Our selection of this small bridge was made as affording a capital idea of a style very common in China and that may be seen in almost any of the small hamlets. This leads to one of the imperial pavillions in the grounds of Yuen-ming-yuen and is roofed in from the rain, or heat of the sun; the tiles are glazed yellow that being the imperial colour.
Source:
[Album of photographs of Peking and its environs, taken about 1879].
