Jonque chinoise. Chinese junk 1843. Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world.
Jonque chinoise. Chinese junk ship, 1843.
Tag: Chinese Theme
Chinese culture in the 19th century. Travelogues, cultural history, mythology.
China Jesuit missionary costume.
China Jesuit missionary costume, 1843. Jésuite missionnaire à la Chine. Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world. Associated with: The Rise… Read More
Termination of the Great Wall of China. The Gulf of Pecheli.
In a previous description of the Great Wall of China, the particular view here given is alluded to and described.
Chinese archer of the flying dragons, or called scudding clouds.
The Chinese “braves” are employed to aid the civil magistrates as policemen, to act as custom- house officers at the military stations, along the roads, rivers, and canals; and also to mount guard at the city gates.
Rice cultivation at Suzhou, China. Transplanting and Sowing in 1843.
Rice cultivation in ancient China. Landscape, Architecture, Costumes, Temples, Palaces, Manners with description.
The Bridge of Nanjing. Ancient China sceneries.
Near where the Porcelain Tower formerly stood, the largest and principal bridge of Nanjing spans the main trunk of the canal
The Imperial Travelling Palace at the Hoo kew shan.
The locality is one of the most famed in Chinese history, for its romantic scenery
The Imperial Palace at Ts’ao shan. The three hills of King-kow.
About three miles north-east from Chin-keang-foo, the provincial capital of Jiang Nan (Chinese: 江南;), from the broad bright waters of the Yangtse keang, rise the picturesque and precipitous rocky islets called “the three hills of King-kow.”
Woman from Hong Kong in traditional Chinese costume.
Woman from Hong Kong in traditional Chinese costume.
A Chinese cotton wool cleaner, 19th century.
Our engraving represents an early stage of the latter-the cleaning the cotton-wool, before it passes into the hands of the spinner.