Huang Inscription at Dujiangyan

Title: Huang Inscription at Dujiangyan
Identifier: JOW_66
Description: Famous inscription at Dujiangyan temple complex says at the top, "Benefitting the Surrounding Area," and at the bottom, "The first miracle in Western Sichuan," both written by Huang Yunfu, the magistrate of Chengdu, in 1871.
Creator: Ralph Outerbridge
Date Created: 1938-04-07
Location: Erwang Temple, Dujiangyan, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/12500587/erwang-temple.html
Event: 1939 Dujiangyan Opening of the Waters
Physical Dimensions: 10 h x 14.7 w cm
Original Format: black and white photographic print
Source: Judith Outerbridge Walker
Provenance: Ralph and Margaret Outerbridge Family Archives
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2024-08-19
Contributor: Derek Burns, Nicholas Fowler, Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
Published In: Description of this event pp. 30-31, Munro, Beyond the Moon Gate
Subject: ceremony; river; dam; engineering; calligraphy