Mathias Posted October 8, 2006 at 05:23 PM Report Posted October 8, 2006 at 05:23 PM Hi, I'm a documentary director from Germany and I'm researching the life of Swiss photographer Walter Bosshard in Bejing from 1933 to 1939. He lived in a House at "Ch'un Shu Hutung 32", which was part of an old Palace, close to the forbidden city. Is there anybody who knows if this house is still standing ? If so, what is now in there ? Is there anybody in Bejing, who could email photographs of the house ? Kean to hear some news Mathias Quote
onebir Posted October 9, 2006 at 01:55 AM Report Posted October 9, 2006 at 01:55 AM there are still some hutongs around the forbidden city, but the details you've given don't really narrow things down very much! if you have the chinese characters for the hutong and/'palace' there might be someone here who's come across the place. unlikely though... also might be worth contacting the swiss embassy here, and maybe chinese photography societies... Quote
roddy Posted October 9, 2006 at 02:04 AM Report Posted October 9, 2006 at 02:04 AM "Ch'un Shu Hutung 32" 椿树胡同？It's in the right location, although I'm not sure there were ever palaces there. There's some info here in Chinese. I can't find anything specifically about him though. Quote
Mathias Posted October 9, 2006 at 07:23 AM Author Report Posted October 9, 2006 at 07:23 AM Name of the Hutong: I can only retranslate from german into english: the name would be in chinese something like "spring tree alley". The building was part of a complex in the embassy quarter. The brazilian embassy was located in the same palace. Quote
Lu Posted October 9, 2006 at 01:50 PM Report Posted October 9, 2006 at 01:50 PM spring tree alleyThat would be 春树胡同 then. Quote
onebir Posted October 10, 2006 at 01:39 AM Report Posted October 10, 2006 at 01:39 AM forced to eat my words yet again Quote
roddy Posted October 10, 2006 at 01:45 AM Report Posted October 10, 2006 at 01:45 AM Thing is, there is a 椿树胡同 in Beijing, but I can't find a 春树 one. You might want to get in touch with these people, they might be able to help. Roddy Quote
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