China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 81 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A graveyard lies behind the American missionary church in the east suburbs of Ningpo [Ningbo]. Notes on the sleeve of the photo album state that the missionaries Jenkins and Robertson were interred there. The Rev. Dean Goddard preached at this Church., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and This photo is from the papers of Dean Goddard, who was an ABFMS missionary in Ningpo, Che-chiang, China from 1870-1903.
"Graves of priests - Omei. Urns for ashes." A large stone grave marker is shown on the hillside near other tombstones. Large stone urns hold the remains of monks at Mount Omei [Mount Emei].
Subject (Geographic):
Sichuan Sheng (China)
Subject (Topic):
Monuments; Buddhism; Religious practice; Customs and traditions