An older English spelling, Peking, is the Postal Map Romanization of the same two characters as they are pronounced in Chinese dialects spoken in the southern port towns first visited by European traders and missionaries. Those dialects preserve the Middle Chinese pronunciation of 京 as kjaeng, prior to a phonetic shift in the northern dialects to the modern pronunciation.
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
Peking, China in 1920s
