Queen of Heaven Temple, Ningpo (Ningbo), China
Among the chief attractions of the town of Ningpo (Ningbo) is the Tien-how-kung (Tien-Hou-Gong), or Queen of Heaven Temple, meeting place of the Fukien Guild. The pillars have no capitals [but] are furnished with ornamental brackets... to throw the weight of the massive roofs down the centre of the shafts'. Thomson writes that the craftsmen's unions held meetings here
Picture No
11939095
Media ID
46076910
Size
3040px x 2540px
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Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From Illustrations of China and its People' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1874. Photograph: John Meek
Date
1874
