Flood Control and Embankment Maps
宜陽縣河圖
Map of the river systems in Yiyang County| Hanyu Pinyin | Yiyang Xian he tu |
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| Creator | Anonymous |
| Date | Qing Yongzheng to Qianlong period, 1734-1779 |
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| Techniques | Ink and color manuscript |
| Material | silk |
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| Identifier | Library of Congress |
| Link to Original Database | http://lccn.loc.gov/gm71005101 |
| Acquisition Source | Hummel, Arthur William, 1884-1975 |
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| Acquisition Date | 1934 |
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This is one of a series of eleven county river maps of Henan Prefecture. North is at the bottom. Drawn in traditional Chinese landscape style, the map depicts the mountains, cities, villages, and roads of Yiyang County in Henan Prefecture, Henan Province. Roads are represented by red dotted lines, the city with pictorial walls. There are no annotations on the map except red text labels that describes the rivers' sources. More red labels are pasted on this map than any other map of the series; the red labels also note the acres of land served by the irrigation system.
The map can be studied with the following maps in the National Palace Museum's collection: title: Henan quan sheng dao li tu (map no. 021578-021579); title: Henan Henan Fu dao li tu (map no. 021438); title: Henan Sheng di tu (map no. 021446).
The map can be studied with the following maps in the National Palace Museum's collection: title: Henan quan sheng dao li tu (map no. 021578-021579); title: Henan Henan Fu dao li tu (map no. 021438); title: Henan Sheng di tu (map no. 021446).
