View of the p'ai-lou at the entrance to the Temple of the Sleeping Buddha [Wofo Si] (also known as Shifang Pujue Monastery), Western Hills, near Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Yinxiang, Prince, brother of Yongzheng, Emperor of China (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the p'ai-lou at the entrance to the Temple of the Sleeping Buddha [Wofo Si] (also known as Shifang Pujue Monastery), Western Hills, near Peking (now Beijing), China

Date:

1887 or before

Description:

- The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 24.1 x 30.1 cm secondary support: 27.3 x 37.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:1203:007

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: "1887."; and b.: "Woo-Fa-Tsu Temple- Pekin- / (Sleeping Buddah-)" labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label associated with the photograph: "[Chinese characters] / No. 885, WOO-FA-TSU TEMPLE." and with a description of the "Temple of the Sleeping Buddah", including its location "within an easy distance from Yuen-ming-yuen"

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
monastery
glazed tile
p'ai-lou
arches

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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