International Photography (4,094)

The Abbot of Sheng Mi Chih T'ang, one of the many temples at which I stayed. The Abbot was a courteous, kindly man who made visitors welcome Hedda MORRISON Schoolboys under martial arts instruction. Traditional martial arts skills and acrobatics were preserved in the theatre and for popular entertainment Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON A moon guitar Hedda MORRISON Beating raw cotton to remove the dust and fibres Hedda MORRISON Wang Ch'ing Fang, another gifted artist. He painted landscapes in a style that was a break from tradition. Art was his vocation but he supported his family by teaching Hedda MORRISON Itinerant puppet show. The puppet master would roam the streets and set up his booth on the street or in a private courtyard, whenever it was wanted Hedda MORRISON Principal mourners pause to make obeisance to the coffin Hedda MORRISON The Chinese relative of the oboe Hedda MORRISON No title (Two men in opium den) Hedda MORRISON The old lady who ran the opium den that I visited. She was not averse to a pipe herself when business was slack Hedda MORRISON A quiet game of chess in a rich man's home. The game is a contest between two armies separated by a river Hedda MORRISON In the early morning elderly gentlemen practised t'ai-chi, the ancient Chinese system of exercised designed to perfect body balance Hedda MORRISON The Altar of Heaven by moonlight. Its tiers of gleaming white marble open to the sky, its perfect symmetry and its blend of simplicity and sophistication make it one of the world's most beautiful man-made structures. Seen in moonlight it appears to be floating in the air Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON Pavilions at the northern end of Pei Hai Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON The stupa of the Yellow Temple which lay outside the north wall of Peking Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON Fa Hai Ssu (The Law Ocean Temple), a small temple in the Western Hills which was remarkable for its Ming frescos still in excellent state of preservation. The walls on which they had been painted were always in near darkness Hedda MORRISON T'ai Ho Tien, the first of three great halls of state which constituted the nucleus of the Forbidden City, as seen from T'ai Ho Men Hedda MORRISON The halls of T'ai Miao (the Temple of the Imperial Ancestors), where the emperor would come at regular intervals to pay his respects to his own forebears Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON The Forbidden City, view south from Coal Hill Hedda MORRISON Coal Hill, the artificial hill lying to the north of the Forbidden City Hedda MORRISON Spirit wall by Nan Hai Hedda MORRISON