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Entrance to the Huihuiying Mosque, Peking
To mark the Islamic New Year, here is part of a rare photograph of the entrance to the Huihuiying Mosque [回回营清真寺遗存], in Donganfu Hutong, near Beihai Park, Beijing, taken about 1870. The image shown above, is a cropped version to … Continue reading
Posted in cross-searching, Elsewhere on the net, Photograph of the day
Tagged architecture, Beijing, Bowra, Islam, Muslim, religion, road
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N is for Ningbo
The team has recently been corresponding with an informal group in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo, who are researching the architectural heritage of this former treaty port. Opened under the first of the Sino-British treaties (Nanjing, 1842), Ningbo was … Continue reading
Posted in Alphabet China, Elsewhere on the net, Image Annotation, Photograph of the day
Tagged Bowra, bridge, Ningbo, user engagement
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Large pots at a pottery, c.1870
Mass production is nothing new to China, which has always been the world’s most populous country. Here (Bo02-049) large pots and blocks are being made, apparently in the thatched workshops. It looks like the large pots were made in two … Continue reading