This is a group of old photographs taken in Lintao, Gansu Province, in 1932. The photograph was taken by American Carter Holden. Carter Holden Chinese haiyingguang, holden was born in 1901 in Wisconsin, UNITED States. Since 1923, Carter Holden has visited China many times, covering Shanghai, Hankou, Xi'an, and Gansu. During this period, he took many very valuable photos, which are very important for the study of social life from the 1920s to the 1940s. Here is a set of photographs of Holden taken in Lintao, Gansu province in 1932, let's use Holden's photographic lens to see what Lintao used to look like.
Lintao, known as Didao in ancient times, is located in central Gansu and is named after the Tao River in its territory. Since ancient times, Lintao has been a famous town in the northwest and Longyou, located on the ancient Silk Road and the southern gate of Lanzhou. Since the establishment of Didao County in the eighteenth year of King Zhou 'an (384 BC) and the establishment of Longxi County in the twenty-seventh year of King Qin Zhao's reign (280 BC), it has been the seat of county, prefecture, province, prefecture and county administration. The picture shows the distant view of Lintao City in 1932, which is located in the lower reaches of the Tao River, the western edge of the Longxi Basin, and the Tao River runs through the city.
The ancient city wall of Lintao City in 1932. Lintao is the starting point of the Warring States Qin Great Wall, the ancient Great Wall in Lintao was built by the Qin State during the Warring States period, the Qin State in order to protect its western important town of Longxi County Zhidi Road and Qindu to Longxi Passage, built the Great Wall through Longxi and Beidi Counties. Thousands of years of Coming to Tao is a place where soldiers must fight, so the Qin State built the Great Wall in Lintao to defend the Xiongnu.
Lintao in 1932, a trading caravan by the Tao River. Since ancient times, Lintao has been located at the crossroads of the Silk Road, with many commercial and trade activities.
Lintao in 1932, a caravan resting at a roadside pavilion. Lintao is located in Longzhong and has always been "the anointed land on the Silk Road". Due to the prosperity of the Silk Road, Lintao was at the intersection, and trade gradually prospered, and silk, tea, porcelain and jewelry, jade and medicinal materials from the Central Plains circulated here. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Lintao merchants gathered and sounded camel bells, which were extremely prosperous.
In Lintao, 1932, a somewhat dilapidated and quiet village under the cover of snow.
Lintao in 1932, an enemy building on the side of the road. This enemy tower is located at the main point of the road and should be a checkpoint at that time.
Outside Lintao City in 1932, on a snow-covered road, two men led donkeys into the city.
Lintao in 1932, two small-footed women walking on the streets of the city.
Yongning Pontoon Bridge outside the west gate of Lintao City in 1932. The pontoon bridge spans the Tao River, originates from the Xiqian Mountains in the northwest of Lintan County, and flows into the Yellow River through Min County and Gaolan Counties. Historical records record that in the sixteenth year of Qianlong (1751), Lintao built a pontoon bridge at the foot of Xiyan Mountain, two miles west of the city, with a high pier on both sides of the bridge, a stone cage for each base, and a number of iron cables through the stone cage, stringing up twelve large boats, laying wooden planks on it, and rising and falling with the water.