Photograph of Handgate, Xinjiang by Tsui Yen Hu, 1993, No. 33

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Dr. Tsui meditating at five-Finger Spring, Handgate. This is an elevated rock, with five rocks spreading out below it. It is said to be very holy. It faces towards a group of three birch trees, which are also sacred. Behind the rock is a large oboo.

Scanned from colour print held in the archives of the University of Cambridge MacArthur Project “Environmental and Cultural Conservation in Inner Asia”, Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit.

1993-05-27