Dragons ready for the dragon fight
Dragons ready for the dragon fight
Troops watching Chinese dragon ceremonies, Western Front, France, during World War I. This shows some members of the Chinese Labour Corps carrying two huge paper dragons with large decorated heads and long snakelike tails. Two other Chinese are holding paper lanterns. British troops and Labour Corps members can be seen in the background. Large dragons like this are used in the processions on …
Subject
- Chinese Labor Corps
- Chinese
- Dragon dance
- Dragons
- Paper (fiber product)
- Soldiers
- Spectators (event observers)
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Subject
- Chinese Labor Corps
- Chinese
- Dragon dance
- Dragons
- Paper (fiber product)
- Soldiers
- Spectators (event observers)
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1916 - 1918
- 1916/1918
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548762
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:18:48.574Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:38.987Z
Keywords (provided by the community)
- dragons
- Western Front
- Loong