A rock inscribed with large Chinese characters in Xiamen, China, date of inscription unknown. Taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson in 1871. [4359×3570]
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A rock inscribed with large Chinese characters in Xiamen, China, date of inscription unknown. Taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson in 1871. [4359×3570]
by chubachus
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I could not find if this still exists today or if it was destroyed as some point.
“Incised Chinese inscriptions on a tall smooth rock-face by the side of a stretch of water. Another smaller rock to the right hand side. A man sculling in a boat in front of the rock. The hills by the harbour of Xiamen, on the island of Gulangyu, are crowned with a series of conspicuous rocks. The rock in the foreground is engraved with inscriptions connected with the area’s history. Many people believed the rocks were closely linked to local Feng-shui, so they revered them greatly, trusting to the rocks to bring good fortune to the port. The most prominent one, known as Riguang Rock or ‘Sunshine Rock’, was allegedly given its name by a local hero, the anti-Qing Zheng Chenggong: it may be the rock shown in the distance.”
[Source: Wellcome Collection.](https://wellcomecollection.org/works/pwm85v2w)