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The Chinese relative of the oboe Hedda MORRISON One of the large carved marble slabs over which the emperor was carried during his visits to the Temple of the Imperial Ancestors Hedda MORRISON Winter morning at the Jade Fountain with mist on the surface of the pool that never freezes, the sources of the stream feeding the Peking lakes Hedda MORRISON Roof figures by Pei Hai commemorating the execution of a cruel tyrant in the year 283 B.C. Hedda MORRISON Pewter was used in the manufacture of many household utensils Hedda MORRISON No title (Crafting an instrument) Hedda MORRISON No title (Craftsperson) Hedda MORRISON Boy in a Mongol hat. This was a common and very necessary form of headwear in the bitter cold of the north China winter Hedda MORRISON Cloisonné painting Hedda MORRISON No title (Street vendors) Hedda MORRISON No title (Walls and moat of the Forbidden City) Hedda MORRISON No title (Temple statue) Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON Principal mourners pause to make obeisance to the coffin Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON No title Hedda MORRISON The Abbot of Sheng Mi Chih T'ang, one of the many temples at which I stayed. The Abbot was a courteous, kindly man who made visitors welcome Hedda MORRISON The cut-out maker worked by eye and memory, cutting several sheets of paper at one time Hedda MORRISON Casting iron cooking pots at foundries to the west of Peking Hedda MORRISON Writing the titles on a Chinese work of several volumes Hedda MORRISON Hand-planing the body of a Chinese fiddle Hedda MORRISON The northern end of Ch'ien Men Street after snow had fallen and quickly begun to melt Hedda MORRISON One of four huge gilt-bronze bowls on the terrace (of T'ai Ho Tien, in the Forbidden City) Hedda MORRISON Embroidering a child's cotton apron with cross stitch Hedda MORRISON The approach to Lu Kou Ch'iao (the Marco Polo Bridge) Hedda MORRISON A quiet game of chess in a rich man's home. The game is a contest between two armies separated by a river Hedda MORRISON Itinerant puppet show. The puppet master would roam the streets and set up his booth on the street or in a private courtyard, whenever it was wanted Hedda MORRISON No title (Many fortune-sellers were blind and roamed the streets beating a small hand-gong to advertise their presence) Hedda MORRISON Pavilions at the northern end of Pei Hai Hedda MORRISON