Fu Bingchang in a famous garden, Hangchow, early 1930s

Title : Fu Bingchang in a famous garden, Hangchow, early 1930s

Topic : Fu Bingchang collection

Location : Unknown

Estimated dates : Early 1930s

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Negative

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Fu-n137. This is the garden of a private residence near Hangzhou. The garden was planned and built during the Ming Dynasty, A.D. 1368-1644. Fu Bingchang, wearing a changpao, is posed with a prized petrified log by an oval moon gate. Other interestingly shaped rocks may be Tai rock, or Taihu, from Lake Tai, in the Yangtze Delta.

Private Repository : Collection of C. H. Foo and Y. W. Foo

Keywords : Fu;Foo;Guomindang;Kuomintang;pavilion;clothes;fashion;rock;rockery;horticulture