Image No. cn00092

Postcard Data

Size: 141x91mm
Caption: L’Empereur de Chine revenant du Temple du Ciel / The emperor of China coming back from the temple of the Heaven

Publisher:
Publisher's Reference: 24

Stamp: China (Imperial)

Printing Technique: Phototype
Color Nature: B&W
Postcard Particulars: Postmark year erroneous / See no. cn00093 for the area to the left

Printer:

Image Data

Image Nature: Photograph
Image Author: René Tillot (Probable)
Creation: 1902-1905 (Certain)
Creation Place: (Certain)

Topic: Imperial cortege inside Qianmen, Beijing

Action: View of the inside of Qianmen, the gate south to the Forbidden City, showing a closed sedan chair with numerous carriers, officials on horseback or standing at intervals, and eunuchs. Mandarins and other people are kneeling in the gateway. Building material is piled behind the fence.

Image Particulars: Worshipping at the Temple of Heaven was one of the Emperor’s duties. Nobody was allowed to watch him pass.