Temple of the Jade King (玉皇庙), Mount Tai 泰山, Shandong

Temple of the Jade King (玉皇庙), Mount Tai 泰山, Shandong

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: FD-s236. Temple of the Jade King (玉皇 庙) or Heavenly Gate, Jade Emperor Peak, a large Taoist temple on the top of Mount Tai (Tai Shan 泰山), north of Tai'an, Shandong (Taianfu, Shantung). Mount Tai is one of the Five Sacred Mountains of China and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A similar view of Mount Tai (泰山) is printed on the Chinese bank note 5 Yuan (CNY) / 5 Renminbi (RMB). The Chinese characters on the photograph: 泰山極嵿 Taishan jiding = Highest peak of Mount Tai. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tai. See FD-s233, FD-s234, FD-s235, FD-s237 and FD-s238. See also NA07-147, which is a detail of the entrance to the Temple of the Jade King (玉皇庙).

Location

Tai'an

Estimated Date

1930s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections

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