pierced by the gate. It isnot a fort, however. In it are kept thegongs and other musical instrumentsby means of which… … CHIEN MUN GATE. THE GATE OF VICTORY, MUKDEN. Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, isofficially the second city of the Empire.In it are duplicated all the officialboards, save one, that exist in Peking,the capital of the Empire. ThusMukden possesses its Board of Ritesand Ceremonies, of Punishments,…
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