Beijing, China: Beihai Park [010]

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Title Beijing, China: Beihai Park [010]
Photo Number Box 59, Forbidden City Ming and Ching Palaces, 101
Description Photograph (close-up) of chorten in Beihai Park, Beijing, China
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1978
Subject Stūpas--China--Beijing--Photographs; Beihai gong yuan (Beijing, China)--Photographs; Architecture--China--Beijing--Photographs; China; Parks; Zen Buddhism; Temples
Keywords Peking; Pei Hai
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Beijing (China)
Caption on Slide Stupa (also called a chorten or dagoba), built in 1651 in honor of the 1st visit of the Dalai Lama, Beihai Park, Beijing, China.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Beihai Park is an imperial garden to the northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.--Wikipedia. Note: A chorten or stupa is a mound-like structure used by Buddhists as a place of worship.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: "Stupa Pei hai (chorten) or Dagoba B. in 1651 in honor of the 1st visit of the Dalai Lama to Beijing. Present struct is a re-building of 1741 (Chien Lung) Peking, China"
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6bg35z6
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 339897
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bg35z6
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