The Hall of the Buddha, at Tiantong Temple (Heavenly Child Temple, 天童寺), near Ningbo

Collection

Identifier

Bo02-015

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Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bo02-015. The caption in the notes is ‘12. Same as No1’. No 1 is captioned: ‘Entrance to Temple Grounds at T’în-dong Z or Heavenly Youth’s Monastery’. The Hall of the Buddha (佛殿), at Tien-dong (Tiantong Si; The Temple or Monastery of the Heavenly Child; 天童寺), near Ningpo (Ningbo). A famous Chan (Zen) Buddhist temple. Photograph in cameo format. See Bo01-014.

Location

Ningbo

Estimated Date

1870

Photographer

Watson, Major J.C.

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Terry Bennett Collection