Hall of Annual Prayer (so called Temple of Heaven) from the east. Blue tiles and golden top. Rebuilt in 1889 with sequoia trees from Oregon.
Details
Title
Temple and Altar of Heaven, etc.
Published
ca. 1940
Full Collection Name
Ground and Aerial Views of China / J. P. Koster
Type
Image
Archive
East Asian Library
Note
Ground and aerial views of China photographed about 1940 by J. P. Koster when he was
a pilot on routes from Peking to Paotow, Ninghsia, Lanchow, Sining, Sian, Chengchow to
Shanghai and to Hankow, Changsha, Canton, and Sian to Chengtu, Kunming.
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