The Ribbon Counter Cliff on the Min River

Title: The Ribbon Counter Cliff on the Min River
Caption: A cliff by the Min river above Suifu called the ribbon counter.
Identifier: DCG_058
Description: Probably taken from a boat as Graham was passing by on his way from Yibin to Leshan, the photo depicts a cliff on the shoreline that features vertical stripes. The photo is in black and white, but Graham describes these stripes as "multi-colored." Two people on the shoreline provide a perspective of how massive this rock face is.
Commentary: From Graham's autobiography: "One of the sights on the way to Kiating is
what is called the 'ribbon counter.' There is a sandstone cliff about two hundred feet high. The rain water running over the sides of the rock has painted it in various colors, making it not unlike a great ribbon counter."
Creator: Graham, David Crockett
Original Format: Glass plate
Source: Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Provenance: Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughters of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2025-05-27
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image