| Title |
Beijing, China: Imperial City [007] Gate of Heavenly Peace (007) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 60, Special Lectures Imperial City of Beijing, 9 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1981 |
| Subject |
Gates--China--Beijing--Photographs; Forbidden City (Beijing, China)--Photographs; Columns--China--Beijing--Photographs; Marble--China--Beijing--Photographs; Animals, Mythical--Art--Photographs; Dragons--Art--Photographs; China; Palaces |
| Keywords |
Peking; Tiānānmén |
| Spatial Coverage |
Beijing (China) |
| Description |
Photograph of Tiananmen Gate (The Gate of Heavenly Peace), Imperial City, Beijing, China |
| Caption on Slide |
Y9 Marble column (detail), Gate of Heavenly Peace. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Tiananmen Gate (The Gate of Heavenly Peace) is often referred to as the front entrance to the Forbidden City. However, the Meridian Gate is the first entrance to the Forbidden City proper, while Tiananmen was the entrance to the Imperial City, within which the Forbidden City was located.--Wikipedia. Note: The Forbidden City is located in the middle of Beijing, China. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.--Wikipedia. |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6b28c1b |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
338411 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b28c1b |
