Three paitse, with skaters, Tongzhou Canal, Beijing

Three paitse, with skaters, Tongzhou Canal, Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WC01-236. Party en route for The Tomb of the Princess Fuhui (Gongzhufen), also known as the Tomb of Foshou Gongzhu ('Imperial Maiden with the Buddha Hand'), the place called Erzha ('Second Lock'), in the suburbs of Peking (Beijing). Wooden sledges (paizi, pai-tzu, paidza) with iron runners extending behind, propelled by a man with a spiked pole thrust backwards between his legs against the ice. See WC01-237 and WC01-238.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1911-1915

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections

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