Public torture and excecution

Title : Public torture and excecution

Topic : Shanghai Municipal Police

Location : Beijing

Date (start) : 1880

Estimated dates : 1900-1905

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: pe01-038. Photo from an album (UoB reference pe01). 'Death by ten thousand cuts'. Lingchi was a most feared punishment, carried out while the miscreant was still alive, for treason and crimes against the family.

Keywords : SMP;Shanghai;Municipal;Police;crime;punishment;lingchi;Peck;Caishikou;Beijing

Street name : Caishikou