A Child-Witness Account of Tiananmen Incident 1989
I didn't see any dead bodies but noticed a large number of abandoned bicycles, and badly burned buses turned sideways,…
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
Each year from the early autumn on, there were roasted sweet potato stalls emerging in Beijing's trading centres and hutongs…
Evolution of Chinese Wedding Photos in the Past 120 Years
A couple in traditional Chinese wedding costume of Ming Dynasty-style pose for a wedding photo in Beijing Forbidden City.
Ancient Water Town Qiandeng in Kunshan
Most traditional Chinese towns would have at least one shopping street with the street front on the ground floor for…
Changes in Ordinary Chinese Homes in the Past 70 Years
China in the 1950s: Typical Chinese factory workers' homes in big cities.
The Chinese Mountain Climbers
The Climbers is a 2019 Chinese blockbuster adventure film based on real-life events happened in the mid-last century. The film…
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…