ID: 433
Ressource_Provider: Jérôme Bourgon
Title: Head exposed at Hankou (Wuhan)
DocumentNature: Photolithograph
Glass: Positive
Support: Paper
Mono: Monoscopic
Repository: Turandot
RepositoryReference: Magasine L'Illustration
Color: Black and white
Caption: Scènes de mœurs chinoises.— Exposition à Hankéou, de la tête d'un général, décapité sur l'ordre de son chef, le maréchal Ou Pei Fou [Wu Beifu], en châtiment d'une tentative d'extorsion de fonds.
Particulars: The photograph is used as an illustration for an article by Dr A. Legendre, which offers a particularly dismissive depiction of the "Chinese morality".
Topic: Heads exposed 梟示
Description: The old practice of head exposure is all the more shocking when performed in a modern context, with industrial materials such like iron girder and electric public lighting.
Date_of_event: ca 1925 ?
Keyword: Hankou (Hubei), head exposure, Wu Beifu

Bibliography
  1:Name: Hebdomadaire L'illustration

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1  Title: Gloomy images from the Weekly journal L'Illustration
    DocumentNature: Photolithograph

Geolocation
Asia --> China

Derniére modification le : 2006-08-04