An Eye-Witness Account Of The Tiananmen Incident 1989
The following is a Chinese language post penned by 老气横秋 who participated and witnessed the Tiananmen Incident 1989 and its…
Trams In Shanghai
A tram in Shanghai during the 1920s. Early Days Of Shanghai Tram Once upon a time, there was a popular…
Shanghai in the 19th Century
Longhua Pagoda, located in Xuhui District in Shanghai CBD, was initially built with timber during the Three Kingdoms Period in…
Life of Old Beijing in Illustration
Ma Haifang (马海方) is a Chinese artist born and grew up in Beijing’s outskirts. Below are some of his works…
Evolution of Chinese Wedding Photos in the Past 120 Years
Chinese Wedding Photos in the 1900s It was a time when China was still under Manchu’s rule and the traditional…
Ancient Water Town Qiandeng in Kunshan
Ancient water town Qiandeng (千灯) is located in Suzhou’s Kunshan, where Kunqu, the mother of all Chinese operas, was originated.…
Changes in Ordinary Chinese Homes in the Past 70 Years
China in the 1950s: Typical Chinese factory workers’ home in big cities. COMMENTS FROM MINDS Eric Nice table All Things…
The Chinese Mountain Climbers
The Climbers is a 2019 Chinese blockbuster adventure film based on the real-life events happened in the mid last century.…
Transformation of Shanghai in the Past 70 Years
Shanghai in 1955, an ordinary docker’s home. Shanghai in 1956, factory workers practising dragon dance. Shanghai in 1956, two ladies…
A Hong Kong Funeral
Immediately after the casket was the direct family members, led by the eldest son of the deceased. All the family…
Hong Kong Before 1997
Hong Kong, a Chinese port city initially part of Guangdong Province, was lent to Britain as its colony by a…
Along the Route of the Ancient Silk Road
In 114 BC, Chinese Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty decided to send Zhang Qian as his envoy to the…
Ancient Chinese Currency
Chinese is one of the first people to use currency instead of real goods to conduct trade activities. China’s Bronze…
Ancient Chinese Written-Language
The Oracle Turcle Script is considered the earliest form of Chinese characters by archaeologists. But the evidence unearthed lately disputes…
The Great Flood in China 4,000 Years Ago
This more than 3,000-year-old bronze vessel, recovered in 2002 from an antique market, has 98 Chinese characters on the botton…
Modern Humans Lived in China 80,000 Years Ago
Chinese archaeologists have discovered from a cave in Hunan Province 47 human teeth fossils, almost identical to our own. The…
Ancient Chinese Pyramids
Sitting on a hilltop 1214 metres above sea level, this is an ancient pyramid in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province, in the…
Mysterious Prehistoric Signs on Rocks in a Mountain in Henan
More than 3,000 mysterious signs discovered in Mt Juci (具茨山), of Henan Province, China, are believed to be carved in…