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Burning of Chien [sic] Men, Peking, June 1900

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Giles Family
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-06T01:08:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-04T05:09:03Z
dc.date.available2006-06-06T01:08:04Z
dc.date.available2011-01-04T05:09:03Z
dc.date.available6/06/2006
dc.date.created7/11/2002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/43543
dc.descriptionQianmen. "On 16 June [1900] Boxers attacked the richest trading quarter of the Chinese City, firing all shops which sold foreign goods. Over 4000 stores - goldsmiths, jewellers, fan, silk, fur, lantern and curio shops - were incinerated as the flames swept northwards. It was a terrifying spectacle as 'a lurid light growing ever brighter and brighter turned the dark night into an unnatural day.' The fire engulfed the magnificent city gate, the Chienmen. Its great rafters of Burmese teak seemed to the watching foreigners to burn with barbaric splendour despite 'the efforts of several Chinese fire-engines with all their paraphernalia of gongs, and banners, and horns...'..." Diana Preston (1999) p. 64.
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dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT : The Australian National University
dc.relation.ispartofGiles Family Albums
dc.rights.uriThis image is published under a CC-BY licence. For further information please go to http://creativecommons.org.au/learn/licences/
dc.sourceMenzies Very Large Rare Book 2233395
dc.subject.otherChina--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901
dc.subject.otherBeijing (China)--Buildings, structures, etc.
dc.subject.otherGates--China--Beijing
dc.titleBurning of Chien [sic] Men, Peking, June 1900
dc.typeImage
dc.rights.holderThe Australian National University.
local.type.statusSubmitted version
local.citation2233395 Album 1 Page 56 Photograph 2-3
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dc.rights.licenseThis image is published under a CC-BY licence.
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