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Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)

Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 98

An illustration from Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China, 1900, leaf 98
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,… … THE GATE OF VICTORY, MUKDEN. THE WEST GATE OFKIALING FU. A most picturesque entrance to thecity. These gates are closed at sunsetand opened at sunrise, the gongs andother instruments notifying the hoursof opening and closing. ■/

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