Image No. cn00190

Postcard Data

Size: 138x90mm
Caption: Tempeleingang in Jehol [Temple entrance in Jehol]

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Publisher's Reference: 22390

Printing Technique: Phototype
Color Nature: B&W

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Image Data

Image Nature: Photograph
Creation Place: (Certain)

Topic: Entrance to a Buddhist temple in Chengde (Hebei)

Action: View showing the layout of the outside wall, including the 2 marble lions on either side of the paved way. Gate with 3 doors and a tower.

Image Particulars: The temple complex at Chengde was erected by the Qianlong emperor in the 18th century to show his devotion to Lamaist Buddhism (see no. cn00320).