Pilgrims Descending Mt. Omei

Title: Pilgrims Descending Mt. Omei
Caption: Pilgrims-Omei-women
Identifier: WFC_010
Description: The paths up and down the mountains in the Emeishan region were constantly streaming with pilgrims of all kinds from near and far within and beyond the Chinese empire. Here we see a group of at least nine men and women carrying their possessions in bags and using walking sticks to help them negotiate the tricky path through cornfields.
Commentary: Corn was introduced to this region of China in the late Qing (c.1850s) and became a staple food.
Date Created: 1932-1939
Location: Emeishan, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1811733/emei-shan.html
Event: 1930s Willmott Family Mt. Omei Journeys
Original Format: Black and White Print
Provenance: Passed down from K & E Willmott to Don Willmott, and then to Cory Willmott. Digitized in 2008 by Elizabeth Willmott.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2024-10-10
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image