The Dying Field

Dying in the "Dying Field" where discouraged poor are allowed to come to die, James Ricalton, 1900

The "Dying Field," or "Dying Place," was a small plot of land in Canton (now Guangzhou), Qing China, at the turn of the 20th century, where the sick, poor, and those who had given up on life could go to die undisturbed.[1][2]

  1. ^ James, Ricalton (1901). China Through the Stereoscope: A Journey Through the Dragon Empire at the Time of the Boxer Uprising. Underwood & Underwood. pp. 62–64. ISBN 0260736996.
  2. ^ "The Breathless Moment". The Des Moines Register. January 27, 1935. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via newspapers.com.