Hall for ancestors near Lyingwo. Because of conflict over the luck inherent in the place a tribal war broke out while it was being built which lasted 3 years, cost 20,000 dollars and claimed 17 lives.

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Title	Hall for ancestors near Lyingwo. Because of conflict over the luck inherent in the place a tribal war broke out while it was being built which lasted 3 years, cost 20,000 dollars and claimed 17 lives.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Ahnenhalle bei Lyungwo. Um des Platzglücks willen brach bei ihrem Bau Stammeskrieg aus, der 3 Jahre dauerte, 20000 Dollar & 17 Menschenleben kostete.
Subject (bmpixs)	ancestral hall architectural view Confucianism geomancy war
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Heshuwan {place}; Longwo {place}
Coverage date	1904/1920
Photographer (bmpixn)	Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1904/1920
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 8.5 x 11.2 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m20002
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of official series	"China, Religion. Ancestor veneration. 7.a. Funeral processions, coffins, jars for gold, c. Graves, d. Halls for the ancestors, houses for souls.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	A-30.57.021
Same image reference number	A-30.11.020
References	impa-m20002
Rights	All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images -- both individuals and organisations -- to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Access conditions	Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
Repository name	mission21
Repository address	mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+4161 260 23 09), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Repository email	info@bmpix.org
Filename	impa-abmpix-8091
Archival file	impa_Volume26/impa-abmpix-8091.tiff

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