Photographic Memories of Modern China: 30 Old Photographs Documenting Social Changes3

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(01) The true appearance of the Boxers, holding a spear in their hands, is known as invulnerable.

(02) A little boy who is grinding

(03) The photo gives people a very miserable feeling, with beggars lying on the street, not knowing whether they are dead or alive, reflecting a social phenomenon.

(05) 1934/1935, a clay statue of hell in a Hades temple in Mukden (present-day Shenyang). Part I. There are majestic judges, fierce executioners, and sinners who are scattered. The criminal law of torture is even more varied: crushing stones, killing with rice mallets, beheading, peeling, and burning...... This deterrent brainwashing method is too frightening. Image courtesy of Lafayette College Library, USA

(07) Old photos left by the years: Wuhan, 1983

(08) There are so many snacks, and the supper for the new semester has fallen.

(09) Early 1940s. A crop tasting meeting in Miyun Tanying. Such activities should have been organized by the local puppet regime

(10)郑少秋和汪明荃

(11) While waiting for her husband to grow up, the child bride also has to take care of all the rough and farm work in the family.

(12) Lama Temple prayer. Manchu women are the majority

(13) 1896/1897, Guangxi. Pictures 6 to 9, the police Shu Huang is enforcing the law

(14) Propaganda posters from the fifties of the last century

(15) The old Beijing archway in the 1900s. Figure 1, Zhengyang Bridge archway. Figure 2, I don't know. Figure 3, Beihai Jicui archway. Figure 4, I don't know. Figure 5, outside the Lama Temple, Figure 6, Chang'an Street.

(16) Old photo: 1992-1993 Guangzhou, photo: Bruce

(17) In 1966, when Aswan in Egypt wanted to build a dam, the Abu Simbel Temple, which was originally located here, had to be relocated to the back hill with a water level of 60 meters on the riverbed. In the photo, workers are using various tools to remove parts of the temple bit by bit. This attempt also provides a new way of thinking for the protection of cultural relics and buildings in the world.

(18) Old photo: Japan in 1954

(19) 1946, Changchun. The photographer of the national army is taking pictures

(20) The people who were tied to the bridge

(21) How long do you have to keep your fingernails? How do you put your hands when you sleep at night? These people should be people with rich family backgrounds at that time, and it is inconvenient for them to do many things with such long nails. Could it be that growing long nails at that time was also a way to show off your status?

(22) Nostalgic old photo collection shows the charm of the past: Nanjing, 1993

(23) From then on, Zhang Dali no longer dared to cause chaos in the village, while Li Ming was revered as a hero by the villagers for his courage and wisdom. The story tells us that in the face of power and injustice, as long as we have light in our hearts, we can illuminate the darkness, dispel fear, and allow justice to manifest. This is the true meaning of "open fire staff", not only the torch and scepter in the hand, but also the light and justice in the heart. The story ends here, but Li Ming's spirit will forever inspire everyone who hears this story.

(24) 1970 World Expo in Osaka, Japan, all kinds of modern buildings

(25) In the late Qing Dynasty, women dressed very conservatively, and the neckline was tightly wrapped, otherwise they would be pointed at. But the three people seated in the photo all show more of their necks, and the style is both bold and stylish

(26) Old photo: Beijing woman in 1941, photographic material: Kyoto University

(27) Who dares to play a game with me?!!!!!!

(28) Old photo: Lijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi Province in 1983, photo: Izumu Lilujing

(29) March 1, 1947, west of Linggu Temple in Nanjing. Dai Li's burial ceremony

(31) A group photo of the two Hong Kong sister champions when they were young, Anita Yuen and Li Jiaxin

(32) Harvesting crops and carrying heavy loads, every figure is a strong and diligent laborer.

(33) In the 30s, workers unloading watermelons. How did the watermelon grow at that time and look different now?

(34) It is likely that he and his family will not eat the fruits of their labor, but will sell them at the bazaar in exchange for some pocket money.

(35) Beiping Nursery Hall during the Japanese occupation. Figure 1, Nursery Hall, with the Beihai White Tower in the background. Figure 2, Brochure of the Foundling Hall. Figure 3, the window of the nursery to give up the baby. Figure 4, the window of the nursery to receive abandoned babies

(36) The explosion of the garden mouth

(37) Old photo: 1909, the statue of the thousand-armed Guanyin in the Xiyuan Precept Temple in Suzhou, taken by Ernst Berschmann

(38) Old photo: Tianjin in 1975

(39) Classic old photos showing the scenery of the past: Shanghai under the iron hoof

(41) 1980s, the streets and alleys of Shanghai

(42) After the Japanese bombing, so many soldiers died

(43) The world's first female armed anti-poaching patrol: Zimbabwe's Fontundu National Park's female anti-poaching team, known as the "Akashinga", patrols and protects the Kenyan-Tanzanian border, carrying loaded guns and ammunition to fight poachers. Since their inception in 2017, they have been involved in 72 arrests.