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Photograph of the Five-storied Pagoda, Canton (Guangzhou), China

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Photograph taken from a hillside, looking down over the city of Canton (Guangzhou), China
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Photograph of the Five-storied Pagoda, with a caption that reads: 'The Five-storied Pagoda, Canton. A by no means elegant, barn-like edifice, coloured red, erected on the North Wall in A.D. 1368, in obedience to the suggestion of a soothsayer, who recommended that a pile of masonry should be raised on that spot to construct the unfavourable influences said, by geomantic superstition, to flow from the North. It was occupied as quarters by the British troops upon the capture of the City in 1857'.
Date
1873
HSBC Reference Number
HK HSBCPH 0140-0006-0027-0034
Archive Record Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph
Measurements
20 x 25.2
Units
cm
Colour
Sepia
Photographer Name
William Pryor Floyd
Mainland China Guangzhou (Canton) Towns and landscapes

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