Li Yuantong (李圆通), a Taoist priest who lived on Mount Langya (狼牙山 Wolf's tooth mountains) and had helped Chinese soldiers defending the mountain
Collection
Identifier
ML05-d52
Copyright
© Lindsay Family
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML05-d52. Li Yuantong (李圆通) (1878 or 1886 - 1967). This photograph was reproduced in ‘The Unknown War, North China 1937-1945' by Michael Lindsay (London, 1975), with the caption: “Taoist hermit”. Opposite the image, Lindsay wrote "Lang Ya Shan (Wolf's Tooth Mountains) near 1st sub-district Headquarters ... On the top a memorial had been erected for soldiers who had defended Lang Ya Shan against a Japanese attack until ammunition had run out. The defence and the escape of the survivors was helped by a Taoist hermit who lived in a temple near the top of the mountain." Li Yuantong, who famously rescued two of the 'Five Heroes of Langya Mountain (狼牙山五壮士)’ in 1941, also informed Chinese guerillas about Japanese troop movements.
Caption on photograph
Hermit who lived on top of Lang Ya Shan / 1942
Location
Date
1942
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
