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Old photos | Images of people in Guangzhou, Guangdong in 1894

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Author: George Ernest Morrison (February 4, 1862 - May 30, 1920), a Scotsman born in Australia, graduated from the Department of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1887, and served as the editor-in-chief of The Times in China Chief Correspondent (1897-1912), Political Advisor to the President of the Republic of China (1912-1920). He was a traveler and politician who had close ties with modern China.

Old photos of Fuzhou in 1900. Group photos of Manchu officials and children in Fuzhou

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Share a group of old photos of Fuzhou in 1900 Photos, this group of photos mainly took photos of Manchu officials who were in Fuzhou at that time and several photos of local children in Fuzhou.

Among previous photos, there were relatively few photos specifically taken of children, and this group is especially rare. The photo was taken by church members who were in Fuzhou at that time and has been handed down. It is currently stored in the University of California, USA.

On the back of the image are the words "1900 Americans and Manchu officials? In Fuzhou City". I learned that the image was taken in 1900 and was a group photo of Manchu officials and American Methodist missionaries in Fuzhou City.

The name of the specific person is unknown.

The Manchu officials in Fuzhou City are civil servants according to the supplements. There is no information and images that can be verified, so the name of this person cannot be determined.

The following photos are mainly of local children in Fuzhou in 1900:

This is a girl from a wealthy family, and she even has an organ, which is rare.

Children from small families with small families wear relatively simple clothes.

Through this set of photos, you can have a better understanding of the mental outlook, hairstyle, and dressing style of children in Fuzhou and surrounding areas during the late Qing Dynasty

In the 1930s, someone in Nanjing became a monk and became a monk. Ceremony photos

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The tonsure ceremony of that era looked so pious and formal. Anyone who becomes a monk must shave his head, which is called tonsure in Buddhism. There are many conditions for becoming a monk or nun, such as personal will, family consent, no debts, good facial features, etc. In practice, this may not always be possible, but Buddhism requires this.

Those who are interested in becoming a monk must first get in touch with the temple and ask a monk in the temple to be their "reliance teacher". With the understanding and consent of all the monks in the temple, the temple can accept this person as a disciple, shave his beard and hair, and give him novice ordination (there are ten precepts in Japan). This is called a "novice".

Old photos of Jinan in 1927 reappear the tragic scenes of the Great Famine in Shandong

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1927 to 1930 , extremely serious famines occurred continuously in Shandong. There were 56 counties affected by the disaster in the west, accounting for 60% of the province's area; there were 20.86 million disaster victims, accounting for 50% of the province's population.

After the time entered 1927, the natural disasters in Shandong became abnormally intensified. The manifestations are as follows: first, various disasters occurred at the same time, with floods, droughts, and locusts coming one after another; second, they lasted for a long time, starting from 1927 and ending in 1930. There is not a single year without a serious disaster; thirdly, the disaster is serious. Some people estimate that by April 1928, the number of the most impoverished victims in Shandong exceeded 10 million, accounting for about a quarter of the province's population. There are two to three million living people.

During the great famine in Shandong that began in 1927, a large number of victims from all over Shandong left their homes and fled to big cities such as Jinan and Qingdao to find a way to survive. At that time, the pastor of Shandong Qilu University took a batch of photos of the lives of refugees who fled famine in 1927 and 1928 near Qilu University in Jinan. They are now collected in the Library of the University of Southern California and the Library of Congress. These photos are important for reproduction and research. That period of history has a very high reference value and also highlights the preciousness of these photos.

This group of photos was selected here, mainly reflecting the desolate living conditions of the people who fled during the Great Famine in Shandong and some of the relief activities of the Relief Committee.

1928, Jinan. Members of the Famine Relief Committee pose for a group photo.

Photos of women in Khalkha, Mongolia in 1900

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Clear photos taken in 1900 Old photos of beauties from Khalkha, Mongolia.

Khalkha Mongolia, the name of the Mongolian tribes in Mobei during the Qing Dynasty of China. It first appeared in the Ming Dynasty and was named after its distribution in the Khalkha River (Halakha River). Since the late Qing Dynasty, it has gradually become Outer Mongolia. Its predecessor was the Zhaci Yi'er tribe (a tribe of Shiwei who moved westward earlier - the Tatar tribe). This group of photos records the image of upper-class Mongolian women near the Khalkha River. Their costumes are very gorgeous and exquisite, and their headdresses have the characteristics of ancient animal worship tribal culture. Their shapes are like horns, showing spectacular and majestic features, but modern people look I feel very strange.

Street craftsmen in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 1917

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Artisans making charcoal on the streets of Hangzhou.

On the streets of Hangzhou, craftsmen making oil-paper umbrellas.

On the streets of Hangzhou, craftsmen making mountain palm mattresses.

Artisans making bamboo products on the streets of Hangzhou.

Artisans making lanterns on the streets of Hangzhou.

Artisans making tin foil paper on the streets of Hangzhou.

On the streets of Hangzhou, craftsmen in carpentry shops.

On the streets of Hangzhou, craftsmen are installing drum heads.

On the streets of Hangzhou, craftsmen are installing drum heads.

An old photo of Qi Baishi taken by a reporter from the American "Life" magazine in 1948

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Qi Baishi is a man who knows how to live a good life people. He put all the gold bars he earned from painting in a small pocket and never left it. "This is the "gossip" of this national treasure-level calligrapher and painter that has been passed down to this day. The American "Life" magazine once took a set of photos of Qi Baishi when he was painting. From these photos full of age, we are looking for unknown things about this master. side.

In November 1948, American Life magazine photographer Jack Birns recorded the entire painting process of Mr. Qi Baishi.

During the severe drought in North China in 1920, the disaster relief food distribution site

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The ninth year of the Republic of China In 1920 (1920), there was a severe drought in northern China. Severe disasters spread across the five provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan. More than 300 counties were affected. Tens of millions of people became victims of this severe drought. Related statistics It shows that the number of casualties in the disaster area has exceeded 500,000. People from all walks of life at home and abroad have participated in disaster relief activities.

Army soldiers responsible for maintaining disaster relief order in disaster-stricken areas in North China