The Sacred Wu Tai Shan; in Connection with Modern Travel from Tai Yuan Fu via Mount Wu Tai to the Mongolian Border.

First edition. 14 photographic plates (incl. one folding panorama) and one folding map. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, presentation copy inscribed by the author. [viii], 37pp. Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh,

Emil Sigmund Fischer (1865-1945) was a longtime resident in China. Born in Vienna, he came to China in 1894 and initially worked in Shanghai as a banker. He travelled widely in China and later moved to Tientsin.

Wu Tai Shan is a sacred mountain in Shanxi province, which was once home to over three hundred temples, a number that has diminished to around thirty. It is believed to be of ancient origin and is thought of as the first of the Four Sacred Mountains in Chinese Buddhism.

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