Sujet

House of Mourning

Légende

China, A view down an alley in a residential area in Canton, showing a house in mourning. Traditional Chinese custom dictates that when a member of the family passes, a period of mourning has to be observed for up to 100 days, whereupon items are left outside the home to show they are in mourning, or to guide the soul of the deceased back to the house on the seventh day after death. Original manuscript caption: House of Mourning, Canton, circa 1903. 1998/028/1/1/65.

Date

01 févr. 1903

Crédit

Photo12/Bristol Archives/UIG

Notre référence

UMG20A05_029

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,2Mo (3,7Mo) / 30,4cm x 38,8cm / 3596 x 4588 (300dpi)

Mots clés

China A view down an alley in a residential area in Canton showing a house in mourning Traditional Chinese custom dictates that when a member of the family passes a period of mourning has to be observed for up to 100 days whereupon items are left outside the home to show they are in mourning or to guide the soul of the deceased back to the house on the seventh day after death Original manuscript caption: House of Mourning Canton circa 1903