№.52 Pavilion of the Star of Hope, Tong-chow 魁星樓

The Pavilion of the Star of Hope(KuiXing Tower)is located in the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) in Beijing and was built for Confucian scholars and students to worship KuiXing, the god believed to control the rise and fall of literature and studies.

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Drawn by

T. Allom

Engraved by

T.Turnbull

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