What does a pictorial look like? (What is a pictorial?)

Illustrated refers to a periodical that mainly publishes photographs and paintings. It presents the format of a magazine, but in the form of a single newspaper.

A pictorial is a journal or newspaper that is mainly based on pictures and supplemented by text. Its outstanding feature is its emphasis on intuitive reading and strong visual communication effect. The earliest pictorial in China was the "Dianshizhai Pictorial" founded in Shanghai in 1877. Later, the "Liangyou" pictorial in Shanghai in the 1920s and the "People's Pictorial" founded by the Communist Party of China later became famous.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the China Pictorial industry entered a new period of development. The large-scale, comprehensive "People's Pictorial" founded in July 1950, is published in 16 languages ??at home and abroad. The "People's Liberation Army Pictorial" founded in February 1951 and the "National Pictorial" founded in February 1955 also developed rapidly. By the 1980s, there were nearly 40 types of comprehensive large-scale pictorials across the country.

Pictorials are available in book format and single page format. The book type is divided into 4 pages, 8 pages, 10 pages, and 16 pages; the single page type is divided into folio, 1/2, 1/4 or 4 pages. Single-page pictorials are published independently, or attached to newspapers as supplements or special issues. Classified by content, there are comprehensive pictorials (such as "People's Pictorial"), news pictorials (such as "United Pictorial"), informative pictorials (such as "World Knowledge Pictorial"), professional pictorials (such as "Forestry Pictorial"), Interesting pictorials (such as "Beiyang Pictorial") and many more. The comprehensive pictorial covers politics, economics, science, culture, art and other aspects.