Gateway at Juyongguan, Great Wall of China

Gateway at Juyongguan, Great Wall of China

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk04-14. Source: The Pageant of Peking by Donald Mennie (A.S.Watson and Co., Shanghai, 1920).  This ancient arch (Yuntai or The Cloud Platform (云台) is also known as the Language Archway or Gate of Six Languages (Sanskrit, Tibetan, Phags-pa, old Uyghur, Chinese, Tangut).  The gateway is at Nankou (Nankow) Pass (Harmony or Juyong Pass) (now Juyongguan 居庸).  The Cloud Platform is a way through a branch of the Great Wall (长城), about 40 miles north of Peking (Beijing). See also Bk04-54, DC-s09, NA01-86, OH-s02.

Caption in album or on mount

XIV. MARBLE GATE AT CHÜ YUNG KUAN

Location

Juyongguan

Estimated Date

1915-1920

Photographer

Mennie, Donald

Material

Book

Media

Black and white photograph

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