Maps of Temples, Palaces and Royal Gardens
蘇州府閶、胥二門外附郭地輿圖
Map of the Outskirts of Suzhou| Hanyu Pinyin | Suzhou Fu Chang, Xu er men wai fu guo di yu tu |
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| Date | Qing Tongzhi period, 1862-1864. |
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| Techniques | Ink and color manuscript |
| Material | paper |
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| Identifier | British Library |
| Notes | Or. 2338 (32) 10 |
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No title appears on this map; the title applied here is based on content. There is no expressed scale, legend, or orientation. North is at the top, judging from the layout of the Tai Lake and Wujiang County in relation to Suzhou. The town walls of Suzhou Prefecture are pictorially depicted; towns and villages outside the prefectural town are identified and indicated with circles, rivers in double lines, mountains in Cunfa depiction, the Tai Lake in the images of waves. The two gates of Chang and Xu in the west of Suzhou prefectural town, the shape of mountains outside the city, and the Tai lake are described clearly. In addition, several place names from the Xu Gate to the Tai Lake are identified and distances are also given. For example, Baiyangwan, Hengjin, Pu Zhuang, Da Cun (Du Cun) are the places passing through Hengtangshi Lake, Xishang, and Qianzhuang.
There is not enough information to know when the map was made. Since this map is one of Charles George Gordon’s No. 32 collection, it is estimated to have been drawn during Tongzhi (1862-1864) and Gordon’s “Ever Victorious Army” period.
This map can be contrasted with the following maps in the National Palace Museum’s collection: Changjiang di li tu (map no. 020878); Changjiang tu (map no. 020 879); Jiang nan ge dao fu tu biao cun (map np. 020923-020941); Jiang nan quan sheng dao li zong tu (map no. 021560); Jiangsu hai fang tu (map no. 021513); Ping ding Yue fei zhang tu san shi jiu zhang (map no. 021283.001-021294.002); and the Library of Congress collection: Jiangsu quan tu (gm 71005111); Changjiang shui shi Guazhou Zhen biao zhong ying jiang xu quan tu (gm 80692824); Qing jun wei gong Jinling tu (gm 71005033).
There is not enough information to know when the map was made. Since this map is one of Charles George Gordon’s No. 32 collection, it is estimated to have been drawn during Tongzhi (1862-1864) and Gordon’s “Ever Victorious Army” period.
This map can be contrasted with the following maps in the National Palace Museum’s collection: Changjiang di li tu (map no. 020878); Changjiang tu (map no. 020 879); Jiang nan ge dao fu tu biao cun (map np. 020923-020941); Jiang nan quan sheng dao li zong tu (map no. 021560); Jiangsu hai fang tu (map no. 021513); Ping ding Yue fei zhang tu san shi jiu zhang (map no. 021283.001-021294.002); and the Library of Congress collection: Jiangsu quan tu (gm 71005111); Changjiang shui shi Guazhou Zhen biao zhong ying jiang xu quan tu (gm 80692824); Qing jun wei gong Jinling tu (gm 71005033).
