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Description
Annotation translation: "The Chinese has usually no time and no money, when someone dies, to make a proper grave. In such a case the coffin lies simply at the side of the road or in a field. A small house is then built for it of clay bricks and covered with a tiled roof. A coffin can lie like this for years, till a favourable time for burial comes and the family has enough money. Then the 'old bones' can be properly buried." Annotation: "Der Chinese hat gewöhnlich keine Zeit oder kein Geld, wenn jemand gestorben ist, ein rechtes Grab zu machen & stellt in diesem Fall den Sarg einfach an den Wegrand oder in ein Feld. Dann wird aus Lehmbacksteinen ein Häuschen um den Sarg gebaut & mit Ziegeln bedeckt. So kann der Sarg Jahre lang stehen bleiben bis endlich die günstige Zeit gekommen ist & man das nötige Geld hat, den 'alten Knochen' die nötige Ruhestätte zu geben."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 8.3 x 8.3 cm.
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