Sunset at Golden Terrace (Translation)
The Eight Scenes of Yanjing (Series Title)
燕京八景冊頁 金臺夕照 清 劉愔 紙本設色 (Primary Title)
Jintai xizhao (Transliterated Title)
Liu Yin, Chinese, active 18th - 19th centuries (Artist)
In a tranquil view outside the inner city, Liu depicts the “golden terrace,” a platform that Emperor Qianlong visited to observe the setting sun. Today, this part of east-central Beijing is host to massive skyscrapers, and during building construction in 2002, an original stone tablet inscribed with the text “Sunset at the Golden Terrace,” by Qianlong was excavated on the site.
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Unsigned
劉 Liu, 愔 Yin
金臺夕照 昔燕昭王築台於易水，置金延士。後人慕其名義，仿其規制，運諸永定門外。
Kathleen Boone Samuels Memorial Fund
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