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>Costume Studies
>>1820 Qing zhīxiàn
>>>context
>>>>primary sources
Subject: 知縣 zhīxiàn mandarin as local magistrate
Culture: Sino-Manchurian
Setting: late Qing empire, China 19thc
​Manchester Museum > Lee Gallery of Chinese Culture *
"Emperor Kangxi's Birthday Scroll  Qing dynasty (1644-1911)  This 22-metre-long scroll shows a glimpse of Beijing life in 1713,
 with crowds of excited onlookers, bored shopkeepers waiting for their next customer, officials, street performers, and even elephants and camels." ...