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Title
Monument, Tomb of Huang Taiji, Shenyang, ca.1889
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1889
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
“Monument in n. tomb grounds.” Exterior view showing a European male standing next to a large stone monolith marked with Chinese inscriptions ❧ The North Tomb in Shenyang is still a popular tourist attraction and is the burial place of Huang Taiji (1592-1643), founder of the Qing dynasty. Animal sculptures line the pathway to the tomb, also known as the Luminous Tomb, and it is the largest of the imperial tombs north of the great wall. It took eight years to build (1643-1651) and is situated in Beiling Park. ❧ The United Presbyterian Mission in Manchuria had been established by John Ross (1842-1915) when he entered the region in 1872. Shenyang [Moukden] became an important station in the interior and Hospitals, Schools and Orphanages were built there. The United Presbyterian Mission unified with the Irish Presbyterian Mission in 1890 to form an indigenous Presbytery, named Kuan Tung, with Chinese as the official language. ❧ The image is from an album associated with Rev. James A Whylie (1863-1894) who was ordained to the Manchuria mission in 1887 and based in Liaoyang, 1888-1894.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 9.8 x 15 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75653581-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79407
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75653581-1.jpg
Subject
Memorials (structures)
Monuments
Tombs
Time Period
circa 1889
Place
Asia
China
Liaoning
Shenyang
Source
Acc.7548/F/16 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75653579 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs and Illustrations from the Manchuria mission of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, ca.1888
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
image/tiff

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