Remains of Ch'ien Men
| dc.contributor.author | Photographer: Giles Family | en_AU |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-06-06T01:10:10Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-04T05:09:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-06-06T01:10:10Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2011-01-04T05:09:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 6/06/2006 | en_AU |
| dc.date.created | 7/11/2002 | en_AU |
| dc.description | Photographs occur in album along with others of the Seige of Peking, June-August 1900."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. | en_AU |
| dc.format | Original images scanned at 72 dpi (or in individual cases slightly higher) and in .jpg format | en_AU |
| dc.format.extent | 66393 bytes | en_AU |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpeg | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/43601 | en_AU |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
| dc.publisher | Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University | en_AU |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Giles Family Albums | en_AU |
| dc.rights.holder | The Australian National University. | |
| dc.rights.license | This image is published under a CC-BY licence. | en_AU |
| dc.rights.uri | This image is published under a CC-BY licence. For further information please go to http://creativecommons.org.au/learn/licences/ | en_AU |
| dc.source | Menzies Very Large Rare Book 2233396 | en_AU |
| dc.subject.other | China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 | en_AU |
| dc.subject.other | Beijing (China)--Buildings, structures, etc. | en_AU |
| dc.subject.other | Gates--China--Beijing | en_AU |
| dc.title | Remains of Ch'ien Men | en_AU |
| dc.type | Image | en_AU |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_AU |
| local.citation | 2233396 Album 2 Page 13 Photograph 3-4 | en_AU |
| local.type.status | Submitted version |
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