Shanghai, young warriors walking the streets with luggage.
What was China like during the Anti-Japanese War?
Perhaps we have seen a lot of "anti-Japanese dramas", but after all, movies and television were filmed later, and the real situation still depends on the photos taken on the spot that year.
American photojournalist Harrison Forman (1904-1978), who came to China in 1932, took a large number of photographs of the time in Shaanxi, Shanghai, Chongqing, Beijing and other places, recording the people's livelihood at that time.
Below, let's take a look at the real photos taken by Harrison Foreman in Shaanxi, Shanghai and other places in the 30s (mostly taken in 1937). The original photo is black and white, and the picture below is hand-colored.
In Shanghai, a young soldier who was still a child wrote notes.
In Shaanxi, soldiers perform on an ancient theater.
Beijing, a group of young and fashionable Chinese girls.
In Shanghai, people are waiting for medical treatment with their children, and their expressions are very helpless.
Shanghai, two fighters standing in front of an armored vehicle.
Shanghai, the little soldiers who swore to resist Japan.
Shanghai, a Red Army soldier carrying a gun.
People standing by the anti-Japanese propaganda wall.
Shanghai, near the railway, houses blown up by the Japanese army.
In Gansu, a man with confused eyes sits by an iron cage full of money.
Shanghai, people who assist refugees.
In Shanghai, medical staff take care of patients in patient wards.
In Shaanxi, fighters are training with submachine guns.
Shaanxi, a cavalry warrior.
Shanghai, houses blown up by the Japanese army.