China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Bridge across the Tatung River which divides the Provinces of Tsinghai and Kansu north of the Sining River near which this picture was taken. To the right is Kansu, to the left is Tsinghai, Moslem governed territory, which includes the Northern part of Tibet. Such cantilever bridges are common in Tsinghai, Ma Pu-fang having constructed a number of new ones only recently.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The mohammedian camel train leaves San Ying, North of Kuyuan, about noon. Carrying salt to the South they return to Ningsia with grain. This and other villages saw serious fighting with the Communists in the summer of 1936.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 1
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A typical flour-mill used and controlled by Moslems along the Tibetan border. The wheel on the left is kept in motion by the force of the water striking the blades as in a turbine. Above in the mill the upper stone of the mill does not revolve, as we would expect, but is held stationary by more than twenty suspended ropes. The lower stone revolves and grinds the grain against the one above. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The horse bazaar beside one of the many canals in Wuchangpao. Such views are common in this thriving market town. Moslems form the major portion of the population of this center.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Calling to the noonday prayers. This man walks through the streets of Ta Chia Tsz, Ningsia beating his board as well as giving the call to prayer. Note the covered porches of the shops and the protection of mud about each tree.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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A melody in roofs. Along the main street of T'ung Hsin Chen the minaret of the mosque can be seen. The ahung here had traveled to Mecca twice from South Ningsia and was fluent in Arabic though he could not read the Chinese calling card presented to him. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 1
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Prints & Photographs
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Minaret of the chief Mosque in Sining, Tsinghai. At this capital of the province a terrible rebellion of 1895 occurred which destroyed all ancient relics of Islam. This beautiful new tower, capped by a crescent forms a fitting part of the mosque area.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Hu Chen-lin Ahung has a school for future ahungs here in San Ying. Formerly he was in Ningsia in charge of a similar school founded by Ma Hung-kwei, the governor. Here there was more freedom to express his Wahabi tendencies, picked up on a recent pilgrimage to Mecca.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
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Prints & Photographs
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Another Moslem flour-mill. This one is tied to the bank while the force of the water revolves the paddles on each side, and so with the use of primitive machinery inside the grain is ground. There are many of these along the Tao River between Kaolan and Linsia.