Hung Lo Fu, home of Ma Tsen-wu, & Pan Ch'iao, home of Ma Chin-hsi. Beehive kumpei.

Hung Lo Fu, home of Ma Tsen-wu, & Pan Ch'iao, home of Ma Chin-hsi.  Beehive kumpei.

Identifier

Hv47-063

Notes

Historical Photographs of China album reference: Hv47. Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr.'s trip to northwest China, part 2. Large beehive gong bei, Ta-chia-tsz, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu. General note: Excerpt from unpublished photo essay, plate 51: "A 'beehive' kumbei peculiar to the Wuchungpao Plain, Ningsia. Although the door of the kumbei may open in any direction, the sepulchre inside will always be placed north and south." Access to original photographs and albums in the Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. Collection is restricted. Photographs and images from the collection may be reproduced only with written permission. Contact the Harvard-Yenching Library for permissions and fees.

Location

Ningxia

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Harvard-Yenching Library, USA

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