'Little' Jinshan temple (金山塔寺), Wulong River (乌龙江), Fuzhou

'Little' Jinshan temple (金山塔寺), Wulong River (乌龙江), Fuzhou

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Fr01-002. The 'Little Jin Shan' (金山塔寺) is a pagoda and temple on a small island located in the middle of the Wulong River (乌龙江), which is a branch of the Min River (闽江), near the village of Hongtong (洪塘村) in the western suburb of the city of Fuzhou (福洲) in Fujian Province (福建). It resembles the famous Jin Shan (Gold Mountain or Golden Hill) Temple (金山寺) in in Jiangsu Province. See Hv36-47 (which is a photograph of the same island). See also http://www.fzcuo.com/index.php?doc-view-361.html.

Caption in album or on mount

Foochow : River Min : "the Island Josshouse".

Location

Fuzhou

Estimated Date

1869

Dimensions

218mm x 165mm

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections

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